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Language
English
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Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, but a sly and hungry duckling comes along who also wants a bite. Who will be the more clever bird? Help kids enhance reading skills, cooperation skills, and problem-solving skills in an enjoyable and entertaining way! Additional stories include Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity; and Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed.
Language
English
Description
Includes Goodnight Moon, faithfully adapted from the original book and featuring a beautiful musical score; A Creature Was Stirring (seen through the eyes of a child, a new adaptation of the classic Christmas poem); and Gladys Goes Out to Lunch (Gladys the gorilla smells something delicious and leaves the zoo to find out what it is). Features sign language vocabulary and alphabet fingerspelling.
7) The violin
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 2
Language
Español
Description
In rural Mexico, during the peasant revolts of the 1970s, Plutarco, his son Genaro and grandson Lucio lead double lives. On the one hand, they are simple country musicians, and on the other they actively support the peasant guerrilla movement against the oppressor government. When the army occupies the village, the rebels are forced to flee and leave their ammunition behind. Making the most of the fact that he looks like an inoffensive violinist,...
Language
English
Description
The heroes of the Rebel Alliance including heroic Luke Skywalker, swaggering Han Solo and steadfast Princess Leia have no time to celebrate their victory over the Empire as a new Imperial threat arises. But as Jedi-in-training Luke embarks on this next mission, he discovers that his celebrity status as a 'Death-Star-Blower-Upper' can be a double-edged lightsaber when he's constantly mobbed by crazed fans. So much for secret missions!
14) The crush
Language
English
Description
In this Oscar-nominated short film, we follow Ardal -- an 8-year-old schoolboy who's in love. There's just one problem. The object of his affection is his Second Class teacher, Miss Purdy. But when her boyfriend arrives on the scene, Ardal is heartbroken. His reaction, though, is a little unexpected. He challenges Miss Purdy's boyfriend to a duel -- to the death.
15) Sorry, Rabbi
Language
English
Description
After a fight with his girlfriend, Josh finds himself confronted by a group of angry Hasidic Jews.
16) Ave Maria
Language
Arabic
Description
An Israeli settler family crash their car outside an isolated convent in the occupied West Bank. Their only hope of getting home rests with five nuns who have taken a vow of silence.
17) New boy
Language
English
Description
The Oscar-nominated short comedy (based on a story by Roddy Doyle) poignantly captures the experience of being the new kid in school through the eyes of Joseph, a nine-year-old African boy.
Language
English
Description
Four stories that encourage a love of reading for the pre- or early reader.
Spoon: A usually happy utensil develops a sudden lack of confidence in his abilities.
Boy, a dog and a frog: A young boy and his dog spend an afternoon trying to catch a playful frog.
Otto runs for president: Three friends compete for class president.
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!: Whimsical verse spotlights everyone's favorite bugs.
20) Sing =: Mindenki
Language
Hungarian
Description
Based on a true story, this Oscar-winning short film follows an award-winning school choir and the new girl in class facing a tough choice: to stand up against a corrupt system, or to fit quietly into it. SING is a childhood musical drama set in 1990s post-socialist Budapest, Hungary. Zsofi is struggling to fit in at her new school and singing in the school's famous choir is her only consolation, but the choir director may not be the inspirational...
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