When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living in America. It wasn't exactly a 'New World,' but an old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals, and causeways. But after Columbus set foot in the Americas, an endless wave of explorers, conquistadors, and settlers arrived, and with each of their ships came a Noah's Ark of plants, animals, and disease. Here is an exploration into...

The first program follows arachnologist Martin Nicholas to southern Mexico, Arizona, and French Guiana in search of rare and exotic spiders. The second program investigates the healing properties found in the venom of snakes and other creatures.

"Join Globe Trekker travelers Jonathan Atherton and Megan McCormick explore this multi-cultural, multi-faceted and richly historical city"--Container.

Potty training can be fun! Create a positive potty time experience for your child with Elmo, Baby Bear, Grover, and other Sesame Street friends. This amusing song-filled DVD teaches children that everyone has to learn how to use the potty.

Mike Rowe tackles some of his dirtiest and most dangerous jobs yet as he slogs through muck and mire in search of bloodworms, guts a mold-infested house damaged by Hurricane Katrina, packs explosives into the wall of a salt mine, and much more.

Big Bird is looking for someone to play with, but Alan, Maria, and Gordon are too busy doing boring grown-up things. Big Bird wishes that the adults could be just like kids, and with the help of his Fairy Godperson, Big Bird's wish comes true! Also, with Ernie and his little cousin Ernestine, Cookie Monster and the Count, fun is just around the corner.

Calling all Umifriends! Team Umizoomi is ready for action! Join math heroes Milli, Geo, and Bot as they use their mighty math powers to help their friends in Umi City! Figure out the pattern to a baby hawk's song to help Mama Hawk return to their nest, weigh buckets of coal and water to refuel a train, search for missing shapes to repair a kite, and more! Includes four exciting mighty math adventures.

Calling all colors! From painting and drawing to mixing colors, kids will discover the art of color identification with these six Nick Jr. play dates! They'll jump into coloring books with Dora and the Wonder Pets, they'll learn color mixing with the Bubble Guppies and Blue, and they'll search for colorful shape pieces with Team Umizoomi!

Targets preschool-age children, with the main goal being to inspire a love of reading. The theme revolves around WordFriends and WordThings characters and items comprising the letters that spell them in the correct order. Flying ant: How can Ant be part of the Insect Air Show if he can't fly? Catch that C!: While Pig and Ant are making cookies, their bag of letter C's gets away from them. Shuffleword: Pig and Ant get into an argument while playing...

"Join Bill as he explores the ... world of caves! In Caves, you never know what kind of living things you'll run into. Surviving in complete darkness requires an array of natural adaptations. Caves have their own unique forms of life -- it's a whole different world where the sun doesn't shine"--Container.