Grace and Box

In "Grace and Box" by Kim Howard and Megan Lotter, Grace and Box have become fast friends. Box delivered a refrigerator earlier in the week and by the end of it, Grace and Box had already been to space, gone camping, and explored the depths of the sea together.

A universal friendship (child and box) has come alive in this imaginative and humorous picture book. The depths of friendships run deep with children, even if they're just boxes to us!

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Episode Transcript

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Today, we're reading grace andbox written by Kim Howard Dilla

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strayed by Megan looter.
The day, the new refrigeratorcame.
Grace got.
Box.
On Monday.
Box was a rocket.
On Tuesday box was a home.

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On Wednesday box was a tent forcamping.
And also some ruins in Rome.
On Thursday box was a submarine.
On Friday box was Hong Kong.
On Saturday box was a deep darktunnel.

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But on Sunday, something waswrong.
In one corner box was sagging.
And one of his walls had a rip.
One flap on box was bent andcrumpled box was a sinking ship.
Great scape.
I'm a checkup.

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His heartbeat seemed okay.
She let him rest on the couchand read him stories all day.
Next.
She tried to bandage and thensome veggie soup.

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But no matter what she did.
Box continued to droop.
Then grace had an idea.
If box was a sinking boat.
Maybe she was a peg leg pirate,trying to keep him afloat.
Oh, Let's try some tape.

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Grace fixed the rip in his wall.
Get some cardboard forreinforcement.
She patched crumbles big andsmall.
Box look different now, but thatdidn't matter to grace by
Monday, he was back to work asanother magical place.

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So box was a Fort then a castle.
Which grace worked harddefending.
And every few days a new repwould need a little mending.
They played the days away withlots of color in laughter.

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Because best friends, Graysonbox had big dreams to chase
after.