Bookaboo

Bookaboo: A Bedtime for Bear With Melinda Shankar

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Bookaboo

A Bedtime for Bear With Melinda Shankar

ABC2 / KIDS | September 2, 2017

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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.

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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.

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