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Are you ready to come along with me?
Are you ready to imagine with Rella B?
Hi friends, it's Rella B. I'm so excited you came to read with me.
Well, we're going to have to find out what we're reading today.
And in order to do that, I'm going to give you a riddle.
But before I give you the riddle, don't forget that if you would like to have a fun activity to do along with our podcast, then you can find the free printable link in the in the description below.
So let's go ahead and get started with our riddle.
I'm gonna give you three hints and then a couple seconds to guess.
Are you ready?
Hint number one.
You'll find me filled with animals, big and small.
Hint number two, behind fences and glass, we house them all.
Hint number three, families visit me to learn and explore.
What do you think I am?
I'll give you a few seconds to guess.
Good job.
If you guessed a zoo, then you would be correct.
And there are so many different animals at the zoo, right?
Before we get our author friend, let's go ahead and do a small activity about being different animals.
One animal that I love to think about is an elephant.
Can you stretch your arm far in front of your face and pretend if it was an elephant trunk swaying back and forth?
What if you reach it really high and pretend to grab leaves that you can eat?
Or what if you reach it down low pretending that there was a lake and you were using your trunk to feed yourself water?
That would be so cool.
And elephants also have really big floppy ears so that they can fan themselves or keep bugs away from them.
Can you take your hands by your ears and pretend as if they were big, floppy elephant ears?
What other things would we be able to see in the zoo?
What are your favorite animals?
There's zebras.
There's tigers, cheetahs, monkeys, so many, but we can't get into all of them today.
So let's go ahead and welcome our author friend.
Oh my goodness friends, we are joined today by an amazing author that is going to share their story with us.
I don't know about you guys, but have you ever been to a zoo?
I love going to the zoo and seeing all the amazing animals, but you know what?
I've never seen at the zoo a t-rex.
But this wonderful author has a story about a T-Rex and his friend that go and explore a zoo.
So let's go ahead and welcome her.
Hi, Miss Katie.
How are you?
Hi, I'm good.
How are you?
I am so great.
So I would love to hear more about your story, what it's called and what your main characters look like.
T-Rex and Tuck Explore the Zoo is inspired by my little boy Tucker, and his favorite stuffed animal, T-Rex.
So it's a dinosaur and a little boy.
Oh my goodness.
How amazing is that?
I know I have a favorite stuffed animal too, and it's actually a white little fluffy dog.
Oh my gosh.
I had one when I was little and it was a little teddy bear.
So...
Definitely a classic.
So I think we're ready to hear your story.
Okay, I'll get started then.
T-Rex and Tuck were bored.
They had spent all morning in the playroom and were ready to go outside, but it was raining.
Tuck asked T-Rex, have you ever been to the zoo?
T-Rex shook his head no, I've always wanted to.
Tuck jumped up, what are we waiting for?
Let's go explore.
But it was raining, so how could they go to the zoo?
Luckily, Tuck had quite an imagination and knew a lot about zoo animals.
T-Rex couldn't wait to learn more.
"'Let's visit the lion's den first,' shouted T-Rex excitedly.
"'Okay,' said Tuck.
"'Did you know they call the lion the king of the jungle?
"'Lions have lots of sharp teeth "'and a lot of fur on their head called a mane.
"'They also roar really loud.'
"'Louder than this?' asked T-Rex, "'and he let out his loudest roar.
Roar!
Can you guys roar at home?
Tuck lap!
Yes, even louder than that!
Oh my goodness, you guys are so good at roaring.
What if we visit the giraffes next, asked Tuck.
Okay, said T-Rex.
I think they're even taller than me.
Yep, they are really, really tall.
Do you know why they are so tall, asked Tuck?
Nope, why?
So they can reach up and eat the leaves in the tall trees.
Their necks are amazingly strong too.
Do you know what other animals I think are pretty cool, Tuck said?
Elephants.
They are one of my favorites.
They remember everything.
