Alistair's time machine
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Format
DVD
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Based on the book of the same title by Marilyn Sadler ; illustrated by Roger Bollen.
General Note
"The complete episode as seen on PBS"--Container.
General Note
"Proudly sponsored by The Children's Place"--Container.
General Note
Originally broadcast on the PBS TV Program in 1991.
General Note
Includes public performance rights.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Randy Drummond ; newsreel footage, Archive Films ; editor, James C. Wright ; music by Steve Horelick, Daniel Shklair, Oasis Music, Inc. ; opening animation by Ovation Films, Inc.
Participants/Performers
Hosted by LeVar Burton ; featured book read by Arnold Stang.
Description
Presents a reading of the book "Alistair's time machine" by Marilyn Sadler which tells the story of Alistair who enters a science competition and invents a machine that takes him to many places and time periods. Film clips show some wild inventions that never made it. LeVar meets "Thomas Edison" who shows him his inventions of the light bulb and the phonograph. Reviewed books are "Find Waldo now" by Martin Handford, "The many lives of Benjamin Franklin" by Aliki, "What does it do? Inventions then and now" by Daniel Jacobs.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD.
Language
English subtitles and closed-captioned.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wiseman, E., Krauss, R., Marx, P., Burton, L., Stang, A., Bollen, R., & Sadler, M. Alistair's time machine .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ed. Wiseman et al.. Alistair's Time Machine. .

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ed. Wiseman et al.. Alistair's Time Machine .

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wiseman, Ed., et al. Alistair's Time Machine

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