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Perfect for celebrating Chinese New Year and learning about stories from the Asian tradition, Scholastic presents all new stories on one DVD! Stories include Stone Soup, The Five Chinese Brothers, Lon Po Po, and Stonecutter. Bonus Features include an interview with Stone Soup author/illustrator Jon J. Muth and the popular read-along function.
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"The teacher from the Black Lagoon": On the first day of school, a young boy expects the worst when he discovers that his new teacher is the "monster", Mrs. Green. "What's under my bed?: Mary Ann and Louie are convinced there is something scary under their beds. "By the light of the Halloween moon": A spying cat, a watchful witch, a hobgoblin sprite, all are scary companions who plan to gobble up a young girl. "The three robbers": Three robbers terrify...
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THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, illustrated by Robert Broomfield, narrated by Jennifer Brown--Celebrate a Christmas tradition and sing along with this classic holiday counting song. GREAT JOY, written by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, narrated by Jane Curtin--A Little girl find a way to express her compassion for the monkey and organ grinder who play outside her window in the cold. THE CLOWN OF GOD, by Tomie dePaola, narrated by...
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"Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears": A tall tale sets off a chain of mishaps in the jungle. Will the jungle creatures ever get the story straight? "A story, a story": Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyanme, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider Man, wanted them - and caught three sly creatures to get them. "Who's in Rabbit's house?": Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won't...
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"Cordially invited to The Hollow for a weekend get-together, Hercule Poirot arrives just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the dead body of her husband. Though it seems obvious she has killed her wayward spouse, Poirot doesn't believe things are so simple, especially when all the guests seem to loathe each other. Love, deceit, mystery, and death -- rest assured Poirot will get to the heart of the matter."
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"Giggle, giggle, quack": Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother Bob in charge, but Duck has changed the care instructions for the animals. "The most wonderful egg in the world": Several animals have very beautiful features, but whoever lays the most wonderful egg will be crowned princess. "Wings: A tale of two chickens": Winnie unknowingly goes for a balloon ride with a sly fox. Can Winnie's sensible friend Harriet rescue Winnie before...
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Four years after Tai, Mimi, and the rest of the DigiDestined brought peace to the digital world and found their way back home, the Digimon Emperor - a new villain- threatens the world and its Digital Monsters. With some of the original kids off to junior high, a new generation is chosen to defend and save the world from evil. Davis, Yolei, Cody, and Ken join T.K. and Kari to form the new Digidestined team. Together they journey back to the Digital...
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Long before banks, ATMs, and check-cashing services, pawnbrokers provided monetary loans in exchange for personal items of value, and are still helping people make ends meet today while bringing in a sizeable profit for themselves. The Harrison family attempts to find the gems and bust the fakes, all in hopes of making the biggest profit possible. Grandfather, father and son use their sharp-eyed skills to assess the value of items ranging from the...
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Viewers will take a fascinating look at the infamous family at the center of the Italian Renaissance. Tales of treachery, poison, incest, and murder provide the backdrop as the mystery of the Borgia family legacy is unraveled. Whatever the truth, and the world may never know, the Borgia legacy continues to inspire fear and awe.
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In a Pickle: Topic: Microbes; Keesha and the class return from vacation to find her prize cucumber has turned into a pickle! Could the Mike Robe gang be to blame? ; Meets Molly Cule: Topic: Molecules; When Wanda s favorite singer, Molly Cule, comes to town and she chooses Ms. Frizzle s class to wash her famous car, the kids discover how to clean the car down to the very last bit. ; Makes a Stink: Topic: Smell; Flora Whiff, the famous expert on...
14) Wild Bill
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Out on parole after eight years inside, Bill Hayward returns home to find his now eleven and fifteen-year-old sons, Jimmy and Dean, abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on. Dean reluctantly forces his dad to stay, but when Jimmy finds himself in trouble with Bill's old drug-dealing mates, Bill has to decide what kind of dad he really wants to be a good one or a free one....
18) Paul Newman
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Paul Newman's striking good looks and passionate intensity have come to define the leading man but Hollywood is just one part of his varied and captivating life.
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Fourteen years after the wife of the renowned painter Amyas Crale was sent to the gallows for poisoning her husband, their daughter Lucy returns from Canada. Lucy carries with her a letter that suggests that her mother might have been innocent. Poirot agrees to dig up the past, but he warns Lucy that she may not like what he finds.
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Solomon was the son of David and his beloved Bathsheba. He was a 12-year-old prodigy when he ascended to the throne of Israel. Yet for all his storied wisdom, his magnificent talent for palace building, and his 700 wives, Solomon remained a lonely and introspective man for most of his rule. Who was the mysterious and beautiful queen who finally captured the king's heart? Witness Solomon's evolution from his juvenile accession of the throne to his...