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Imagination Storybooks

Imagination Storybooks by DCMP creates accessible videobooks of existing illustrated children's books to reinforce children’s core values, such as kindness and empowerment, through the creative forces of children’s book authors, illustrators, and narrators.

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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a girl in a tiara looking surprised on one page and an illustration of two girls wearing gowns and sitting on a rock beneath giant feet. Text tells the story of a princess and her friend hiding from giants.
13 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of two mice and two hedgehogs wearing leotards as they do gymnastics on bars and mats. A coach calls out to them from the side. Text reads, "Her heart says yes, but her mind says pass.
7 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a hedgehog balancing on a branch bent over with a blanket hanging over it to form a tent. It overlooks a path that crosses a stream through a field. Text reads, "My adventures are my own when I create."
6 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Storybook excerpt shows illustrations show young women designing clothes, writing at a desk, dressed in a pilot uniform in front of a plane, checking an x-ray, and sailing a ship. Text tells us about many different jobs that girls can do.
15 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of elk wearing glasses and scarves racing through the snow with books on their antlers and strapped to their backs. Text tells us that the elk are rushing to hear a wolf tell a story.
7 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Color illustration in a picture book. Rock covered in multicolored balls wears terrified expression as it catapults into foreground. Springing lines behind it read, "Boing!" Smiling rocks in background. Story text appears on screen.
8 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Cartoon. Boy looks up at a pink spiral slide. Pink swing, grass, and sky in background. Thought bubble reads, "That slide looks like it's 1000 feet high! You can't do it!"
9 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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2-page view of a storybook with a cartoon woman with green hair closing her eyes. On the left, the story text reads, "To help yourself calm down, start by closing your eyes..."
7 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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Color illustration. Boy opens a door as 2 children enter a pink room with a potted plant. Word bubble reads, "Thank you!"
6 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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Storybook illustration of a young girl in a pink leotard and tights reaching down to help a young boy in a red shirt and blue pants stand up from the floor. Story text appears on the illustration.
8 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Still image from: The Rowdy Randy Wild West Show
16 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Still image from: Run With Your Heart
4 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Color illustration in a picture book. Bald man in royal clothing stands while girl in pink dress paints his portrait on an easel. In the next image, girl in torn pink dress leaps through a castle setting. Story text appears on screen.
13 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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Color illustration in a picture book. 2 dogs play tug of war. In next image, a girl snuggles in bed with her arm around a dog. Story text appears on screen.
5 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a girl's face with a wide smile that shows off her braces. Text reads, "Some smiles have braces that children detest, but those silvery smiles are really the best."
6 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Book pages. On the left page, a boy looks sad as he remembers playing with his friend on a slide, and spending time outdoors with his grandmother. Text reads, "It could be a grandparent, it could be a friend. Sometimes it happens, their life has reached an end." On the right page, siblings rub their eyes and cry. Text reads, "When this sometime happens, it's okay to cry! When this sometime happens, it is okay to ask 'why?'"
Sometimes It Happens
Episode 2
5 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Book pages. Two illustrations show us two different people's reaction to anger. On the left page, a girl takes a breath with her eyes closed and her hands together. Text reads, "This is the time for you to stop and just breathe. Pull yourself back, and now be at ease. Take a moment to let yourself become calm. Stop yourself before you do something wrong." On the right page, a boy crosses his arms to think, and he thinks about another boy putting up his fists to fight. Text reads, "This Sometime you won't be mean or hit back. This Sometime you are ready to learn to relax. This Sometime can seem to happen a lot. That is why you need to find a special spot."
Sometimes It Happens
Episode 5
6 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Book pages. On the left page, a teacher stands in front of two children lying down in front of their desks. They look up at her. Text reads, "Your teacher will tell you when it's okay to stand up." On the right page, students wearing their backpacks form a line to exit. Text reads, "Then once again you're going to have to line up."
Sometimes It Happens
Episode 4
7 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Book pages. On the left page, a girl waves her hand and looks up at a tree branch holding a bird's nest. Text reads, "Sometimes it happens. You look up in a tree." On the right page, a black bird feeds a worm to three baby birds in the nest. Text reads, "A bird nest with baby crows times three."
Sometimes It Happens
Episode 3
5 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Storybook page with an illustration of a snowy hill with evergreen trees and a hazy sun in the background. Story text appears on the page.
9 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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