Bookaboo

Bookaboo: My Think-A-Ma-Jink With Jeff Stinco

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Bookaboo

My Think-A-Ma-Jink With Jeff Stinco

ABC2 Kids | September 25, 2016

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Bookaboo, the rock puppy, needs a book a day or he just can't play. He is joined by canadian rock band Simple Plan's very own guitar player, Jeff Stinco who reads him My Think-a-Ma-Jink.

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Bookaboo, the rock puppy, needs a book a day or he just can't play. He is joined by canadian rock band Simple Plan's very own guitar player, Jeff Stinco who reads him My Think-a-Ma-Jink.

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A read aloud of My ThinkAMaJink about a boy who learns how to use his imagination.

My Think-A-Ma-Jink read by Jeff Stinco

Years F, 1-2 Literacy

A read aloud of My ThinkAMaJink about a boy who learns how to use his imagination.

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