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Bookaboo

A Bedtime for Bear With Melinda Shankar
ABC2 / KIDS  |  September 2, 2017

English

Literature

Literacy
F 1-2
Classification: General Classification: General
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Bookaboo, the rock puppy, needs a book a day or he just can't play. He is joined by brilliant Canadian film and TV actress Melinda Shankar who reads him A Bedtime for Bear.

Bookaboo, the rock puppy, needs a book a day or he just can't play. He is joined by brilliant Canadian film and TV actress Melinda Shankar who reads him A Bedtime for Bear.

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