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Calif.) KCET (Television station : Los Angeles
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When Annie is elected president of the Drama Club, her desire to make a profit blinds her to the true meaning of Christmas. Then, Zach and Annie collect canned goods for a local shelter, but Plato realizes that the kids are more concerned about taking credit for their good deeds rather than actually helping people.
Series
Language
English
Description
Sid is excited--about change. Sid's shoes don't fit, and his banana has gone mushy--but why? He and his friends set out to investigate change: decay, growth, and change caused by cold or heat. They ask questions, do experiments, examine cause and effect, and discuss their results. Sid is an inquisitive youngster who tackles the everyday ideas that preschoolers find fascinating (Why do bananas go "bad?" How does my juice box straw work? How does a...
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
With the exile of 30,000 intellectuals and radicals from Europe by 1939, southern California was briefly transformed into a world culture capital. This profoundly altered the horizons of American music, literature, and theater. Includes the stories of Lion Feuchtwanger, Bertolt Brecht, Thomas Mann, Fritz Lang, Erich Maria Remarque, Bruno Walter, Ernst Toch, Erich Zeisl, Arnold Schoenberg, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Salka Viertel, Hanns Eisler.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Pack some food and bring a backpack, because Sid, Gerald and Dad are gearing up for a big adventure! They're setting up tents for a campout in the backyard! Dad is eager to share his love of nature and demonstrates how to have a great time outside with the simplest of necessities. They look for animals, cook their own dinner, marvel at the stars in the sky, roast marshmallows, and sing songs around the campfire. Join the adventure and sing along!
10) Coney Island
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In scale, in variety, in sheer inventiveness, Coney Island was unlike anything anyone had ever seen, and eventually, everyone came to see it. At the turn of the century, Coney Island exploded in a forest of glittering electric towers and a riot of rides, restaurants, recreated disasters, freak shows, and historical displays when three vast amusement parks -- Steeplechase, Luna Park, and Dreamland -- were built. Indicative of its overwhelming popularity,...