Instructional Media Center Video Library List - Sweet Home School ...

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beautiful way to tell a story. Using an upbeat music-video format, LeVar reveals some of the
ways a story can be told.
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Reading Rainbow : Adventures of Taxi Dog
Reading Rainbow: Alistair in Outer Space
Alistair in Outer Space is a close encounter of the silliest kind. Alistair, that lovable, fastidious
little boy, is on his way to return his books to the library when he is captured by a spaceship
and whisked into space. His captors are two colorful and outlandish creatures called Goots.
LeVar visits the Library of congress in the nation's capital and plunges into a treasure hunt
through several library departments.
Reading Rainbow: Alistair's Time Machine
Alistair's Time Machine is a delightful story about a boy who builds his own time machine. Meet
a wacky woman inventor from the Stone Age, Thomas Edison and a clever machine from the
future that has its own surprises for LeVar. Viewers will also discover some children with
creative inventions of their own, and take a look at some amusing inventions from the past that
never quite made it into today's lifestyle.
Reading Rainbow: And Still The Turtle Watched
Written by Sheila MacGill-Callahan and illustrated by Barry Moser, this Native American tale,
And Still the Turtle Watched, recounts the timeless message of our responsibility to nature and
our environment. LeVar explores various ways that children and adults are working together to
protect and preserve the earth. Additional key words: bald eagle, wolves, bears
Reading Rainbow: Animal Cafe
What really happens during the late night hours well into the wee hours of the morning That's
what Maxell pondered one morning when he found the food on his shop shelves had vanishe
overnight, and his cash register was "stuffed full of money". LeVar burns the midnight oil in the
city that never sleeps, New York. Additional key words: bats
Reading Rainbow: Appelemando's Dreams
The story of a little boy who uses his dreams to create colorful images that brighten the world
for himself and his friends. LeVar demonstrates fun and creative ways to spark the imagination
and inspire the artist in all of us.
Reading Rainbow: Archibald Frisby
LeVar takes viewers on a 'tale-spinning ride, when he climbs aboard the Great American
Scream Machine, at New Jersy's Six Flags Great Adventure Amusement Park and explores the
humorous adventures of Archibald Frisby, written by Michael Chesworth and narrated by
Arnold Stang. LeVar takes a scientific approach to winning park games, and shows that with
the right questions and a little experimentation, an easy solution is always close at hand.
Reading Rainbow: Arthur's Eyes
In this video LeVar explores many different ways of perceiving the world, by using all of his
senses. Bill Cosby narrates the feature book about a boy named Arthur who needs glasses to
help him see. Maya Angelou reads a poem from All the Color of the Race. Additional key
words; insight, communication, Braille, mime, sign language.
Reading Rainbow: Badger's Parting Gifts
Badger's friends are sad when he dies, but they treasure the legacies he left them. Keywords:
rememberence, death, late, passed on, bereavement.