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Storytime: The Runaway Beignet by Connie
Read more: Storytime: The Runaway Beignet by ConnieThe Chase is On! If you’ve ever strolled by Jackson Square on a humid morning, you know that smell—the intoxicating, sugary scent of fresh fried dough and powdered sugar mixed wafting on the wind. But what happens when one of those delicious treats decides it’s not quite ready to be eaten? Today on Confetti Park…
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Storytime: Padapillo by Valerie James Abbott
Read more: Storytime: Padapillo by Valerie James AbbottIn this episode of Confetti Park, we hear the children’s book Padapillo narrated by the author, Valerie James Abbott. Based on the true life events of the author and her family, Padapillo is the story of a family discovering the hearing loss of a child. Told through the eyes of her sister, this is the…
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Storytime: The Loup Garoup
Read more: Storytime: The Loup GaroupLoup garoups are also knows as rougarou in Louisiana, and most famously as werewolves. It’s almost Halloween, the time of year when the doors between the living world and the spiritual world are open wide. Soon we will observe Allhallowtide, when we remember the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed. It’s…
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Storytime: Le Lutin
Read more: Storytime: Le LutinIn this episode of Confetti Park Storytime, we hear about Le Lutin, a fairytale figure and a trickster spirit! Contributor Kathleen Welch shares some of the legends about this hobgoblin who has a knack for pranking. Le lutin could change his appearance whenever he wanted. So you never know when you are seeing a lutin.…
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Storytime: Lucky Enough by Dr. Chris Yandle
Read more: Storytime: Lucky Enough by Dr. Chris YandleNarration by the author of a dad’s daily notes of encouragement and life lessons to his daughter
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Storytime: Sometimes Even Elephants Forget by Kathleen Welch
Read more: Storytime: Sometimes Even Elephants Forget by Kathleen WelchIn this episode of Confetti Park Storytime, we hear the loving and endearingly bittersweet Sometimes Even Elephants Forget: A Story about Alzheimer’s Disease for Young Children, narrated by the author Kathleen Welch. You’ll love the main characters: two elephants, Grandma Bawa and grandson Mookie, and Kip, a kind and clever hedgehog, who have an adventure…
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Storytime: Samuel Morse, That’s Who! by Tracy Nelson Maurer
Read more: Storytime: Samuel Morse, That’s Who! by Tracy Nelson MaurerIn this episode of Confetti Park Storytime, you’ll hear the fascinating and fun story of the inventor Samuel Morse, who used electricity to power the telegraph and who invented Morse Code. Way back in the 1800s, he was teaching the world how to do instant messaging! Tracy Nelson Maurer is the author of this fun…
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Storytime: The Adventure of House Mouse by Iran & Henryelle Martin
Read more: Storytime: The Adventure of House Mouse by Iran & Henryelle MartinIn this episode of Confetti Park Storytime, we hear an original fable created by husband and wife team Iran and Henryelle Martin of Bossier City, La. “There once lived a family of mice in the city of New Orleans, on Upperline Street, in a house abandoned of people. There were three of them…Mother Yum-Yum, Father…
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Storytime: Little Orphan Annie Ledbetter, the Laughing Dog
Read more: Storytime: Little Orphan Annie Ledbetter, the Laughing DogThree friends reminisce about rescuing a dog off a highway on their pilgrimage to Lead Belly’s grave. With Ted Lindsay, Katy Hobgood Ray, & David Ray It was hot. VERY hot. Dave, Ted and I finally remembered this fact about the day that we rescued Annie Ledbetter off the side of a country highway, because…
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Storytime: The Adventures Of The Swamp Kids – A Dog Named Cat By Leif Pedersen
Read more: Storytime: The Adventures Of The Swamp Kids – A Dog Named Cat By Leif PedersenThere is something special about a Catahoula Leopard Dog! What a strange and magical breed…It’s the state dog of Louisiana. And it’s celebrated in the cute children’s book by Leif Pedersen. Leif narrates the fun-filled adventure in A Dog Named Cat, the fourth book in The Adventures of The Swamp Kids series, for Confetti Park.…
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Storytime: Louis Lion – When It Gets Dark, I May Start Cryin’ by Cindy Foust
Read more: Storytime: Louis Lion – When It Gets Dark, I May Start Cryin’ by Cindy FoustIn this episode of Confetti Park Storytime, we hear Louis Lion – When It Gets Dark, I May Start Cryin’. This book is narrated by the author, Cindy Foust, creator of the Alpha-kidZ book series. Each letter of the alphabet gets a feature story and a feature creature who has an adventure and learns a lesson. Louis…
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Storytime: The Fairy Fox of Bossier by Iran Martin
Read more: Storytime: The Fairy Fox of Bossier by Iran MartinIn this episode of Confetti Park Storytime, we hear “The Fairy Fox of Bossier” by Iran Martin, from his book Grand’s Fairy Tales. Father and son are on a walk through the forests of Bossier to gather wood. They leave mother home cooking their supper, and she warns them not to be late. “I remember…
