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Lots of Shallots

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Sarah and Duck find tiny seeds tucked inside their newspaper and decide to plant them in pots in the living room. They water the soil, get muddy, clean up and then wait through dinner and bedtime for something to happen. The next morning small sprouts appear, and Sarah looks them up in her vegetable book before a character called the Plate Girl arrives to confirm they are shallots, the baby onions that stay small. The episode ends with Duck giving the little shallots gentle 'lessons' in the garden.

Fort Yaber

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Phoebe and Jay are siblings who want to surprise their friend Manny by building a pillow fort while he is away doing chores. Using a diagram Manny drew, they gather blankets, pillows and couch cushions, but their first attempt collapses because they ignore the order of the steps. With encouragement from their dad, they realize the numbers on the diagram show the sequence, rebuild the fort correctly, and add their own touches to make it bigger. Manny returns to find the finished fort, and the family wraps up with a playful pretend gator chase.

Daniel's Picnic

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Daniel Tiger and his friends Prince Wednesday and Miss Elaina meet at the castle, ride the trolley to the clock factory park, and start a picnic with Daniel's dad nearby. After an alphabet snack game, a make-believe ant picnic, and a ball game that ends with the ball getting squashed, a sudden rain forces them inside the clock factory. They notice clocks shaped like a castle and a tiger and decide to hold their picnic indoors. The episode closes with the friends thanking the viewer and a song about turning disappointment into something good.

Paper Rocketship

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Siblings Phoebe and Jay are set to watch a real rocket launch from their apartment building, but rain cancels it. Their neighbour Mr. Gurley shows them his record paper airplane that flew twenty feet, and teaches them to measure distance in feet. The children fold and launch their own paper rockets again and again, measuring each flight and adjusting the design. After several short attempts they finally fly one thirty-two feet, setting a new building record and earning a spot in the showcase.

Zou The Chef

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Zou, a young zebra, decides to bake a cake and draw a card for his mother on Mother's Day. With Grandma's guidance he mixes butter, eggs and flour and ices a finished cake, while his friend Elzee makes a card alongside him. Dad accidentally eats the cake before Mom returns, so Zou attempts a second one alone and ends up covered in flour. Mom comes home, helps him clean up and finish a new cake, and the episode ends with the whole family wishing each mother in the house a happy Mother's Day.

Jay's Fit

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Siblings Phoebe and Jay are getting ready for a big family photo for their apartment building's neighbor wall. After spilled hair gel stains Dad's tie and Jay slips into a muddy puddle, the children head to the building's Pass-It-On table to put together a new outfit. Phoebe acts as Jay's stylist, and with help from neighbor Manny they learn to read the size tags on clothing to find pants, a jacket, and a shirt that fit. The family finally gathers for the photo at the end.

The Salmon Leap

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On the island of Puffin Rock, young puffin Oona and her friend Adam invite the owl Otto to the waterfall to watch salmon leap upstream at sunrise. First the little owlets Pip and Pop, and Oona's baby brother Baba, must be settled to sleep, so the friends try soft bedding, a game and counting sheep without success. They finally realise the owlets stayed awake because no one said goodnight, and once tucked in the babies drift off. The friends rush to the waterfall and just catch the salmon leaping before the sun climbs too high.

Birthday Dance Surprise

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Phoebe, a young girl living at the Topsy Towers apartment community, hears Grandma Annie's favourite song and decides to make up a surprise dance for her grandmother's birthday. She teaches the three-part dance to her brother Jay, her friend Lupe, neighbour Mr. Gurley and her dad, finding a different way to help each one learn, from turning the steps into a song to recording a video they can slow down and drawing pictures of each move. The family keeps the dance a secret while they practise. At the party, everyone performs it together and Grandma Annie calls it the best birthday surprise ever.

Jessica's Restaurant

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Jessica visits Rosie's restaurant with her dad and tastes gumbo for the first time, discovering that trying new food can be fun. Back home, she and her friend Stanley set up their own pretend restaurant, drawing a menu and serving snacks to family and friends. When their last crackers break, Jessica invents a new dish from carrots, peanut butter and crumbs. Everyone tastes it and enjoys the surprise creation.

Oona's Cave

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Young puffin Oona sets off to practice building her own burrow on the beach, wanting to do it alone like a grown-up puffin. When Mossy the shrew accidentally squashes it, Oona is upset and goes looking for a quiet cave to try again. Feeling bad, Mossy and Silky the seal pup make a plan and build her a new burrow, then bring her back. Oona forgives them, and the friends end the day sliding down the dunes together.

Alma the Artist

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Alma notices the painted murals around her Bronx neighborhood and suggests decorating the blank gate on Mr. Huda's store. When her friends talk over each other with ideas about spaceships, cowboys, and basketball players, Alma stops to think and proposes that everyone sketch a design for Mr. Huda to choose. He picks Alma's view from her window, and as Andre keeps adding space chinchillas, polka dots, and hippos, Alma learns to speak up and ask him to check with her first. The finished mural includes all the friends, and a neighbor asks Andre to paint the next one.

Star Ball

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Alma has to skip her perfect freeze tag plans to tag along to her mom's meeting, where she finds her friends Andre and Rofia bored. Using the empty space, the three invent a floor board game they name Star Ball, with Andre drawing the board, Rofia supplying a spinner, and Alma adding rules. When Alma keeps changing the rules to her own advantage, Andre and Rofia get frustrated and want to quit. Alma thinks back over what happened, apologizes, and the friends agree on the rules together before happily replaying the game, which Andre wins.