The Cool Bean - Kids Books Read Aloud

the cool beam written by jon jory illustrated by pete oswald watch out here come the cool beans the cool beans oh yeah check out how they move look at the way they swagger notice their sunglasses yeah the cool beans are known all over school from house to house across town beyond county lines in the olden days last year we were all one big pot of beans we were a mixed bag but somehow it worked yep those were the good old days and then we stopped seeing each other as much that's just how it is sometimes you spend less time together even though you're not totally sure why I watched as the beans I knew so well the beans from my own pod became the cool beans oh they were so cool one of them could play the guitar cool one of them could draw the best superheroes cool one of them could jump higher than any bean I'd ever known cool me well I mostly stayed the same sure I made some small changes I wore sunglasses too big I slipped my hair back too slick I strutted around whoa I swaggered woof I was still picked last for everything my clothes never seemed to fit I snorted when I laughed I walked into stuff I was an uncool being for sure I started thinking of myself as just a common bean with no special skills I couldn't compete so I didn't even try I'd never be a cool bean it seemed like there were two types of beans in this world there were the cool beans and then the beans like me the days I'll blend it together I lived my life and things were just okay I took tests and eight lunches mostly kept to myself the cool beans continued being cool I mean sure I missed them a bit but it's not like I was going to say anything I felt like all that coolness had gotten in the way of our friendship and that's how it went until one day I was in the cafeteria I dropped my lunch on my loafers oh no not again but then something sort of miraculous happened out of nowhere one of the cool beans helped me clean it up he didn't even say anything he just gave me a nod that was it later I was out on the playground I tripped and scraped to my knee and maybe cried a little bit and everybody saw it another one of the cool beans came to my side and without a word he dusted me off that afternoon I was sitting in class I wasn't really paying attention I didn't notice but our teacher had called on me everybody stared i sat there in silence nobody said anything and then then everybody just laughed at me that was it after today I was officially a has-been [Music] but then one of the cool beans stood up and came over to me everybody watched she'd leaned in close and whispered hey the teacher asks you to read from page 32 then she gave me a quick wink and went back to her seat it was a small gesture sure but it was also everything I walked home with a goofy smile on my face I smiled all the way through dinner that day made all the difference it was a day that could have been really bad if not for the kindness of a few cool beans it gave me a shred of confidence that shred of confidence has continued to grow somebody had my back or a few somebodies [Music] after that I started hanging out with the cool beans again how have you been get it ellaby bean not all of the time but sometimes at lunch after school even on the weekends throughout all of this I realized that it's not about how you look or any of that other silly stuff it's about a wink I'm not or a smile at just the right moment it's about dusting somebody off helping them up again and pointing them in the right direction [Music] you need a hand yes please now that's cool thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe want to check out the last story be read here's the link do you have a favorite book that you are allowed leave it in the comments below [Music]

Channel: Storytime Anytime

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Id: 4jEgHfLW9d8

Length: 8min 28sec (508 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 27 2020