Mrs. Rasmussen's Read Alouds: Recent Episodes
Lisa Rasmussen
Revver and Sprite catch each other up on all that has happened in the time they spent apart.
Upon hearing more about Sprite's problem, Revver uses information from his brain burrow to make a rescue plan to help his sister.
After waking up from a bad dream, Revver explores the garage and discovers a new machine.
Revver heads right for the track, but getting in isn't as easy as Revver thought it would be.
On evening forty-nine, Sprite reflects on how life is going to change once they all leave the nest.
Revver gets so absorbed in watching a race that he makes a dangerous error on judgement.
Revver excitedly wakes up Sprite to show her his new invention to see the track better, and Sprite realizes Revver had come to a different understanding during the night than she thought.
Mama tries to continue teaching the young squirrels the essential skills, but Revver keeps getting distracted by the race going on way below the race track.
Sprite saves Revver from destroying their family nest and from injuring himself very badly.
Sprite is a talented weaver and Revver admires her talent. He dreams of being faster than his brother Bounce.
Revver and his siblings are planning their race, but argue about how to get it started.
Ebeneezer comes and Charlotte's horse delivers twin foals. The author's note shares details of what is known of the real Charlotte Darkey Parkhurst.
Charlotte enjoys her visit from Hayward. She also decides to do something she's been thinking of doing for a long time.
Charlotte's new experience changes dramatically with an accident shortly after arriving in California.
Two of Ebeneezer's former stable boys come back to convince Charley to come out west with them. They want Charley to be a stage driver for them in the wild west. Charley decides to go because she still has a dream of land of her own.
Charlotte is a top-notch stagecoach driver. One day a passenger assigned to her manifest is Mr. Millshark. Charley decides to make his ride interesting.
This brief section gives background on the years between Charley's move to Rhode Island up until she a young woman of 18.
Charley meets Ebeneezer and begins to work in his stables. After Millshark shows up, Ebeneezer has her try to drive a six-in-the-hand to see if he could use her in Rhode Island.
Charlotte rides the stage to get farther away from the orphanage. She hides in a barn at the end of the stage route.
Charlotte suffers disappointment after disappointment, and begins to make a plan that will change her life completely.
Introduction to "Riding Freedom" by Pam Munoz Ryan. Charlotte Parkhurst has a rough start in life, but she's a survivor.
The police and firemen of New York try to make sense of what is resting on the spire of the Empire State Building. James introduces his friends and they all become famous.
In the morning, the Centipede notices that they have reached land. The characters plan a strategy for landing gently, however, an airplane destroys their plan.
The characters try to decide how to help the Centipede with the paint quickly drying on his body, but then they encounter another problem with the Cloud-Men. They see many other strange things during their journey in the night.
James develops a plan to rescue Centipede. Soon afterward, Centipede causes great problems for the travelers when they encounter the Cloud-Men.
The characters investigate the damage to the peach, bewilder a crew on a ship, and the creatures explain how their actions benefit people.
James shares his idea to escape from the sharks and the crew tries to put his plan into action.
The creatures had a terrible trip inside the peach during its descent down the hill. Upon landing, they investigate where they have stopped and ponder their fate. In chapter 19, they encounter some dreadful visitors.
Centipede chews through the stem connecting the peach to the tree and the peach begins its (descructive) journey down the hill.
Once the peach grows ridiculously large, the aunts find a way to profit from the peach. When James gets sent outside to clean up, he discovers an opening in the peach.
James is eager to take advantage of the gift in the white bag, but an accident destroys his hope. Then something peculiar starts to happen.
James's life turns horribly wrong, he moves in with his two awful aunts, and encounters a small old man who gives him a strange "gift".
Louis's life changes as his health declines, but at the same time his dot alphabet starts to spread.
In 1844 the Institute moves into a new building. as part of the celebration there is an opportunity to show how the dot system works.
Louis has struggles getting people to promote his alphabet and the Institute's new director does something unimaginable.
Louis shares his alphabet of dots with his classmates at school, but sharing it beyond the Institute is harder than he anticipated.
Louis works tirelessly on trying to find a way to use dots to make reading possible for the blind, but nothing seems to work. Then one day he comes up with a novel idea that changes everything.
Books for the blind in 1820 are not very good. Louis learns about Nightwriting and hopes it will be an improvement, but there are many problems with the system. It sparks an idea inside Louis to try using dots.
Starting at the new school was not what Louis expected at first. However, Louis gradually begins to adjust to life at the Institute.
Louis is very eager to learn. This chapter describes some of Louis's early schooling experiences.
Chester is acting too sweet and Harold is concerned Chester is up to something. Listen to discover what Harold finds out
Chester tries to remove Bunnicula's "power" by using suggestions from a book. It doesn't go exactly as planned.
Chester acts like a vampire in an attempt to convince the family the bunny is a vampire.
Discover what happens when the Monroe family brings home a bunny they found at the movie theater.