Episode: The Mitten

Hello there, little ones!

Oma has been filling these final cold-weather days staying indoors doing one of her favorite things…

crocheting!

What do you like to do on cold blustery days?

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Episode: Little Miss Valentine

Hello there, little ones!

Valentines of pink & red.

Special words of kindness said.

Small surprises, funny jokes,

paper hearts, and pretty notes.

The best part of

Valentine’s Day

is I get the chance to say,

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Episode: Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect

Hello, my little friends!

Oma & Gompy’s very own Small Pine.

Long, long ago

in a land far away,

lived a perfect little tree named Small Pine.

Small Pine hoped to maintain its perfect form and be selected by the Queen as her Christmas tree. But as the warm-hearted little tree gave shelter to rabbits, birds, and deer in the forest, its branches became damaged. All the other trees in the evergreen forest laughed at Small Pine’s kindness and said Small Pine would never be chosen by the Queen now.

Have you ever offered help or support toward someone, even in the midst of ridicule from friends or those around you?

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Episode: Waiting

Hello, my little friends!

Winter is finally here and Oma can’t wait for the snow to arrive!

Have you ever been waiting for something?

Our storybook today is all about waiting!

And it is a 2016 Caldecott Honor book, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book as well as a New York Times best selling book.

Oma is so excited…I can hardly wait to share this special book with you, titled:

Waiting

Written and Illustrated by

Kevin Henkes

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Episode: Sophie’s Squash

Hello, my little friends!

Oma has been busy in the kitchen

&

I am so excited to bring some of that fall cooking yumminess to you in

today’s book:

Sophie’s Squash!

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Episode: I love you so much!

Hello, my little friends!

Did you ever have something really important you wanted to say?

Some very “special words” that were just right there

on the tip of your tongue?

Today’s book is

I Love You So Much!

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Episode: Wherever You Are my love will find you

Hello, my little friends!

Oma has chosen another very special book to read together and

I am so excited to be sharing it with you inside Oma’s Reading Room!

Today’s book is

Wherever You Are

My love will find you

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Welcome to Oma’s Reading Room!

Let’s Read Together!

“It’s a Big World, Baby! Big enough to dream! You’re not too small to do great things!”

— JJ Heller, Big Dreams

Hello my little (and not so little) friends!

I’m Oma!

And I am so glad you found me in my Reading Room!

My Reading Room is a place for us

to BE together,

to READ together,

and hopefully share a GIGGLE or two!

I do hope you will come to visit me here, often.

Be sure to bring a friend along too!

We will have so much fun when we’re together

and I will always share my hugs and blessings with you!

Our first story time together will be posted

very soon!