Hi my friends, welcome to Storytime with The Met! My name is Josefa and I'm
so glad to see all of you. Please make sure to join us each week on
Thursday at noon, for a different story time and art activity.
Now, let's find a cozy spot and let's get started!
We are going to start with our welcome song, just like what we do at the museum.
For those of you that don't know, it goes to the tune of "This Old Man."
Can you all count to three with me? You can also clap like this
and sing along if you'd like. On the count of three, are you ready?
One... two... three... Welcome, friends! Get ready, get set for Story
time with The Met. Where we love to read, and sing, and look! At works of
art and picture books. We'll use our eyes to look
and see. We'll use our ears to hear stories.
Now let's take a seat and give a shh! Let's begin with
our first book! Round of applause, my friends.
You did a great job singing! So for our book today
it is called "I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato"
written and illustrated by Lauren Child. Do you like to eat tomatoes?
Let's find out!
I have this little sister Lola. She is small
and very funny. Sometimes I have to keep an eye on her.
Sometimes mom and dad ask me to give Lola her dinner.
This is difficult because she is a very fussy eater. Are you a picky eater too?
Lola won't eat carrots, of course, she says carrots are for rabbits.
I say, what about peas? Lola says peas are too small. What color
are the peas? Can you see?
and too green. One day, I played a good trick on her.
Lola was sitting at the table waiting for
her dinner and she said I do not eat peas or carrots or potatoes.
Or mushrooms or spaghetti or eggs, or sausages.
I do not eat cauliflower or cabbage or baked beans or bananas
or oranges and I'm not fond of apples or rice or cheese or
fish sticks and I absolutely will not never not ever
eat a tomato. My sister hates tomatoes.
Goodness, that's a lot of food she doesn't like to eat!
And I said that is lucky because we are not having any of those things. We
are going to eat we are not going to eat any peas or
carrots or potatoes or mushrooms or spaghetti
or eggs or sausages. There will be no cauliflower or cabbage
or baked beans or bananas or oranges.
We don't have any apples or rice or cheese or fish sticks
and certainly no tomatoes.
Lola looked at the table. Then why are there carrots there Charlie?
I don't ever eat carrots. What color are the carrots?
They're orange.
And I said, oh you think those are carrots?
These are not carrots. These are orange twiglets from Jupiter.
They just look like carrots to me, said Lola.
But how can they be carrots? I said. Carrots
don't grow on Jupiter. That is true said, Lola. Well I might just try one
if they're all the way from Jupiter.
Not bad she said and took another bite.
Check it out, looks like they're in space!
Then Lola saw some peas. Oh no, I don't eat peas
said Lola. I said these are not peas, of course, they are not. These are
green drops from Greenland. They are made out
of green and fall from the sky. But I don't eat
green things Lola said. Do you all eat green things?
Oh goody, I said. I'll have your share. Green drops are so incredibly rare.
Well, maybe I'll nibble just one or two. Oh said, Lola. Quite
tasty.
Next, Lola saw the potato. I will not eat potato so
don't even try, not even mashed. Look how big this potato
is! Oh, this isn't mashed potato. People often
think that. No, this is a cloud fluff from the
pointiest peak of Mount Fuji. Oh
said Lola. Hmm, in that case, a large helping for me. I love to eat
cloud. Does mashed potatoes kind of look like
fluffy clouds to you?
Charlie, she said. Those look like fish sticks to me
and I would never eat a fish stick.
What do you think Charlie's gonna say?
I know that. These are not fish sticks. These are ocean nibbles from the
supermarket under the sea. Mermaids eat them
all the time. Oh I went to that supermarket one time
with Mom. Yes, I know the ones. I think I've had
them before, Lola said, gobbling.
Are there any more?
And then she said Charlie, will you pass me one of those?
And I said, what one of those? What do you think it's gonna be?
And Lola said, yes Charlie one of those. What is she pointing at?
And I couldn't believe my eyes because guess what she was pointing at?
The tomatoes and I said Are you sure? Really one of those?
And she said, yes of course. Moon squirters are my favorite!
That's a really fun name.
You didn't think they were tomatoes, did you Charlie?
Hmm let's see, carrots are now orange twiglets.
Tomatoes are now moon squirters. Mashed potato is now cloud fluff.
Green peas are now green drops and fish sticks are now ocean nibble
nibbles. The End. Round of applause, my friends! Thank
you so much for listening! You did a great
job. We are going to take a look at this oil
painting from The Met collection. Take a closer look and what things can
you see? I see lots of different
food and different kinds of vegetables that
Charlie and Lola talked about. Can you find moon squirters
or tomatoes? I see some cabbage. What other
different kinds of vegetables and food can you find in this painting?
Take one closer look and see if you can name
all the different kinds of foods that you see in the painting.
All right, my friends. Well, before we say goodbye, we do have a fun
activity that you can do at home. Next time you are baking or cooking
with your family at home, you can take a look at the fridge
and try to rename all the different foods that you see.
Can you think of as many different fun creative names
and rename all the different foods that you see in your fridge? Just like Charlie
did. Try to be as creative as possible. You
can even make a list and make a really fun recipe or
ingredient list for your family.
All right, my friends. Well, thank you so much for joining us
today! We hope to see you again next week for a different
story and activity. Goodbye, my friends!