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Between the Lions Early Reading Collection

RESOURCE	GRADE LEVEL	MEDIA TYPE
Amazing Trampolini Brothers: brave In this video segment from Between the Lions, a trio of animated circus performers demonstrates the comparative and superlative adjectives brave, braver, and bravest.	Pre-K-1	Video
Amazing Trampolini Brothers: good In this video segment from Between the Lions, a trio of animated circus performers demonstrates the comparative and superlative adjectives good, better, and best.	Pre-K-1	Video
Amazing Trampolini Brothers: noisy In this video segment from Between the Lions, a trio of animated circus performers demonstrates the comparative and superlative adjectives noisy, noisier, noisiest.	Pre-K-1	Video
Amazing Trampolini Brothers: tasty In this video segment from Between the Lions, a trio of animated circus performers demonstrates the comparative and superlative adjectives tasty, tastier, tastiest.	Pre-K-1	Video
The Ants and the Grasshopper This video segment from Between the Lions emphasizes "m" words through an original, animated retelling of the classic Aesop's fable "The Ants and the Grasshopper."	Pre-K-1	Video
Arty Smartypants: snail/nail In this video segment from Between the Lions, Arty takes an “s” from snail to make a nail. He uses props to illustrate words.	Pre-K-1	Video
Blending Bowl: Dine In this video segment from Between the Lions, two football teams, "d" and "ine," crash together to make the word "dine."	Pre-K-1	Video
Cheesybreadville In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cleo Lion reads aloud Cheesybreadville, a rhyming, lyrical story set in Puerto Rico about how the love of a husband and wife created cheesy bread.	Pre-K-1	Video
Choppers Chop, Shoppers Shop In this video segment from Between the Lions, real kids and adults attempt to correctly say the tongue twister “Choppers Chop, Shoppers Shop.”	Pre-K-1	Video
City Country Rap (c) In this video segment from Between the Lions, the animated hip hop duo Rhymo and Hip rap about the hard "c" and soft "c" sounds while telling the difference between the country and the city.	Pre-K-1	Video
City Mouse and Country Mouse This video segment from Between the Lions places emphasis on "c" words as it retells an original version of Aesop’s fable. A city mouse and a country mouse trade living spaces only to discover there’s no place like home.	Pre-K-1	Video
Cliff Hanger and the Giant Snail In this video segment from Between the Lions featuring seasonal vocabulary, a giant snail offers to rescue Cliff but moves at a snail’s pace.	Pre-K-1	Video
Cliff Hanger and the Sneezing Zebu In this video segment from Between the Lions featuring the letter "z," a sneezing zebu temporarily rescues Cliff Hanger, who is hanging from a cliff.	Pre-K-1	Video
Cliff Hanger Sells His House In this video segment from Between the Lions, a real estate agent sells Cliff Hanger's house, which Cliff builds after consulting his trusty manual, to the highest bidder.	Pre-K-1	Video
Cliff Hanger Sings the Blues In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cliff sings to get the attention of two talent scouts, Paula and Simon, but they prefer the helicopter singers.	Pre-K-1	Video
Deep in the Swamp This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated version of the trade book “Deep in the Swamp” set to music. It focuses on numbers and animal vocabulary words.	Pre-K-1	Video
Dixie Chimps: Delighted You're Mine (d) In this video segment from Between the Lions, the Dixie Chimps sing about a clumsy monkey boyfriend, demonstrating the letter “d.”	Pre-K-1	Video
Dixie Chimps: Double o Heaven (oo) In this video segment from Between the Lions, the Dixie Chimps sing a country ballad about words that contain double “o.”	Pre-K-1	Video
Dixie Chimps: Goodbye, Chick (ch) In this video segment from Between the Lions, the Dixie Chimps sing a song about an annoying chicken, emphasizing the “ch” sound.	Pre-K-1	Video
Dixie Chimps: Home is Where Long o Is (long o) In this video segment from Between the Lions, the Dixie Chimps sing a country ballad about long “o.”	Pre-K-1	Video
Double e, ee This video segment from Between the Lions features the group Fonix singing about the letters double "e" (ee) and words that contain double "e."	Pre-K-1	Video
Double o, oo This video segment from Between the Lions features the group Fonix singing about the letters double "o" (oo), words that contain double "o," and where double "o" can be found in the world.	Pre-K-1	Video
An Egg Is Quiet In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cleo reads to Lionel and Leona to find out about different kinds of eggs and why they’re quiet.	Pre-K-1	Video
Elephants Can Paint Too! This video segment from Between the Lions is based on an edited version of the published book “Elephants Can Paint Too!” and compares the art done by elephants with art done by real kids in Thailand.	Pre-K-1	Video
Fred: Musical Instruments In this video segment from Between the Lions, Fred acts out and sounds out different musical instruments to portray various instruments.	Pre-K-1	Video
