LeVar Burton
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Series
Language
English
Description
Star Trek: The Next Generation meets The Original Series in this week's episode! William and LeVar celebrate their close friendship, and, in between gulps, the two talk about kids, LeVar's family, and Reading Rainbow's return. The actor and educator explains how being raised by a single mother, without the immediate presence of a father figure, didn't limit his ability to mature into the man that he wanted to be. LeVar describes and rates the mystery...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
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Description
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated...
5) Blizzard
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Brenda Blethyn, Christopher Plummer, Whoopi Goldberg and Kevin Pollak star in this charming holiday tale of young Katie and her magical friendship with BLIZZARD, one of Santa's newest reindeer. By using her special powers, Blizzard helps Katie realize her potential. And by banding together to overcome their obstacles, both Katie and Blizzard are able to share the greatest gift of all: friendship!
6) Aftermath
Author
Language
English
Description
In the year 2019, as the United States is torn apart by political assassination, a massive earthquake, and a disastrous race war, three strangers are drawn together to rescue a woman who holds the key to a new future for humanity.
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Take a look, it's in a book, a Reading Rainbow! For over 30 years, this beloved children's television series has been bringing stories to life. Hosted by acclaimed actor LeVar Burton, journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Episodes include: The Bionic Bunny Show, Tar Beach, Enemy Pie, Amazing Grace and The Tin Forest.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Rescue Bots will not let anything stop them from their mission of protecting Earth from dangerous forces. Join Chase, Heatwave, Blades and Boulder and a family of first responders as they travel through time and space to keep Earth safe.
Series
Reading rainbow volume 120
Publisher
Distributed by GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mathematical magician helps readers conceptualize a million, a billion, and a trillion. Other segments include: Really big numbers: LeVar explores ways of counting large numbers as he talks to people who share grouping and estimating techniques ; How crayons are made: a visit to the Crayola Crayon Factory shows how crayons are made and talk about the large number of crayons they handle in their jobs ; Football estimation: a visit to Giants Stadium...
19) Almos' a man
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the short story by Richard Wright. A black teenage farm worker believes that owning a gun is a mark of maturity.
20) Boxes for Katje
Series
Reading rainbow volume 153
Publisher
GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a young dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes.