Reading

Miffy's Rainy Day

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Miffy wakes up to a rainy day and cannot go outside to play with her friends. Her mother suggests one activity after another: drying the dishes, sweeping the floor, drawing a picture, reading a book, and listening to music. While the music plays, the rain quietly turns to snow and the sky goes blue again. Miffy bundles up in a coat and scarf and runs outside to meet her friends, with a short teaser for the next episode and a subscribe card closing the video.

Yodel Bird Sitting

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Donkey Hodie is babysitting a baby yodel bird in the puppet world of Someplace Else. When it is time for the baby's nap, he refuses to settle, so Donkey Hodie and her friends Purple Panda and Duck Duck each try the tricks that helped them sleep as little ones: quiet peekaboo, a slow nap dance and a nap book. Nothing works until they decide to think about what the baby himself needs, soothing him with rocking, a gentle breeze and a yodel lullaby. The baby finally falls asleep, and the tired friends admit they feel like napping too.

Atchoo!

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Bing, a young rabbit, is excited to visit his friend Sula and eat a special bagel, but he turns out sneezy and hot. His carer Flop notices the cold and explains that Bing should stay home so he does not pass his germs to Sula. At home Bing is wrapped up warm, reads his book and has a honey and lemon drink, while staying sad about the missed visit. Sula and Emma then arrive at the door with the bagel, and Bing accepts that he can play with Sula once he is better.

Class Pet

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In a colourful block-built neighbourhood, Bea and her friends run a kindness club. When classmate Priya is not chosen to take the class pet Andy home for the weekend, she is left disappointed. Bea and Lexi throw her a surprise pet party with a talking parrot, goats and hamsters, but the animals are too lively to cuddle. The friends finally remember Cleo the soft cat, and Priya ends the episode happily snuggling her.

Library

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A narrator prepares Eddie, a young boy, for a trip to the library, framed around returning his favourite book about the first Mars rover. Together they cover arriving, the library rules, browsing the sections and children's area, and reading with Dad, before Eddie chooses a new book about UFOs and aliens. He uses the self-checkout machine and drops his old book into the book drop for someone else to borrow. The episode ends by recapping each stage of the visit.

Bob Bilby

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Bingo is chosen to bring the daycare class puppet, Bob Bilby, home for the day. To impress him, the Heeler family agrees to spend the day without any screens and instead cooks, shops, gardens and plays pretend together. Bingo carries the puppet everywhere, showing him family photos and tucking him in at night. The next morning she hands Bob Bilby to another classmate at daycare.

Too Much TV

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In their woodland home, Mama Bear decides Brother and Sister are watching too much television and bans it for a week, and Papa has to give up his hockey too. Bored at first, the cubs invent a pretend cardboard TV, then start identifying birds and keeping a checklist, and the family spends a night naming stars and watching a meteor. When Saturday returns and the TV comes back on, the cubs stay just as keen on spotting birds outside. The episode ends with Brother rushing to show Sister a scarlet tanager through the binoculars.

Singing Starlett

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The Helpsters, monsters who run a shop for solving problems, meet the Singing Starlet, who could not sleep because of construction noise and has a concert the next day. They make a plan and split into three jobs: a custom pillow, a bedtime story, and a bear to snuggle. Along the way they choose a pillow color by ruling out options, reorder the mixed-up pages of a knight-and-dragon story, and sort out which kind of bear she meant. She finally falls asleep, wakes up rested, and is delighted to find she can sing again.

Neighbours

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Bluey and Bingo build houses out of couch cushions and pretend to be neighbours on a make-believe street, soon joined by Mum and Dad. As each sister keeps expanding into the other's space, Bluey learns to solve the clashes by asking nicely instead of arguing. Dad plays a loud, lonely neighbour who admits he just wants company. By the end the animals and pets are traded and rehomed, and the family settles happily onto their pretend street.

Rita Reader

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Rita Reader visits the helpsters Cody, Scatter and Heart because she dropped her favourite book in the bath and never learned how it ends. The team makes a three-part plan, goes to a large public library, and with a librarian's help sorts books by make-believe versus real, then by space theme, then by the cactus, lasso and balloon on the cover. They find a fresh copy of 'Sunny Rodeo Space Cowboy' and read the finale, in which Sunny throws a second lasso to catch the cactus and save the balloon planet. The episode closes with the group singing softly in the library about high fives and handshakes.

Snow Show

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Llama Llama spends a snowy day playing when his teacher Zelda Zebra announces a kids' snow sculpture contest and asks him to be the judge. He worries about keeping the rules and choosing just one winner when every friend's sculpture is so different. After a hot chocolate break and a library trip with Mama, he learns that no two snowflakes are alike. He decides each sculpture wins its own category, and Zelda Zebra reveals a final sculpture of all the children.

Cody Gets a Cold

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The Helpsters, a group of colourful monster friends, run a shop where they solve problems together. When their friend Cody catches a cold, a human doctor named Dr. Devon examines her and advises rest, so the friends make a plan with three jobs: make Cody comfortable, give her something to drink, and help her rest. They work through each job by trying, checking and adjusting, from swapping blankets to squeezing orange juice in a repeated sequence. Cody rests, feels better, and the group celebrates with a song about how a plan made the difference.

Volunteer Bot

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Doug, a curious robot boy, and his friend Emma set out to volunteer at a run-down library that needs a full makeover. Every time they try to help directly, from scrubbing spilled grape jelly to sorting books, the job proves too big, so they call in MopBot and Doug's dad to do the parts they cannot. By the end the library is restored, and the volunteers thank Doug and Emma for bringing everyone together. Doug learns that asking others for help is itself a way to make a difference.

