Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2014
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Life is Strange is an independent documentary film that tells the stories of Jewish people who were displaced by the Second World War, but concentrates on the vibrant cultural and family life they experienced in their youth that ultimately was most influential in their lives. It explores the connection between old age and childhood, asking questions about what remains of childhood in our later years, as well as engaging interesting issues of self-identity,...
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Pub. Date
2023
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In The Wonders of the World, viewers will explore lakes, the earth's layers, and even a volcano! Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped children...
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Pub. Date
2022
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In Animals and Their Homes, viewers will learn all about the animal kingdom and animal habitats. Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped children...
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Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret, something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive. Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all; she is an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of...
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Dragons love tacos volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos and tiny tacos. So, if a bunch of dragons are wanted at a party, definitely serve tacos. Buckets and buckets of tacos. Unfortunately, where there are tacos, there is also salsa. If a dragon accidentally eats spicy salso, oh, boy. Everyone is in red-hot trouble.
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Sebastian Becker mysteries volume 2
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"Sebastian Becker, a former policeman and Pinkerton agent who now works as the special investigator to the Masters of Lunacy, looking into cases involving any man of property whose sanity is under question. His latest assignment takes him to the small town of Arnmouth to determine whether Sir Owain Lancaster has gone around the bend."--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Senator Tammy Duckworth has logged a long list of “firsts” during her tenure as the first Thai American woman elected to Congress, including being the first woman with a disability to serve in the House and Senate. But while she dreamed of serving her country from a young age, Tammy’s path was not without its challenges...From her childhood fight to keep her family from homelessness, to her service in the US Army, to her recovery from grievous...
12) Fall fun!
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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The days are growing shorter, the leaves are changing color, and it's harvest time! Autumn is here, and that means it's a new season full of fun and adventure!
15) 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.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
President Abraham Lincoln's bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon, a banjo-playing Southerner, foiled repeated attempts on the President's life and kept him functioning during the darkest hours of the Civil War. This biographical dramatization is filmed using a combination of real Civil War photos and green screen, a technique Director Salvador Litvak calls CineCollage, bringing the story of America's Greatest President to life!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 6
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"A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned"--Provided by publisher.
Pub. Date
[2015]
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Little ballerinas dream of pirouettes and grand jetes, dreams of attending the best ballet schools and of dancing starring roles on stage. But in Harlem in the 1950s, dreams don't always come true; they take a lot of work. And sometimes hope is hard to come by. But the first African-American prima ballerina, Janet Collins, did make her dreams come true. And those dreams inspired ballerinas everywhere, showing them that the color of their skin couldn't...