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An engaging collection of resources that brings books to life with author interviews, book trailers, lesson plans & interactive activities, discussion guides, and more to support literacy instruction and love of reading.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Quasimodo ventures from his tower to the joyous festival of fools, but the crowd turns cruel and rejects him because of the way he looks. The gypsy Esmeralda rescues him and he finds himself battling to save the people and the city he loves--while reminding us to see people as they are rather than how they appear.
87) Contact
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Young Kermit is a curious, fun-loving frog who likes hanging out with his amphibious best friends. He loves the swamp, but wonders what lies beyond the tall marsh grass. When one of Kermit's friends gets nabbed by a pet store owner, Kermit leaps into action, leaving the swamp and racing to rescue his friend.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mariposa is a butterfly fairy who loves to read and dream about what its like outside her world of Flutterfield. When the Queen that protects her land is poisoned, it's up to Mariposa and her friends to journey outside to find a hidden antidote.
90) Fatal attraction
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
[Widescreen version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A New York attorney has a romantic fling while his wife is out of town, and then shrugs it off. But the woman involved with him won't be ignored, even if it means destroying his family to keep him.
Series
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dylan Taylor sets out to retrieve John Avery Whittaker's Imagination Station that allows kids to see historical events first-hand. Dylan makes discoveries about what is truly important in life. Each episode portrays a moral message for viewers.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles. Breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close with a cast of unforgettable characters. Told with humor, intimacy and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendor.
93) Robots
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the help of his misfit mechanical friends, a small town robot named Rodney embarks on the adventure of a lifetime as he heads for the big city to pursue his dreams and ultimately proves that anyone can shine no matter what they're made of.
94) In love and war
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen and full screen formats.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
The epic love story about Ernest Hemingway and the romance which inspired him to write his masterpiece "A farewell To arms". A story of desperate love and imminent danger, it chronicles the relationship between the 18-year old Hemingway and Agnes von Kurowsky, the medical aide who nursed him back to health after a devastating battlefield injury.
Series
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frank Lloyd Wright designed over eight hundred buildings. Wright's buildings and his ideas changed the way we live, work and see the world around us. His architectural achievements were often overshadowed by the turbulence of his melodramatic life.
96) Frances
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At 16, Frances Farmer was an award-winning high-school student in Seattle--at 23, she was a rising and provocative star of stage and screen, admired for her beauty and talent--at 27, a chain of relatively insignificant events led to her arrest and eventual involuntary commital to a mental institution.
97) A beautiful mind
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
100) Pearl Harbor
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
[60th anniversary commemorative edition ; widescreen version].
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two childhood best friends, Rafe and Danny, grow up wanting to fly planes. When Rafe gets the chance to join the Royal Air Force during World War II, he takes it, leaving his new love, Evelyn, a dedicated Navy nurse, and Danny, also a pilot, behind. Danny and Evelyn are transferred separately to the idyllic paradise of Hawaii, where they eventually meet through a connection to Rafe, who has been declared missing. But just as the love triangle begins...
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