- Then Blue Beard fed blue berries to the blue jays and the blue birds, as the blues band in their blue jeans, played the blues.

(laughing) Oh!

Hey friends.

I got carried away reading my Blue book.

(laughing) Oh man, it's time to start the show.

I need a bookmark, where did I put it?

♪ Wimee creates all the day through ♪ ♪ And you can do it too ♪ ♪ Make up words and new rhymes ♪ ♪ Make Wimages ♪ ♪ Please do ♪ ♪ A-Do, do, pa, do, doyoo ♪ ♪ A-Nu, pa, gai, mo, du ♪ - [Kid] It's time for Wimee's Words.

(children cheering) - Hey friends, it's so nice to see you.

I'm Story, the library cat.

I'm filling in for Wimee today.

Oh gosh, but we've got some friends here with us, Brody and Brad.

Let's bring them in and ask them our question of the day.

Brody, hi!

- Hi.

- How you doing?

- Good, how are you?

- I'm doing well, thank you.

What is your favorite shade of blue?

- I would have to say navy blue.

- Navy blue, that's a fun one.

That's a beautiful color, I love that.

Thank you for sharing your answer.

- You're welcome.

- Let's talk to Brad and see what his favorite shade is.

Oh, hi Brad.

- Hi, I think you can tell that I love blue.

I have a blue hat on, a blue shirt, a blue sandal, and a blue wall behind me.

- Yeah, there's blue all over the place.

(Brad laughing) - So my favorite color of blue is the color from my favorite team, Honolulu blue.

- Honolulu blue, that's fun to say.

(chuckling) - Yeah.

(chuckling) - That's awesome.

Thank you for sharing your favorite- Oh, Wimee likes your hat!

(Brad giggling) It's his favorite color.

(chuckling) Oh gosh.

What's your favorite shade of blue?

Let me know.

Yeah, Oh!

And share something that is blue 'cause I'm gonna sing a song about it.

Okay, here we go.

♪ Blue skies are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blue skies are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blue skies are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blue's an awesome color ♪ (Story laughing) Oh, sky blue, yeah, that's perfect.

I was just singing about the sky.

Hmm, what's something else that's blue?

Maybe a crayon?

(laughing) Let's try it.

♪ Blue crayons are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blue crayons are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blue crayons are pretty neat ♪ ♪ 'Cause blue's an awesome color ♪ (laughing) Wow.

Hmm, what else is blue?

"Eyes."

Yes, my eyes are blue.

That's why I like the color blue so much.

(laughing) Let's see how eyes sings.

♪ Blue eyes are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blue eyes are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blue eyes are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blue's an awesome color ♪ (laughing) That was a great idea.

(gasps) "Violets!"

Hey!

That's my library.

Hi!

(chuckling) Violets, yes.

Violet can sometimes be blue, even though their name is violet.

Little confusing.

♪ Blue violets are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blue violets are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blue violets are pretty neat ♪ ♪' Cause blue's an awesome color ♪ (laughing) Nice idea, that was awesome.

It's blueberry season.

Yes!

I love blueberries.

They're so delicious.

So they're probably fun to sing about too.

♪ Blueberries are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blueberries are pretty neat ♪ ♪ Blueberries are pretty neat ♪ ♪ 'Cause blue's an awesome color ♪ (laughing) That was the best song ever.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Hmm, now I want some blueberries.

Hmm.

Oh, but I think it's time for a "Message From Moby."

(bright upbeat music) - What's your favorite color?

I just learned the most common answer is blue.

Yeah, when you think of the color blue most people think about water or the sky.

Yeah, that could be because there are not many plants, animals, or other things in nature that are blue.

Can you think of any blue foods?

Well, blueberries of course, but what else is blue that is a food?

It's hard to think of more because blue is the least common color for food.

Yeah, maybe that's why the color blue seems so special to us.

What do you think of when you think of the color blue?

(bright upbeat music) - Thanks Moby.

That's so cool.

I didn't know that blue is such a common favorite color.

Oh man, I think it's time for a three sentence story.

Beginning, middle, end.

And the three words come from you.

In our first sentence we set the scene.

In our second sentence... oh no, there's a problem.

But don't worry, in the third sentence we find a solution.

Let's bring in a friend to share a person, place, or thing and make sure you share a person, place, or thing so we can make our story.

(gasps) Hi Brody.

- Hi Story.

- You have a word, a person, place, or thing we can use to start our story?

- Yeah, I was thinking ninja.

- Ninja, that's an awesome word.

Hee-ya!

(both chuckling) All right, a ninja.

Great word.