Fred Says: hot In this video segment from Between the Lions, Fred combines the “h” and “ot” to form the word “hot.”	Pre-K-1	Video
Get Your Mouth Moving In this video segment from Between the Lions, Fred sings an up-tempo, jazzy-rag scat with the "a" vowel sound and various consonants.	Pre-K-1	Video
Happy Birthday, Cliff Hanger In this video segment from Between the Lions, it's Cliff Hanger's birthday, but when he blows out his candles he also blows away the hot air balloon his friends are in.	Pre-K-1	Video
Homophones This video segment from Between the Lions is a song about homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently) performed by Brian McKnight and Cleo Lion.	Pre-K-1	Video
How to Be a Good Dog In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cat teaches Bobo how to be a good dog.	Pre-K-1	Video
Hung Up On h In this video segment from Between the Lions, Tammy Lionette (Cleo) and Jasmine Guy sing about the confusing “h” sound in a Western style.	Pre-K-1	Video
If You Can Read: at In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated stick figure sings about different words that can be read "if you can read at."	Pre-K-1	Video
If You Can Read: en In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated stick figure sings about different words that can be read "if you can read en."	Pre-K-1	Video
If You Can Read: op In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated stick figure sings about different words that can be read "if you can read op."	Pre-K-1	Video
If You Were: bald eagle This video segment from Between the Lions is a live action, non-fiction piece about bald eagles and contains relevant vocabulary words.	Pre-K-1	Video
If You Were: blue whale This video segment from Between the Lions is a live action, non-fiction piece about blue whales and contains relevant vocabulary words.	Pre-K-1	Video
If You Were: boa constrictor This video segment from Between the Lions is a live action, non-fiction piece about boa constrictors and contains relevant vocabulary words.	Pre-K-1	Video
If You Were: hippopotamus This video segment from Between the Lions is a live action, non-fiction piece about hippopotamuses and contains relevant vocabulary words.	Pre-K-1	Video
If You Were: spider crab This video segment from Between the Lions is a live action, non-fiction piece about spider crabs and contains relevant vocabulary words.	Pre-K-1	Video
I Love Contractions In this video segment from Between the Lions, the singers of Fonix sing about their love for contractions.	Pre-K-1	Video
I Love My Family In this video segment from Between the Lions, children talk about activities they love to do with family members, and all text appears on screen.	Pre-K-1	Video
It's a p-h! In this video segment from Between the Lions, the puppet band Phish performs a song about the “ph” sound.	Pre-K-1	Video
It's My Job! In this video segment from Between the Lions, singer Aaron Nigel Smith sings a song about jobs with real children.	Pre-K-1	Video
Making Bread This video segment from Between the Lions is part of "Anthony’s Adventures," and Anthony visits a bakery where he learns how to make bread.	Pre-K-1	Video
Many Meanings of Cool In this video segment from Between the Lions, the Lions and Sierra sing about the many/homophone meanings of the word “cool.”	Pre-K-1	Video
My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated version of the published book My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks. A girl creates portraits of all her family members using a variety of objects that describe their personality traits.	Pre-K-1	Video
My Favorite Word: fabulous This video segment from Between the Lions is a table top puppetry song that illustrates synonyms for the word “good” using a stage setting and opera-type singers.	Pre-K-1	Video
My Favorite Word: humongous This video segment from Between the Lions is a table top puppetry song that illustrates synonyms for the word “big” using a stage setting and opera-type singers.	Pre-K-1	Video
My Favorite Word: miniscule This video segment from Between the Lions is a table top puppetry song that illustrates synonyms for the word “small” using a stage setting and opera-type singers.	Pre-K-1	Video
Night Shift This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated and edited version of the trade-book Night Shift that explores the world of people who work through the night.	Pre-K-1	Video
Opposite Bunny: fast/slow In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated superhero bunny saves the day through the use of opposites. Here, the bunny helps a snail on a speeding train slow down by using his superpowers to flip a switch.	Pre-K-1	Video
Opposite Bunny: hot/cold, chilly/warm In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated superhero bunny saves the day through the use of opposites. In this segment he helps a hippo who is hot to cool down and then warm up again.	Pre-K-1	Video
Opposite Bunny: loud/quiet In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated super-hero bunny uses his special power of opposites to quiet a loud duck.	Pre-K-1	Video