The Talent Show

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After Teacher Bob announces a school talent show and no one volunteers, Brother Bear agrees to become the talent scout and help classmates find what they are good at. He signs up cubs one by one, from Lizzie balancing on one foot to Bertha telling stories and Fred doing a balancing act, while chasing a mysterious singing voice he keeps hearing in the halls. The voice turns out to belong to Too Tall, who is stunned to learn he can sing. The show comes together and Too Tall's song closes it out, with Teacher Bob thanking Brother for helping everyone find their talent.

Out for the Team

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Brother Bear is hitting well in a sandlot game when Papa suggests he try out for the Bear Country Cardinals, and Sister Bear decides to try out too. Brother grows jealous and afraid of losing his spot to his sister, so he fakes a sore arm to skip the tryouts. Sister catches the lie and encourages him, and the two practice together before the tryouts. In the end the coach is impressed by both and adds a second spot, so Brother and Sister both make the team.

Cowboys and Librarians

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Noah reads a Spanish picture book to his pet mouse Coco, then realises the book is an overdue library loan and the library is about to close. He hails a taxi, but the Spanish-speaking driver mishears him and drops him at a ranch full of horses. Noah decides to ride a horse back into the city, learning to handle it along the way. He reaches the library just in time, returns the book, and picks up the Spanish word 'biblioteca'.

Bot on the Farm

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Doug, a robot child, and his friend Emma visit Doug's grandmothers' farm, sure they already know everything about farming from a book and from plugging in. They set out to collect blueberries, apples and milk for a celebration pie, but each task goes wrong until the grandparents show them the tricks that only come from experience. The children learn that some things are learned only by doing, and everyone shares the finished apple blueberry pie. It closes with Doug adding what he learned to a new farming book, leaving blank pages for more.

Home with Herb

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Harvey the dog promises to look after Herb, a small plant belonging to his friend Alan. When Herb keeps looking sad, Harvey and his friends Jack and Ginger try squeaky toys, a trip to the playground, and books about what plants need, but nothing works. They finally realise Herb is only happy when he is held, and Alan returns with a special holder so Harvey can keep him close. A short closing segment follows Harvey singing about all the things he is thankful for.

The Final Book

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Kelsey, Craig, and JP set out to find the missing final book of the Dragonmancer series after it goes overdue at the library. Framed as a detective case from the 'Smarty Boys' mystery books, they interview kids who are role-playing as horses and ninjas, chase down a red turtle shell backpack, and hit several dead ends. Craig eventually deduces that Stacks, who writes book reports for other kids, hid the book. Stacks admits she was afraid of losing the only friend who talks with her about stories, and Kelsey forgives her and suggests they read a new series together.

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Ms. Linda introduces and reads aloud the picture book 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle. A tiny caterpillar hatches from an egg and eats through more food each day of the week, then overeats a feast of rich treats on Saturday and gets a stomachache. After eating a green leaf he feels better, grows large, forms a cocoon, and comes out as a butterfly. The host closes with a short note about eating well and an invitation to read more stories.

Paleontologist Paloma

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A paleontologist named Paloma comes to the Helpsters workshop because her new dinosaur fossil, a Herrerasaurus, arrived in many pieces. Cody and his team of monsters make a plan with three jobs: figure out what the fossil looks like, put it together, and display it. They travel to a real natural history museum, use a dinosaur book to guide them, and assemble the skeleton piece by piece. When it will not fit in the elevator, they take it apart, sing a song to remember each part, and rebuild it upstairs just as a school group arrives.

Jack's Kindness Story

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In this live-action episode, host Jack visits the Hummingbird Cafe, where young Olivia decides to make a homemade book to make her Uncle Theo laugh. With Jack's help she builds the book from paper, a folder and crayons and draws a silly squirrel story, but the wind scatters and ruins the pages around town. Neighbours help gather them, and when the book cannot be saved, Olivia performs the story aloud instead, with Jack acting out the pictures. Uncle Theo laughs, they share a hug, and others are inspired to make books for people they care about.

Campout Confusion

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Three wombat siblings and their grandmother Super, who looks after a treehouse apartment community, get ready for a campout with their animal neighbors. When the plans get mixed up, the children break the problem into steps, make a plan, try ideas and adjust when something does not work. A crab family helps out, and one neighbor who feels nervous in the dark is reassured. The episode ends with everyone roasting marshmallows around a campfire at night.

Club Book

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Kiff, an energetic squirrel, loves reading out loud, but the library's strict shusher keeps quieting her down. After getting herself put in charge of the public library, Kiff declares it a 'loud library' where noise is allowed, and the librarian quits to go back to baking souffles. The free-for-all quickly turns into chaos that no one can control, and Kiff admits she has ruined the place she loves. She brings the librarian back to restore calm, and the two agree to share the space, a quiet area and a spot for loud readers.

Super Duper Dance Party

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True and Bartleby are decorating the Colorsium for the Rainbow King's dance party when Griselda, hoping the spotlight will fall on her, intercepts DJ Bingo Bango and tells him his music is unplayable. He believes her, calls himself a terrible DJ and heads for the never-ending forest. True visits Zee at the wishing tree, learns that Bingo Bango has lost his confidence, and uses three wishes to make him laugh, keep a beat and amplify his sound. He plays for the empty stadium, the crowd returns, and Griselda joins the dancing after True points out that dancing together is the most fun.