 story time. My name is Luisa and I am a long reach public library, library assistant. Today I'm going to read you stories about treasure. And before we get started let's just all say good morning to each other. Short, short little verse of the hello good morning song it goes like this. Hello, how are you? Hello, how are you? Hello, how are you? How are you this morning? How are you? You're here. So if you haven't signed up for a summer reading program yet please visit longbeach.beanstack.org to start earning prizes for all the reading that you're already doing because I know you're doing lots of reading this summer. And if you're signed up don't forget to get credit for joining us today by entering the code pirate as you see down here P-I-R-A-T-E in your activities tab of your beanstack account. Sound good? Yay. So are you ready to learn about treasure? Yeah? Okay if you're ready to learn about treasure rub your belly in a circle. Very good. All right now add your hand. Can you pat your head and rub your belly? Well I'm not doing it. Well I think I got it. Do you got it at home? Oh no I'm not. Well it takes a lot of thinking and focus right? Well now that we've activated our focus and our warmed up our brains let's turn on our listening ears. Our story. So as you can see here we have some treasure. We have a treasure chest which I'm going to get into more later. But when you think about treasure usually you think about jewels, gems, pirates and stuff like that. But can treasure be more than just that? Can it be people? The love that we have for our family and our friends? For our community? And that's the direction that I'm going in today. So to get started I want you to think about that and I'm gonna read this book written by Taye Diggs and it's called I Love You More Than. So see if you can find the treasure in this book as I read along. I Love You More Than by Taye Diggs and illustrated by Shane E. Evans. My child I have not always with you as much as I'd like and when we're not together I miss you. You are always running around in my mind and chilling inside my heart. These are the times I like to think about how much I love you. I love you more than I love dancing. But I love making up moves and moonwalking with you. Snap snap. To our favorite snappy songs. I love you more than I love singing. But I love to belt out your favorite la la la lullaby before you fall asleep. I love you more than I love going to the movies. But I love how you look in those 3D glasses. It's pretty cool. When we check out a booming big space action flick. I love you more than I love the beach. But I love the footprints your little feet make when I'm chasing you through the sand. Tag. You're it. I love you more than I love eating. But I love going to breakfast with you. We get pounds of pancakes and apple juice. Sometimes I'll mix the juice with water so it's not so sweet. Look at this. All you need pancakes. Wow. All these different flavors. Whoa that's a lot of pancakes huh. They must treasure pancakes. I love you more than all my sneakers. But I love how you look in your cool little cakes. They make you run so super fast through your treasures too. I love you more than New York City. But I love riding the subway with you and taking our time talking on our way to school. I love you more than so many things. I love you more than everything. I love you. I love you. I just love you. I just love. Oh what treasures did you find in that book? I remember I remember the sneakers and the city. And what do you think was the biggest treasure of all for the the writer in this book. The narrator. This child. Yes. Yes. Our parents, our grown-ups, our kids. They're all treasures. Our family are treasures. So before I read you the next book I'm going to show you what is in my treasure box. So as we talked about when we think about treasure we sometimes think about jewels and pearls and what not shiny things. Stuff maybe like our phones or our video games or our little cars. I know my son loves his little cars and maybe our dolls and stuff like that. But in my treasure box if you want to come closer so in my treasure box as you can see there are some things. There are first picture of my mom. This is my mommy and she would always talk in details so proverbs. Proverbs are like, well I'll give you an example. Like this page. El pájaro que se levanta temprano agarra primero el gusano. The early bird gets the worms. The worm. So dichos proverbs are like little sayings that teach us things. Teach us how to be in the world. So she would always talk in proverbs. And let's see what else. In this box I have a picture of my son. When he turned three he is my little treasure. And I also have as a keepsake his little shoes. His first shoes because he was born in the winter and it was very very cold. So his first little shoes. And I also have some sage. This is a plant. It's an herb that's used as medicine to you can burn it and it cleanses the space, cleanses the air, the energy in your room or your home. So those are some of the things that I brought today to show you the different kinds of treasure there are. And we're back. Welcome back friends. So we're ready to read our next book. Turn on our listening ears one more time. And dig into this one, Brown Baby Lullaby. Well in this book the treasure is again, well you'll see I'll give it away. But I think you might be able to tell by the title. This book is by Tamika Friar Brown Baby Lullaby. Oh it's illustrated by G. Ford. What a beautiful setting. This is where the story takes place. Here are the characters. This family. Look, mi hijo at the sun. Mi hijo means my son. Look, mi hijo at the sun. Setting now that the day is done. Moonlights breaking, nights begun. Come my sweet brown baby. The baby is the treasure. Yeah, the baby is the treasure. One of the treasures. Zoom through every open door, round the room and hit the floor. Bounce back up and zoom some more. Slow down, busy baby. That means very active. In you go. Hush now. Here's your lovely oh no no baby. We don't throw no no antsy baby. Oh look, the baby through its bottle. Trying to get mama's attention. Pots and pans all scattered around right side up and upside down. Clanging, banging, noisy sound. Noisy, rowdy baby. Oh that's so much fun, banging the pots. Time to put the pots away. Bring them out some other day. Tired tears mean no more play. Vamos, fussy baby. Let's go. Oh, the baby's crying. Oh look, daddy's putting food on the table. Mama's comforting the baby. Has together as we bless food that will wind up a mess. Uh oh, we're about to see the mess. That's okay. You're learning, yes? Independent baby. Look at that baby can feed him or herself. Pour the cups and sink the sub. Grab the, grab a sponge to squeeze and rub. Keep some agua in the tub. Silly, splashing baby. Look all this water is splashing out. Awa means water. Baby sure looks happy though and so does parents. Yummy, tummy, kissy cheeks. Tight black curls with glossy streaks. Clean and fresh and toddler chic. One enchanting baby. Two brown eyes, one brown nose, ten brown fingers, ten brown toes. Love and cherish all of those. Buffy's brilliant baby. Buffy means dad. Oh, he is treasuring his baby. Rub your eyes to Coltrane song. Battle clap and stomp along. Fight that sad man till he's gone. Strong will, sleepy baby. Songs can be treasures too. Find your favorite book and then Mama reads it once again. Lie down and tuck you in. Buenas noches baby. Good night. We love you. Big brown baby. So as you can see treasure is not just these jewels and material things but there are families and the love that we have for one another and these especially I wanted to showcase because they're written by black authors and showcasing black families and this was just a small way that we can show our support for all people right now who are struggling for justice. So thank you all for joining us today. We'll see you next time. Hasta luego. Goodbye.