David DeVries
Author
Language
English
Description
When well-mannered Elliot reluctantly visits the aquarium with his distractible father, he politely asks whether he can have a penguin - then removes one from the penguin pool into his backpack. The fun of caring for a penguin in a New England Victorian house is followed by a surprise revelation by Elliot's father.
Author
Series
I survived volume 13
Language
English
Description
For eleven year-old Hugo Ballard, flying on the Hindenburg is a dream come true. Hugo, his parents, and his four-year-old sister Gertie, are making the thrilling four thousand mile journey across the Atlantic in a zeppelin as big as the Titanic. But as the zeppelin gets ready to land, a blast rocks the Hindenburg and fire consumes the ship. The entire disaster lasts a mere thirty-two seconds, but in those few seconds, Hugo finds himself separated...
7) Echo
Author
Language
English
Description
Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Retells the story of Allied prisoners of WWII and Asian laborers who painfully built the Thailand-Burma Railway along the Khwae River of Burma. This filmed production reveals that the World War II engineering project consumed the lives of 100,000 men and was very different from the events depicted by the famous movie, The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the Manhattan bank of the Hudson River, a small lighthouse--made of steel and painted bright red--proudly protects boats with his faithful beam. One day a great expanse of gray steel, which also shines a bright light into the fog and darkness, is built over it. The little red lighthouse feels insignificant and useless in comparison but soon learns that . . . small can be mighty!
Series
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Among all the killing fields of the Civil War, certain battlegrounds have earned the right to be called legendary: Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg and Cold Harbor. Each of these clashes would play a pivotal role in shaping the course and the ultimate outcome of the war between the states. Each battle is reconstructed against the backdrop of the military situation in the field, the tactical challenges facing the combatants, and the political consequences...
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Scaredy Squirrel is scared to make a friend. After all, they can bite. When he decides the perfect friend would be a goldfish - no teeth, his plan takes a surprising turn. In the end, he discovers that making the effort has its rewards.
16) Scaredy Squirrel
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Scaredy Squirrel never leaves his nut tree. It's way too dangerous out there! Day after day he watches and waits, and waits and watches, until one day... his worst nightmare comes true! Scaredy Squirrel suddenly finds himself out of his tree. As he leaps into the unknown, he discovers something really uplifting and surprising about himself.
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Scaredy never sleeps - sleep might mean bad dreams about dragons, ghosts, vampire bats and polka-dot monsters. So he has a plan to stay awake all night and just in case he does nod off - a Bad Dream Action Plan! Scaredy Squirrel at Night tackles a fear everyone - especially the young - can relate to - what really happens in the dark.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Utilizing rare diary entries, photographs, and modern-day re-enactments, The History Channel explores every aspect of the Civil War.
The wheatfield at Gettysburg: When the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia engaged the Union Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg in July 1863, an area known as "The wheatfield," initially of little value, suddenly became the focus of intense conflict. We bring to life the bloody battle, one of few during the Civil War...
20) Home at last
Series
Publisher
Public Media Video
Pub. Date
c1988.
Language
English
Description
During the 1800's, trains took orphaned, homeless children away from the squalor and poverty of the city streets and took them West to live with farm families. This is the story of one of the "orphan train riders".