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Tapper, a woodpecker
A friend from Aurora Wonders How Things Work

Tapper

A woodpecker

A woodpecker who sends messages by tapping.

Tapper met Aurora in “The Tin-Can Telephone”, at Nana Bea's garden.

The adventure Tapper shared with Aurora

A scene from "The Tin-Can Telephone"

Aurora Wonders How Things Work

The Tin-Can Telephone

At Nana Bea's garden · with Tapper

It rains and rains, and Mira says rain spoils everything. Then Nana Bea brings an old box down from the attic, with two tin cans joined by a long string.

What Aurora learned

Sound can travel along a tight string

  • How things work

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10 Bedtime Stories About How Things Work for Kids Ages 3–7

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