They are loving, and look how cute the baby elephants are.
See how they splash water on their backs with their long trunks?
T-Rex was amazed.
He started stomping around acting like an elephant.
If you can, you can stomp like an elephant at home too.
Tuck thought this was funny and started stomping too.
Can we stomp over to visit the monkeys next, asked T-Rex.
Of course, answered Tuck.
E-E-U-U-A-A.
T-Rex shouted.
Tuck fell over laughing.
What was that?
Asked Tuck.
I was talking like a monkey, said T-Rex.
But because T-Rex is a dinosaur, it sounded more like he had a bad cough.
When Tuck finally stopped giggling, he told T-Rex a cool fact about how monkeys can swing from tree to tree using their tails.
They also love eating bananas.
Tuck and T-Rex decided a banana would be a great snack.
After all, exploring all day can make a little boy and dinosaur hungry.
When they finished their bananas, Tuck told T-Rex that zoos have crocodiles too.
T-Rex said, wow, I think I would get along with crocodiles.
Why?
Tuck asked.
Because we both have lots of teeth.
See?
Then T-Rex opened his mouth as wide as he could to show Tuck all his teeth.
And because we like to chomp.
Tuck tried opening his mouth wide and chomping like T-Rex.
Let's chomp on over to the penguins next.
Wow, penguins swim fast, said T-Rex.
Yes, said Tuck.
They are great swimmers.
But did you know that they are birds that can't fly?
That's crazy.
Then how do they get around on land, asked T-Rex.
They waddle on the land and ice.
Penguins like the cold.
Tuck giggled as they both pretended to waddle on ice.
T-Rex loved everything he was learning about the animals at the zoo.
He loved roaring like a lion.
If you're at home and want to roar really loud one more time, you can.
He liked pretending he was as tall as a giraffe and stomping like an elephant.
He tried to talk like a monkey once more.
He even chomped like a crocodile and waddled like a penguin again.
This made Tuck laugh.
He always had fun with T-Rex.
T-Rex asked Tuck if they could visit the zoo animals at the zoo instead of pretending.
Tuck thought that was a great idea.
They ran to ask Tuck's mommy and daddy when they could explore the zoo.
Tuck's mommy smiled.
When it stops raining, we can go.
Do you know what happened next?
The clouds moved, the rain stopped, and the sun started shining.
Tuck's mommy and daddy laughed.
Well, little buddy, you better get T-Rex and put your shoes on.
It looks like we are headed to the zoo.
The end.
Oh my goodness, that is so awesome.
And it's so cool that all these animals have so many different traits that make them special, just like all of us.
So I know that T-Rex is a stuffed animal.
So that stuffed animal is based off of the one that your son has?
Yes.
So if you look at the pages in the book, the T-Rex, he isn't a scary T-Rex or realistic at all.
He looks like a stuffed animal and he looks very similar to the stuffed animal that my little boy has.
He's even green just like that one.
Oh, that is so adorable.
So if we would like to see the amazing illustrations and find out more about you, or buy the book, where do we go?
You can visit authorkatymariecom to purchase the book or any book in the series from my website or it's available on Amazon.
But you can even look on like Target, Barnes and Noble.
If you search out the title, it will show up for you.
Oh, and you did mention that you have other books in the series.
What are those books?
Yes.
So there's T-Rex and Tuck Explore the Zoo, which I read today.
And then T-Rex and Tuck Explore Outer Space.
And then T-Rex and Tuck explore the kitchen, which they make a mess in the kitchen, but they have fun baking in the process.
Wow, T-Rex and Tuck seem like they have so much fun together.
Well, thank you so much for sharing that today with us, Miss Katie.
Yes, thank you for having me.
It was great.
Yes, and hopefully we'll see you for another book.
We'll see you later.
Wow, that was such an incredible story.
And if you would like to find out more about our author friend and their story, make sure you check the links down below, as well as getting your free printable as well.
Thank you so much for joining me today and bye!
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