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1) The gruffalo
Description
When a courageous mouse goes for a stroll in the woods, he must outwit a series of predatory animals, including a fox, snake, owl, and the mighty Gruffalo.
Pub. Date
2011
Description
A snowy owl appears at a child's bedroom window with the invitation to 'climb aboard' on a soaring ride through the night. Together, they visit a deer family, fish in a stream, a fox on the prowl, a rabbit family, beavers in a stream, a porcupine, mouse family, snake, raccoon, rat, and a bat, all busily at work while the world is sleeping. The nocturnal world comes to life revealing the interconnectedness of all living things.
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Jacques Cousteau was the world's ambassador of the oceans. His popular TV series brought whales, otters, and dolphins right into people's living rooms. From the first moment he got a glimpse of what lived under the ocean's waves, Cousteau was hooked. And so he set sail aboard the Calypso to see the sea. He and his team of scientists invented diving equipment and waterproof cameras. They made films and televisions shows and wrote books so they could...
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Learn where food comes from and all about the growing season, planting, cultivating, and the harvest in the fall. Visit the Farm in the Zoo at Lincoln Park Zoo, right in the middle of Chicago. Take a trip to the John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, Illinois to see how John Deere combines are made.
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Unidentified farm objects and paranormal sightings are the norm with Shaun the Sheep and his barnyard buddies Bitzer, Shirley, and Timmy, as they encounter more madcap mischief along with those Naughty Pigs next door. Includes six full-length episodes, sing-along, and game.
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
George Washington crossed the Delaware. Abraham Lincoln saved the Union. President William Howard Taft, a man of great stature - well, he got stuck in the tub. But how did he get unstuck? In this larger-than-life tale of a presidential mishap, a parade of clueless cabinet members advise the exasperated president on just that!
"No amount of squeezing and shimmying or hefting and stretching will do: President Taft is stuck in the bath. Even if the...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master's houseboat one evening; the king must choose the most beautiful egg laid by three hens, one of which he will then make a princess; adopted by woodchucks at birth, a baby goose never feels she truly belongs--until the day she discovers she can fly; a duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too; although...
19) Christmas is
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Christmas is many things to many people. It celebrates the birth of the Christ child. It is also Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus, angels, lights, Christmas trees, cards, carols, presents, and prayers with peace, love, and joy.