Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I am Alexander Hamilton
by Nancy Parent
Transcript
00:00Zavia Riddle and the Secret Museum.
00:13I am Alexander Hamilton.
00:16Adapted by Nancy Parent.
00:30Yardena is about to love an adventure, she is leaving kindergarten.
00:55I wonder what first grade will be like, she says.
00:59We can show you, says Zavia.
01:02Come on.
01:04Brad and Zavia walk Yardena down a long hallway.
01:08It's at the very end, says Brad.
01:10Are you sure it's this far?
01:13Yardena asks.
01:15Yardena sees her new classroom.
01:18It's so big, she says.
01:20And different.
01:22Don't worry, Zavia says.
01:25It'll be great.
01:27Yardena does not think so.
01:29I am not going to first grade, she says.
01:33To the secret museum.
01:36Zavia says.
01:37Um.
01:39Brad says.
01:40The friends run to the secret museum and see an object rise from the floor.
01:46It's a really big coin, says Brad.
01:49Like pirate treasure, says Zavia.
01:52Birbie beeps two beeps.
01:54A figure appears.
01:56It's Alexander Hamilton, Zavia says.
02:00I hope he can help me stay in kindergarten, says Yardena.
02:05There's only one way to find out, says Zavia.
02:10They all put two hands on Birbie.
02:13There's a giant burst of light.
02:16The three friends find Alexander Hamilton near a shop.
02:20I am off on a big adventure, he tells them.
02:24Where are you going, asks Yardena.
02:27I am going to school, Alexander says.
02:30Just like you, Yardena, says Zavia.
02:34My school is far away, says Alexander.
02:37Want to walk with me?
02:39The three friends follow Alexander.
02:42I'm a little nervous.
02:45But I'm mostly excited, he says.
02:48Really, asks Yardena.
02:51New adventures are exciting, says Alexander.
02:56Alexander pulls out a map.
02:59His school is very far away.
03:02How will you get there, says Brad.
03:05On that boat, says Alexander.
03:08Are you sure you want to go to a new place with new people, asks Yardena.
03:13That's what makes it an adventure, says Alexander.
03:17He waves goodbye as the boat leaves the dock.
03:21Birbie appears again.
03:23She sends the friends to Philadelphia.
03:26They find Alexander Hamilton.
03:30Welcome, he says.
03:32I finished school.
03:34Really, says Yardena.
03:36And then I helped make a brand new country, the United States, he says.
03:42Want to see my latest adventure?
03:45He shows them all a coin press.
03:48These are the very first United States coins, says Alexander.
03:53Alexander shows one of the coins to his friend, too.
03:58It's George Washington.
04:00Alexander Hamilton went to school, says Yardena.
04:04And look what happened.
04:06He helped make a brand new country, says Brad.
04:10And got a super cool job in charge of shiny coins, says Xavier.
04:16I think it's time to have my own adventure, says Yardena.
04:20Let's go home.
04:22Now Yardena wants to go to school.
04:25I am ready for first grade, she says.
04:29Because new adventures are exciting, just like Alexander Hamilton said.
04:35The end.