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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 bear filling up an old-fashioned airplane at a honey filling station that reads “best flying honey." Another bear sits in the cockpit while a third bear waits on the wing of the plane. Text reads, “At last the plane would fly.”
9 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Color illustration of Carrie, a young girl with glasses, looking out of an open bedroom window. Purple angel wings hang down from her shoulders.
Grandma's Closet
Episode 1
14 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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Color illustration of Carrie holding a magical white lily with a face visible on the outside of the petals. Carrie and the plant look up at a woman bending down towards them.
Grandma's Closet
Episode 3
10 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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Color illustration of Carrie holding up a toy ship with a blue ribbon attached, representing water. On the table next to her is an open box with the word, Fascinate.
Grandma's Closet
Episode 2
8 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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Color illustration of Carrie holding 2 L-shaped rods and pointing them towards a man wearing a gardening hat and looking down at her.
Grandma's Closet
Episode 4
9 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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Still image from: The Great Great Salt Lake Monster Mystery
16 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Storybook excerpt shows a purple polka-dot monkey speaking to a little brown monkey, a pink bunny, and a blue owl inside a home. Text reads, “They may look similar, but they are different indeed. We sure are a good team. They changed shapes and sizes while staying true to who they were at heart and brought rainbows when others saw darkness.”
13 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a devoted support dog wearing a harness sitting next to a child in a doctor’s office. Text reads, "Bea follows her human everywhere he goes. Her job is to make sure her human stays safe wherever he is. She can smell something change in his body before he gets sick and lets the adults know her human is getting sick. But Bea does more than that! She also keeps him calm when they are at the doctor’s office. She sleeps next to him at night. Bea is always watching and sniffing to make sure he is safe and feels protected.”
10 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Still image from: Henry and Me: The Story of Wallace Henry Thurman
17 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a gym monster putting his arm around a bewildered boy pushing over a classmate in gym class. The gym teacher kneels over the hurt boy. Text reads, “Smack! Mr. Evans blows the whistle. ‘Ouch! Henry pushed me!’ ‘ Henry, why did you push Eli?’ asks Mr. Evans. ‘It isn’t my fault! Manny told me to…’ ‘Strike three. Go chill in the safe zone.’”
13 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Storybook shows an illustration of a cute young bunny jumping rope outside and then talks with her mom. Text reads, “Brooklyn made up a hop rope rhyme. ‘Hop, and stop! Hop, and stop!’ The rhyme helped Brooklyn to get better at hop rope. She hopped twice in a row and ran inside to tell Mama Bunny. ‘That’s wonderful!’ said Mama Bunny. ‘I was just signing up Bryson and Brayden for the sack race at the Hippity Hop Games.’”
11 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Still image from: Holy Fruit Toots Rosie
9 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Still image from: The House That She Built
11 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a person holding a photo of a grandfather standing beside his grandson at a carousel. Text reads, “‘When those heartwarming memories came to our mind, we'll remember how Grandpa was funny and kind. Just think back to that time we all went to the zoo. Grandpa joined in the fun—rode the carousel too!’ ‘We will always remember that super fun ride. We will cherish those moments and hold them inside.’”
9 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Snow melts on a dirt path in the woods where a white mouse holds a pinecone. At the middle of the path, flowers grow around a tree just the right size for the mouse.
11 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Slide shows white text on a navy-blue background that reads, “We’ll black through the air; layer by layer. Earth is protected by the atmosphere."
6 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Boy in a frilly shirt pointing at shapes on a chalkboard. A stuffed bear, unicorn, and rabbit sit with a dog below and look up at the boy. Text reads, "Perhaps you will empower kids to be all they can be."
10 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Squinting boy pushes an oversized teddy bear up against a bed as a puppy jumps on him in a bedroom full of toys. Text reads, "I wish you grit and resilience, to never ever give up."
9 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Still image from: I'm Dreaming of a Brown Christmas
11 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Color illustration of a grimacing man in straw hat and overalls. His two gloved hands pull a wincing sunflower from a small garden. Text overlay reads,"Suddenly, he reached over and yanked me out of the ground."
9 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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