It was a beautiful, blue sunny day and the ninja was outside enjoying the weather.

I think that's a good first sentence.

Beautiful scene.

It was a beautiful... Wow!

Wimage Board, that looks great.

We just got started!

It was a beautiful, sunny, blue day and a ninja was outside enjoying the weather.

It looks like we've got some blueberries in that picture too.

Yum!

I love it.

Let's see what our problem will be.

(gasps) "Shoes."

Hmm, good word, shoes.

How will I incorporate this?

Okay.

It was a beautiful, blue sunny day and the ninja was outside enjoying the weather.

But oh no!

He stepped in some blueberries and got blueberry juice all over his shoes.

I hate when that happens.

Oh no!

How will we solve this problem of blueberry juice on our shoes?

(gasps) "Brody loves to add ninjas to every story."

(chuckling) I think they're super fun.

It's awesome!

(gasps) "A kite."

A kite.

Okay, let's see how we can make this a solution.

It was a beautiful, blue sunny day outside and a ninja was enjoying the weather.

But oh no!

The ninja stepped in some blueberries and got blueberry juice all over his shoes.

It was so sad.

But then the ninja saw Wimee flying a kite, and was happy again, even though their shoes had blueberry juice on them.

Does that ever happen to you?

When you see something and you go, "Oh, that made me feel so much better."

Sometimes a beautiful kite on a beautiful day can do that.

That was a great story, friends.

Thank you so much for your words.

You helped make the story.

(laughing) Oh man.

It would be a great day to fly a kite today.

I wonder if it's windy outside.

Oh, well, I heard that Wimee spoke with the author, Travis Jonker, who wrote "Blue Floats Away."

Let's check it out.

It's time for "Wimee's Friends."

(upbeat music) ♪ Pa, pa, pa-ra, pa ♪ Hi, friends!

Guess what?

I get to spend some time right now with my friend, Travis Jonker!

Hi Travis.

(chuckling) - Hey Wimee, how's it going?

- Great, great, man!

(sighs) "Blue Floats Away."

Where did it go?

Where did it float to?

(chuckling) Tell us about your awesome book?

What inspired it?

- So blue floats away is the story of a little iceberg that breaks away from his parents and kind of goes on an adventure, and he changes in a lot of ways during the story.

And he ends up coming back to see his parents, but it's in a way that nobody ever expected.

- Huh?

You got me really wondering now.

Actually... Hey, no.

But I'm not gonna give it away.

So was there something particular that inspired the spark to this idea when you first began?

- Yeah, I think, I really liked the idea of a character that kind of goes on an adventure.

A character that changes and kind of becomes sort of independent from his parents.

And during the story, Blue runs into all kinds of cool and unusual things that he never expected to see, things like sharks, and airplanes, and birds, and things that are in and around the ocean.

And he goes through changes through the water cycle.

Blue gets to warmer and warmer water, and eventually starts to melt, and doesn't quite know what's gonna happen next.

But blue transforms, Blue melts but turns into a cloud-- - Wow.

- And keeps on going on the adventure all the way back to his parents, where he starts to snow.

And that's how he sees his parents again.

- (chuckling) Oh man!

So the water cycle.

I bet it's...

I can say, right.

It's not only a fun, awesome, inspiring thing but it's like so much to learn from it too.

- Yeah, and I love it because the illustrator for the book, Grant Snider, he made the awesome paper illustrations for this book.

He used, he rated his kids, you know, craft supplies, and got glue sticks out, construction paper, and was using scissors, and was cutting up paper, and tearing paper to make all of the pictures in the book.

- [Wimee] Yeah.

- So when you see the pictures up close, you can really tell that they're made out of paper.

And I love it because I think it's something that kids can make on their own too.

- [Wimee] Yeah.

- They could, you know, start cutting up and tearing paper to make artwork that looks just like the artwork in this book.

And I love how Grant Snider, at the very back of the book, he did a little water cycle picture right over here, and-- - [Wimee] Yeah.

- I even talk a little bit in the back about how the water cycle works, and some things that you can do to help protect our environment.

- Wow, I love it.

It's so cool.

And I love the teamwork, right?

How you as the author, the illustrator, the ideas and...

But yeah, you've got so many books behind you.

Do you ever get buried in books?

Like suddenly, like, a book avalanche behind you?

- Oh my gosh.

That's happened before, where I've got a big tall stack of books sitting somewhere and I add one more on the very top, tips over, goes all over the place.

It can be a mess down here.

Yes, I love books.

I have so many of them, and I love to keep my favorite ones nearby.

