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1) Hamlet
Author
Lexile measure
1390L
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy's childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy's life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two...
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon lady took him home to live with her family. So began Edward's fantastical adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia"--Container....
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charles Ingalls uproots his young family from the home they have built in the forests of Wisconsin, where game is becoming scarce because of the influx of settlers. They head for a land not yet overrun, the plains of Kansas. The Ingalls settle in this wide open country and soon find that life is one threat after another. In the end, the greatest threat of all comes from a totally unexpected direction.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 721 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Bluey is a loveable, inexhaustible little six-year-old Blue Heeler dog, who lives with her Mum, Dad and her four year old little sister, Bingo. Like every kid her age, the thing Bluey likes to do best is play games that unfold in unpredictable and hilarious ways, bringing her family and the whole neighborhood into her world of fun"--container.
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Christmas they never forgot: A sudden, fierce snowstorm traps the Ingalls family inside the little house on Christmas Eve so they pass the time by exchanging stories about their favorite Christmases of the past.
The craftsman: Albert learns a painful lesson about prejudice when he becomes the apprentice to a lonely old woodcarver and is branded a "Jew lover" by his friends.
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Christmas at Plum Creek: With the holidays approaching, cash is in short supply for the Ingalls family. Each of them is busy with secret plans to raise money for family gifts. When the presents are finally unveiled on Christmas morning, Charles and Caroline are overwhelmed by Laura's generous gift of love.
The creeper of Walnut Grove: Laura and her friend, Andy Garvey, track down a petty thief in Walnut Grove.
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Sisters Kate and Melanie haven't spoken to each other in years since a hurtful scene at Melanie's wedding. Their parents, Wendy and Al, have let the pain of their daughters' absence drive a wedge between them, and their tensions have led to a separation. Kate is determined to reunite the entire family for Christmas, and has the perfect spot...their old family home. The only problem is there's someone else living there now." -- container
11) Four Christmases
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen and full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation, and unable to escape, they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (436 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For nine-year-old Sheldon Cooper, it isn't easy growing up in East Texas. Being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science is not always helpful in a land where church and football are king. And while the vulnerable, gifted, and somewhat naive Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him.
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The dark, hilarious, and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
14) Wonder
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the New York best seller, this tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Christmas is the perfect season for Clark Griswold and his family. Clark's a disaster waiting to happen. You have to see it to believe it. There are 25,000 lights on the Griswold rooftop. An exploding turkey. And a house full of relatives.
16) Gremlins
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Special ed. ; Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a young bank teller inadvertently breaks the rules of Mogwai care, his new pet Gizmo multiplies into a bevy of mischievous brothers, who soon morph into malevolent scaly creatures.
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen and full screen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When only child, Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora decide to book a cruise and skip Christmas altogether. Their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar, and when Blair calls on Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fiancé, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselves and their neighbors together to throw the best celebration ever.
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Full screen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pistachio Disguisey is a mild-mannered waiter whose life is about to change. A criminal mastermind kidnaps his parents and is forcing his father to steal priceless treasures from around the world. His grandfather informs him he is descended from a long line of disguise artists and now it's up to Pistachio to save the day.
20) Follow me, boys!
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Fullscreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lem Siddons decides to put down roots after one too many years on the road with a ramshackle jazz band. He marries his sweetheart Vida Downey, and becomes a scoutmaster.