Opposite Bunny: yucky/yummy In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated superhero bunny uses his special power of opposites to change something yucky into something yummy.	Pre-K-1	Video
Phenomenal This video segment from Between the Lions features Hip-Hoppapotamus and Rhymocerus rapping about the meaning of the word phenomenal.	Pre-K-1	Video
Pigs in Hiding This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated version of the published book Pigs in Hiding in which pigs play a game of hide-and-seek. It features relational vocabulary and food words.	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Brush Dance This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated poem about painting techniques with a paintbrush. These techniques are the featured vocabulary.	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Cats This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated and rhyming poem about cats.	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Four Seasons In this video segment from Between the Lions, the Lions recite a poem about the seasons. All words are shown on screen.	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: I Like It When It’s Mizzly This video segment from Between the Lions recites a poem about mizzly, rainy weather. The poem features many words that end with "y" and all text appears on screen.	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Ode to the Washing Machine In this video segment from Between the Lions, a poem about a washing machine is recited and animated. It features vocabulary words and all text appears on screen.	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Tuning Up This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated poem about tuning instruments that are displayed along with the words of the poem.	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: You Never Hear the Garden Grow This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated poem about gardens by Lilian Moore that is rich with vocabulary. All text appears on screen.	Pre-K-1	Video
Q Without U This video segment from Between the Lions is a song about how you never see the letter “q” without the letter “u.”	Pre-K-1	Video
Rocket-Doodle-Doo This video segment from Between the Lions presents an animated rhyming song to help tune the listener’s ear to language sounds, and it incorporates strategies for building vocabulary and fluency in reading.	Pre-K-1	Video
Ruby Sings the Blues This video segment from Between the Lions shows an animated story about a little girl who is always very loud but learns how to control the volume of her voice through singing. All words are seen on screen.	Pre-K-1	Video
Spicy Hot Colors This video segment from Between the Lions illustrates colors with a variety of interesting items.	Pre-K-1	Video
Stone Soup This video segment from Between the Lions emphasizes the "s" throughout this original, animated version of the popular folktale "Stone Soup."	Pre-K-1	Video
Summer Is fun in Alaska! This video segment from Between the Lions features kids from Alaska who show their favorite summer games and activities. All text appears on screen.	Pre-K-1	Video
Ten More Little Words In this video segment from Between the Lions, a large dinosaur puppet teaches a class of monkeys about ten little words through a song.	Pre-K-1	Video
There's a Gorilla! This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated song about a gorilla and illustrates differences between a period, question mark, and exclamation point.	Pre-K-1	Video
This Is the Sixth Sister In this video segment from Between the Lions, real kids and adults try to correctly say the tongue twister, “This Is the Sixth Sister.”	Pre-K-1	Video
The un People: buttoned/unbuttoned In this video segment from Between the Lions, the evil un people unbutton Monica Maxwell's parka, then the heroic re people rebutton her parka.	Pre-K-1	Video
Very Loud, Very Big, Very Metal This video segment from Between the Lions features a song about construction vehicles.	Pre-K-1	Video
Violet’s Music In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cleo reads the Lion family a story of a little girl who loves music and searches for people just like her.	Pre-K-1	Video
Vowel Boot Camp: not/note In this video segment from Between the Lions, vowel letterheads and Sergeant Mark (who is an exclamation point) chant the silent "e" rule then letterhead "o" gives its long and short sounds.	Pre-K-1	Video
When Two Vowels Go Walking In this video segment from Between the Lions, animated letters walk down a road while the the song explains the rule: "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking."	Pre-K-1	Video
W Trouble In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cleo plays country western singer Tammy Lionette and sings about the difficulties she has with the tricky letter “w.”	Pre-K-1	Video
Yesterday I Had the Blues In this video segment from Between the Lions, a boy tells us about how colors correspond to feelings and members of his family.	Pre-K-1	Video

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