So I always have some books around me on different shelves and everywhere in the house, basically.

- I love it.

Well, Travis, thank you so much for spending some time with us.

Woo-hoo!

- Oh, thank you, Wimee.

This has been a real pleasure.

Thank you.

(Wimee chuckles) ♪ Do, do, do, do, do ♪ - That was my friend, Travis.

(chuckles) Back to you, Story.

(upbeat music) - Thanks Wimee, thanks Travis.

That was so cool to hear about that book.

I loved the pictures.

Well, it's time for "Laughing With Siblee!"

(children cheering) - Knock, knock.

- [Audience V.O] Hmm, who's there?

- Blue.

- [Audience V.O] Hmm, Blue, who?

- Don't cry.

It's just a joke!

(laughing) (children cheering) - (chuckling) Oh, Siblee, that was so good.

(laughing) Blue, who?

Kinda sounds like you're crying.

I get it, but oh, that was a good one.

Oh, I gotta catch my breath.

Speaking of breath, let's take a deep breath in.

(inhales loudly) And hold it.

And let it out.

(exhales loudly) It's time for "Slowing Down."

(gentle instrumental music) We'll take a deep breath in, hold it, and let it out.

(exhales loudly) Our friend, Brody, has a joke that he would like to tell.

Let's see what Brody's joke is.

Hey Brody.

- Okay, Story.

I have a joke for you.

- Okay.

- What do you call a sad strawberry?

- Hmm, I don't know.

What do you call a sad strawberry?

- A blueberry.

(Story laughing) - A blueberry.

I get it.

'Cause it's sad.

Oh, that was so good.

Oh my gosh, did you come up with that yourself?

- No.

- Oh, you just knew that one?

- Mhm.

- That's awesome.

- I know it from my parents.

- That was so great.

Oh, from your parents?

(chuckling) They're very funny, you should tell them.

That was a good joke.

(both chuckling) Thank you so much for sharing.

Oh friends.

If you have any jokes, send my way.

"Nice one, Brody!"

Yeah, I'll say.

That kid's hilarious.

(laughing) Oh my, I love that joke.

Almost as much as I love books.

We love books at "Wimee's Words."

Let's check out this book.

(bouncy upbeat music) - Hi, I'm Charlene, from the Los Angeles Public Library.

What do you think about when you think of the color blue?

Maybe it's a fair outfit like this one I'm wearing today or maybe the red, white, and blue, the American flag in summer picnics.

Well, I think of a book, "The Proudest Blue: "A Story of hijab And Family," by Ibtihaj Muhammad, illustrated by Hatem Aly.

Here is the blue hijab or head scarf.

What else is blue on the cover of this book?

I had so much fun, joining these sisters on their first day back to school, to celebrate little sister, Faizah chose the light-up shoes and big sister, Asiya chose a blue hijab.

When Faizah has doubts, all she needs to do is see the blue across the playground.

And she knows that she should be strong and brave as her sister, as friendly as the ocean waving to the sky.

If you like the color blue, then you should check out this book at your local library.

(bouncy upbeat music) - [Narrator] Wimee sat down, looked around the room and began to wonder.

He dreamed of diving underwater to sing to the seaweed, while delightfully dancing all day.

♪ The fish go swimming one-by-one, Hurrah, hurrah ♪ - Wait a minute.

Is that a catfish?

(chuckling) ♪ The catfish go swimming one by one ♪ ♪ Meow, meow ♪ (chuckling) Oh my goodness.

I like it down here.

(bright upbeat music) - That looks like such a good book.

I'm gonna have to see if they have it at my library.

Ooh!

I think it's time for a game.

I'm gonna call in my friends, Brad and Brody, because it's time for the alphabet game.

♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪ ♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪ ♪ Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z ♪ ♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪ ♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪ ♪ Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z ♪ (audience cheering) Hello.

So we are going to play the alphabet game.

So we will throw up some letters shortly, and we will go around and come up with words that start with those letters.

(upbeat music) (horn honks) There we go.

The letters have been thrown.

So I'll start us off.

(bright upbeat music) Hmm, B.

Maybe a B like a bumble bee.

- C for cat.

- I love it.

- H for hat.

- Woo!

A rhyme.

I for igloo.

(bright upbeat music) - M for mud - S for sister.

- W for water.

- Y for yuck.

- Ooh.

- B for bench.

- C for chair.

- H for hilarious.

(Story chuckling) - I for install.

- Ooh.

M for mouse.

- S for stupendous.

- W for wait.

- And Y for Yay!

We did the alphabet game.

(laughing) Nice job you guys.

