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Ada and the Helpers

19 minutes 32 seconds

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Storybook page shows a fox in a tutu holding her hand up toward a gold bird in a meadow. Text reads, “‘What a striking bird you are with gold beneath your wing!’ The fox then grinned and asked the finch, ‘Please show us how you sing?’” At the bottom, we see the American Sign Language signs for the letters F-I-N-C-H.

Ada is a dancing fox who is deaf. One day while on her way to dance in a talent show, she meets three other animals who are each facing a physical challenge of their own. She decides to help each of her new friends. But can they help her in return? Ada's a bit nervous about the talent show. Based on the children's book by Travis Peterson.

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Runtime: 19 minutes 32 seconds

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