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Imagination Storybooks by DCMP

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'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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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a busy village with a food stand, a man pushing an ice cream cart, and others. Text tells the story of a girl shouting to order tostadas.
11 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Still image from: The Super Hungry Dinosaur
7 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Still image from: Turtles Have Secret Ears
5 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a ghost taking a bite of food as he sits at a table with a full plate, a whole pizza, and a lasagna. Text reads, "For dinner, he ate salad rolls, homemade pizza, and lasagne."
11 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Still image from: We Walk Through the Forest
8 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Green line drawings of bees playing hopscotch, swinging, and jumping rope in three scenes with light blue flowers floating between them.
8 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Still image from: What if We Were All the Same
7 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a boy, his grandpa, and a dog as they stand on the edge of a rock and look out over a green valley below. Text tells the story of a boy who sees moose far away, but his grandpa can't see them.
11 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Color illustration in a picture book. Fox and bunny stand next to each other holding ice cream that's starting to melt. In the next image, the bunny's ice cream has fallen to the ground. Story text appears on screen.
5 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a blue bear reaching towards a goose as it flies away. Text tells the story of a goose saying goodbye to a bear.
11 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Illustration of a young angel with wings sitting beside a woman with her face in her hands. Floating above them, a transparent star overlaps intersecting circles inside a hexagon that radiates glowing lines.
12 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Storybook illustration of a young fairy with brown hair, pointy ears, wings, and a pink dress. Someone is sprinkling something white and sparkly on her head. Story text appears on the illustration.
7 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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2-page view of a storybook illustration of a smiling boy in a red shirt extending his arms outward and looking up at a yellow butterfly with grass and a stream in the background. Story text appears on the illustration.
8 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Close-up of Winnie-the-Pooh’s blue balloon.
Winnie-the-Pooh
Season 0 / Ep 1
20 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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