(gasps) Wimee says, "It's fun watching the show today!

"Story, Brad, and Brody, you three are awesome!"

Aw.

(chuckling) Thanks Wimee, you're awesome too.

Now it's time to see a "Kid Chat."

Wimee had a chat with Audrey.

Let's see how it went.

(bright upbeat muic) - Hi Audrey.

- Hi.

- Oh, you created a water cycle poster!

- Yes.

- Oh, wait.

Oh, let's see.

Let me take a closer look at this.

I see... Wow, look at that, the sun, rain.

If only... You tell me, what, how, what am I seeing here?

- So the water cycle is like... it's a water cycle, but like, there's like a, if like... After it rains, it's like a big puddle on the ground-- - [Wimee] Okay.

- And, but we don't see the water go up to the sun.

It just somehow goes up there and then it goes to a cloud and that, oh, evaporate...

Evaporate collect-- - [Wimee] Wow.

- The sun.

- [Wimee] Yeah.

- And condensation.

- [Wimee] Ooh.

- Precipitation.

And then it starts all over again, and going... - [Wimee] And it keeps going?

- Yep.

- Man, those are some big words.

Precip-a... Precuputate.

What was that word?

Presupatution?

(both chuckling) - Precipitation.

- Oh, precipitation!

And that, it...

Okay, I remember.

Like, rain, snow, right?

Those things?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

So I'm so excited you were teaching me this because at first, I thought you made a bicycle that goes on water, a water cycle.

(both laughing) Okay, so, how did you first learn about the water cycle?

- My preschool teacher showed me how.

- Nice.

Well, Audrey, thanks so much.

- You're welcome.

(bright upbeat music) - Thank you, Audrey.

That was so cool.

Oh man, I think it's time we check out our Wimage Board and see how it's looking.

How's it going, Wimage Board?

Whoa!

That looks terrific.

I love that we're wearing blue hats just like Brad.

(laughing) Oh man.

And there's a blue bird landing on Wimee.

I love that, delicious.

And the blueberries still looking delicious.

We've got the water cycle happening, I see.

Mhm, with the rain and the sun.

That is so great.

Oh, I love it.

Thank you so much Wimage Board.

(laughing) Oh man.

Friends, it's time for "Find It Fast."

(energetic upbeat music) (car engine revving) Today, we are looking for something that starts with the letter B.

Something blue and something in a box.

Hmm, what can you find at home?

Look around, let us know.

Let's check in with our friends and see if they can find something that starts with B, something blue, and something in a box.

Hmm.

Oh, Brody, what do you have?

- So I have a blueberry muffin, which starts with B-- - Delicious.

- Well, it is a blueberry muffin.

- Oh.

- So there's blue in it, and it's in a box.

- Wow!

You got all three!

(chuckling) Nice job.

That is so awesome.

Oh my gosh.

Oh, and Brad.

Hey, what did you find?

- I have a book, and it's written in the Tamil language, which is pretty cool.

- Wow, yeah.

- I have a box here and it has masks in it.

And I have earphones here that are blue.

- Wow, you got all three too.

Something that started with B, something blue, and something in a box.

Wow, great job.

(bright upbeat music) (dog barking) Oh, the Flossmoor Public ibrary found a book.

That's terrific.

Good job.

Was it blue?

I wonder.

(gasps) Stephanie says, "Books, my eyes, and crackers."

(chuckling) Good one.

I like that you're thinking outside the box.

Oh, "I'm wearing a blue shirt."

Nice, that's something blue.

You know what I just thought of, Brody and Brad, I gotta call you guys in here for a second, because you both have names.

What do your names start with?

B!

The letter B. Oh my gosh.

That's so cool.

That's our letter of the day.

Oh!

And you're both wearing blue shirts.

Oh my goodness.

Oh my gosh.

All you need is a box.

Oh, a room is kind of like a box sometimes, if it has four walls.

Wow, this is fantastic.

Did you find everything at home, friends?

Let us know.

"Oh, Story, you were doing a great job running the show."

Thank you so much.

(laughing) Oh, I really appreciate that.

Well, friends, this has been a wonderful show but I think it's time to wrap it up.

So let's start the dance party.

(chuckling) Guys?

(rock music) Oh, here we go.

Brad.

(rock music) Where's Brad?

Oh my gosh.

(Story gasps) (rock music) Is that a dog?

(rock music) Oh my goodness, I love it.

- [Narrator] "Wimee's Words" is brought to you by, Acrisure, Consumers Credit Union, Meijer, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

And with additional support from these great partners.

(bright upbeat music) (audience clapping) (upbeat music)