Over the Sea
1/20/202623 min
Tatyana Ali (Abbott Elementary, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) stars as a savvy starfish who outwits a wily whale in this tale from Aboriginal Australia.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:01
WBUR Podcasts. Boston.
Rebecca Sheir· Host0:04
Think about the place you call home. What does your home look like? What does it feel like? Is it comfy and cozy? Welcoming and warm? We're about to meet some animals whose home is none of those things, so they decide to settle someplace new. Little do they know, but they'll have a whale of a time getting there. [instrumental music] I'm Rebecca Sheir, and welcome to Circle Round, where storytime happens all the time. Today, our story is called Over the Sea. It comes from the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, who have lived on this continent between the Pacific and Indian Oceans for over 50,000 years. Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this folktale, including actress, singer, and producer Tatiana Ali, from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Abbott Elementary. As part of Scholastic's Rising Voices series, she's written a new children's book called Aussie and the Octopus. So, circle around everyone for Over the Sea. [instrumental music] Long ago,