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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living in America. It wasn't exactly a 'New World,' but an old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals, and causeways. But after Columbus set foot in the Americas, an endless wave of explorers, conquistadors, and settlers arrived, and with each of their ships came a Noah's Ark of plants, animals, and disease. Here is an exploration into...
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Join junior dinosaur expert Trek Henderson as he imagines dinosaurs into the real world! Trek is amazed when he sees an Edmontosaurus laying her egg in a Triceratop's nest. With his friends' help, Trek learns that some animals will lay their eggs in the nests of animals that can do a better job of protecting their babies. Then, before Grandma heads south for the winter, she and Trek create a comic book about three pterosaur babies who get lost on...
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Follow a newly hatched chicken named Peep and his friends Chirp and Quack (a robin and a duck) on their daily adventures. They live in 'the big wide world,' a place of great wonder and mystery, a place they are forever eager to explore. Celebrate being curious, being adventurous, and, for at least one character, being a duck.
Series
Publisher
Gwen Clancy Video Productions
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Most active in the 1920s, Curtis is notable for his finely crafted, on location work that today forms our best record of the social and economic life of Reno during this relatively unheralded decade in Nevada history. The photographs of Curtis are both exceptionally detailed and often eerily mysterious.
5) Building big
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
The series (five parts) introduces the courageous creators and builders and reveals the deadly disasters and personal triumphs behind these breathtaking structures.
6) Sports pages
Series
Reading rainbow volume 65
Publisher
GPN
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
LeVar Burton reads Sport pages by Arnold Adoff, a book of poems about the experiences and feelings of young athletes involved in various sports. LeVar shares his enthusiasm for athletics when he takes viewers from sport to sport--including soccer, basketball, ice skating, swimming and gymnastics. Reviewed books are Miss Nelson has a field day by Harry Allard and James Marshall; Making the team by Nancy Carlson; Soccer Sam by Jean Marzollo.
Series
Publisher
Nev. Dept. of Cultural Affairs
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Highlights the history and work culture of casino and entertainment workers in Las Vegas. Based on contemporary fieldwork this project offers a fresh perspective of Las Vegas through the eyes of people who live and work in the city. The 24 Hour Show is a collaborative project between the Western Folklife Center and the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas."-Accompanying material.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Interactive games and intricate experiments designed to leave viewers rethinking how much faith they are willing to put in everything from memory to multitasking. Host Jason Silva and Deception Specialist Apollo Robbins are teaming up with some of the world's foremost neuroscientists to reveal the incredible inner-workings of the brain.
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
What are numbers? How does the base ten system make it easier to count and represent numbers larger than nine? What are the symbols for less than, greater than, and equal to? How can these symbols be used to compare two-digit numbers? The answers to these questions are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun....
10) The 1940s house
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003, c2000
Language
English
Description
One modern family takes on the challenge of domestic life on Britain's home front in 1940s house, a re-creation of a World War II household. This time-travel experiment covers the period from the outbreak of war in 1939 to Victory Day in 1945, compressing the events of six wartime years into two months. Though the military threat is metaphorical, the privations are real and the pressures create tensions nonexistent in modern society.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Not found here": Smooch the sloth and Winslow try to find their new friend, a tadpole named Wartz, not realizing he has turned into a tree frog.
"King of the trees": It's very rainy in the World Tree, and Ick the fish declares he will become king.
"Burdette queen ant": When Burdette learns that ants have a queen, she decides to be queen of the World Tree (where other creatures also live--including marmosets, a tree frog, and an anteater!).
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