Storytime Video: Grandpa Ivy’s River Adventure
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About this Story
I love to float down the river near my home in western North Carolina. I often see animals on the river's edge, many of them looking at me curiously as I float past.
When I wrote this story, I imagined the same river with its huge turn and all the animals that live along its banks.
Story: Grandpa Ivy’s River Adventure, by Becca Lane
One hot morning, Grandpa Ivy wakes up and realizes it’s a perfect day to float down the river in his raft.
As he floats down the river, he passes the homes of many of his friends: Little Frog, Little Mouse, Little Squirrel, Little Deer, and Little Bear. One by one, his friends join him on his raft until it is full! As they go around a final turn before Grandpa Ivy’s home, the raft topples over and sends them all into the river laughing!
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream
If you enjoyed this story, check these out!
- Enjoy an episode of Storytime in the Woods that also features this story.
- Listen this episode of Purple Day with another Grandpa Ivy story: Grandpa Ivy & the Fishing Pond
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