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Storytime: Emily Ciarolo from Dog Tags of Western New York reads Strange Creatures: The Story of Walter Rothschild and His Museum by Lita Judge

Walter Rothschild was born into a family of bankers and was nearly the richest boy in the world. He was also so shy he barely spoke. He had no friends, but he loved every creature that crawled, slithered or flew. At the age of seven, Walter saw his first circus parade. He excitedly declared to his parents: “I’m going to collect animals from all over the world and build a museum!” Soon Walter had his first exotic creatures: kangaroos, wallabies and kiwis. From there his collection grew until it threatened to take over the Rothschild estate. Lord Rothschild wanted his son to lead the family business eventually. But Walter wouldn’t give up his dream. Strange Creatures is the story of how a painfully shy boy followed his passion and became a brilliant scientist, forever changing our understanding of the world’s diversity of creatures.

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Storytime, Honk for Heroes Edition: Lieutenant Shelby Thompson from the Buffalo Fire Department reads Pete the Cat: Firefighter Pete by James Dean.

Put on your firefighter helmet and join Pete the Cat on his trip to the fire station. He gets to do everything a firefighter does — even slide down the pole and ride the fire truck. But when the alarm goes off and there’s a fire to fight, it’s Pete who rushes to the rescue.

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Storytime, Honk for Heroes Edition: Julia Spitz, Executive Vice President at Savarino Properties reads Whose Hat is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper.

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Put on your thinking cap and guess whose hat is whose. There are hard hats and soft hats, square hats and round hats. There are even very tall hats. Some workers wear special hats to help them do their jobs. Can you guess whose hat is whose?

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