New Video Group.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The teacher from the Black Lagoon": On the first day of school, a young boy expects the worst when he discovers that his new teacher is the "monster", Mrs. Green. "What's under my bed?: Mary Ann and Louie are convinced there is something scary under their beds. "By the light of the Halloween moon": A spying cat, a watchful witch, a hobgoblin sprite, all are scary companions who plan to gobble up a young girl. "The three robbers": Three robbers terrify...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Explore the secret stories behind some of the big screen's most famous specters. Discover how the lights in one movie studio swing unaided from the rafters, and how in the bar of the famous Knickerbocker Hotel, objects move on their own and images of long-deceased stars appear and disappear at random. Whether a series of coincidences or the work of real spirits, Hollywood's historians and eyewitnesses explain why the glamorous ghosts of Tinseltown...
7) Stellaluna
Series
Reading rainbow volume 108
Language
English
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Description
When the adorable fruit bat Stellaluna is separated from her mother, she is adopted by a family of birds, but soon finds that she just can't fit in. Her playmates like to sleep at night; she wants to fly. They whistle and sing; she doesn't even have a beak! But just when it seems like she'll always be an outsider, Stellaluna makes an amazing discovery. Now she'll learn to cherish the things that make her different from everyone else. And she'll see...
8) Enola Gay
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Enola Gay: Get a look inside the bomber that helped bring WWII to a stop, development of the atomic bomb, and the aftermath. Hiroshima: Fifty years after America dropped the first atomic bomb, this documentary looks at the events leading up to its use in the light of new information about a hidden agenda. Did top military officials order the attack despite knowing that Japan was willing to surrender? Did a political motivation drive Truman to defy...
10) Detropia
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Detroit's story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century: the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now, the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos. With its vivid, painterly palette and haunting score, sculpts a dreamlike collage of a grand city teetering on the...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Might the stories of the Bible have their basis in ancient scientific fact? How big was the giant Goliath, and what was the tech of the sling that brought him down? We'll demonstrate that the tower of Babel could have been as tall as two miles in height. Create fire from water as Elijah may have done. And in a never before attempted investigation, watch as archeologists fully levitate a replica of the Ark of the Covenant.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Four beautifully adapted stories that encourage a love of reading for the pre- or early reader. From best selling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal comes Spoon. Spoon has always been a happy utensil, but he soon finds he needs the support of his friends Fork, Knife, and Chopsticks.
14) Primal fear
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Explores the history, psychology, and science behind what scares us most. Examines the roots of each fear, when the fear flourished, how the fear has changed over time, and how many of these fears have been manipulated to create mass hysteria.
15) All about earth
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Contains 4 episodes that follow Ms. Frizzle and her class on their science adventures aboard the magic school bus.
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
All fifty-four episodes of Digimon Digital Monster's first season. While at summer camp, seven kids, come across Digivices and are transported to a digital world. The kids make new friends and help in fighting off evil forces while trying to find their way home. Includes bonus features.
20) The plague
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
It began like the common cold but quickly progressed to something more sinister, wiping out half of Europe's population in three years. Take a look at how the plague brought devastation and what would happen if such an epidemic were to happen today.