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"Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister Magic, the five surviving cast members have done their best to move on. But just as generations of cultishly devoted fans still cling to the lessons they learned from the show, the cast, known as the Circle of Friends, have spent their lives searching for the happiness they felt while they were on it. The friendship. The feeling of belonging. And the...
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Unseen Photos of Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street expands on the film's exploration of the origins and legacy of Sesame Street with exclusive interviews and previously unpublished photographs from the first season of the globally beloved children's series. Author and filmmaker Trevor Crafts, who was given unprecedented access to archival footage and photography, presents more than 150 of photographer David Attie's behind-the-scenes images...
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Sid and his friends learn about the world around them by observing, comparing, measuring, and other fun ways to get answers to questions and solve problems. Watch as Sid finds out why his shoes are shrinking, how his grandmother knows exactly when the pancakes are done, how his banana got mushy, and what makes his ice pop melt.
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Publisher
A Nightfire Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Driving home late one night, Etain Larkin finds a corpse on a pitch-black country road deep in the Irish countryside. She takes the corpse to a remote farmhouse. So begins a night of unspeakable horror that will take her to the very brink of sanity. She will never speak of it again. Two decades later, Betty Fitzpatrick, newly arrived at college in Dublin, has already fallen in love with the drama society, and the beautiful but troubled Ashling Mallen....
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Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
""Conjunction Junction, what's your function?" If you don't recognize those five little words, then you weren't camped out in front of the television set every Saturday morning from 1973 to 1985. Those catchy, jazzy tunes from Schoolhouse Rock! taught millions of us the fundamentals of math, grammar, science, and history. We learned how a bill becomes a law in "I'm Just a Bill," the planets of our solar system in "Interplanet Janet," how to turn...
Publisher
Distributed by NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Sid's not too happy when rain threatens to squash his play date outside. But the more Sid learns about the rain, the more he understands how important precipitation is! In fact, Sid is learning about all the weather conditions and how they affect our world.
9) Brigsby Bear
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show that James has carried with him into adulthood. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.
10) Death to Smoochy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Venom-laced and the raucous rivalry of scandalized former kid-show host Rainbow Randolph and his squeaky-clean replacement, Sheldon Mopes, a.k.a. Smoochy the Rhino. Randolph is insanely obsessed with getting his job back, but Smoochy's a smash, and their war for kid-vid supremacy places a jaded "KidNet" producer in the middle of a Rainbow/Rhino smackdown.
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Publisher
Random House Children's Enterprises
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When Sally and Nick need help with a song, Humphrey the Humpback Whale teaches them how whales make beautiful music. And when Sally wants to pick flowers for her mom, The Cat and his friends travel to the rainforest to meet different creatures that all depend on flowers to live.
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Publisher
Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Based on the story of Ruth and Naomi. When the armies of Rhubarb go to battle against the Kingdom of Scone, the Great Pie War breaks out and things get really messy! Duke and the Great Pie War is an adventure featuring a lesson on loving your family.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Centers on one man's obsessive recollections of a mysterious children's television program from the 1980s, which almost no one seems to remember. He grows increasingly suspicious of the role it may have played in a series of nightmarish events from his childhood, including the disappearance of his twin brother.
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Grab the hat, scarf, mittens, and coat and join favorite PBS KIDS friends for some frozen fun! Watch these fifteen exciting tales from Arthur, Daniel Tiger₂s Neighborhood, Molly of Denali, and Wild Kratts, plus more from Caillou, Dinosaur Train, Let's Go Luna!, Pinkalicious and Peterrific, and WordWorld!
Publisher
Nickelodeon
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Join Diego and Baby Jaguar as they rescue animals all over the world. Come along on the journey as they pick up pandas in the mountains of China; return a lost koala to his mommy in the Australian Forest; reunite a lemur with his family in Madagascar; and protect a beaver's dam from a giant wave in the Canadian Rockies.
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