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Watch Any Good Books Lately?
Do you utilize captions and description when you watch videos in class or at home? If not, you're missing out on a great way to get your students interested in reading and learning. Reading captions and listening to description build literacy and boost learning for everyone!
DCMP has resources to help you find good books on video. These videos will get you and your students off to a good start.
Literature
![Cartoon illustration. Silver and red bus with a bi-fold door. Caption. Male singer. The wheels on the bus go round and round.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/5089_1.jpg)
The Wheels on the Bus
![Color illustration. Woman holding a strip of leather and smiling. Leather tools on wall behind. Caption. Still, it is a fine piece of leather, said his wife.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/9507_1.jpg)
The Elves And The Shoemaker
![Color illustration. Girl, mouth open and eyes closed, as she stretches an arm out to her side. Caption. Gasp sound. I know. she says.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/8875_1.jpg)
Lemonade In Winter
![Color illustration. Open box resting on snow with 1 orange and 1 green yarn strands extending upward from box. Caption. Dog as narrator.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/8879_1.jpg)
Extra Yarn
![Cartoon. Heavyset bald man wearing a military jacket and a cross expression on his face. Spanish caption. Vuelve, sombrero loco.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/4666_1.jpg)
The Hat (Spanish)
![Color illustration of a senior man wearing suspenders standing across from a boy in red cap with another boy laying on the ground at his feet inside a bank. Caption. And I'm here to open an account.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/4289_1.jpg)
Christopher Changes His Name
![Animated blue square with a smiley face next to a red block with a smiley face. Green triangle just out of frame.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/10299_1.jpg)
Friendshape
![Illustration of a dalmatian sleeping on the floor, upper body visible. Caption: Dot the fire dog lives in the firehouse](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/9509_1.jpg)
Dot The Fire Dog
![An adult mama bear with hands on hips and a frown. A child bear wearing a skirt, holding a human child and saying, Caption: Squeaker is gonna be the best pet ever!](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/7199_1.jpg)
Children Make Terrible Pets
![Woman with hair in a French Roll, seated. Caption. Mr. Mayfield, the F, B, I is no longer handling balloon farm cases.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/4178_1.jpg)
Balloon Farm
Top Picks
![Black and white frame shows 2 women seated at a cafe table with a man in an army uniform. Caption. No, you'll fight before you'll marry.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/2872_1.jpg)
A Farewell to Arms
![Man dressed as a French Revolutionist looks out, face illuminated with red light. Caption lyrics. All. Just know the divinist intervention.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/7757_1.jpg)
A Tale of Two Cities in Concert
![Color illustration of a pig lying down in a barn, looking distressed. Caption. Whatever we produce is taken from us!](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/3045_1.jpg)
Animal Farm
![Cartoon of a white dog with black spots standing below a clawfoot bathtub, looking up at a cleaning brush. Spanish caption. Un dia, cuando oyó que llenaban la bañera de agua.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/7011_1.jpg)
Harry The Dirty Dog (Spanish)
![Color illustration of a child sitting at a table and writing on a piece of paper next to flowers in a vase. Caption. One day, Ramon was drawing a vase of flowers.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/7599_1.jpg)
Ish
![Illustration of a small spherical object in greenish gas clouds near the surface of a larger object. Spanish captions.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/8789_1.jpg)
Kool Books: Saturn's Moons (Spanish)
![Painting of a man looking towards a woman who holds fruit wrapped in paper cone. Fruit stand in background with sign that reads, "5 dollars." Spanish caption. Mi papá se volteó.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/8742_1.jpg)
Kool Books: The Mysterious Case Of The Missing Dog (Spanish)
![Closeup physical map of the northern half of South America. Title bar reads, "The Amazon River has a total length of 4,345 miles." Caption. Dylan as Narrator. This colossal river flows toward the rising sun.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/8721_1.jpg)
Kool Books: The Outrageous Battle Of Don Quixote (Spanish)
![Painting of a dining party in 1800s England. Caption. Narrator. Jane Austen was modest about her achievements.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/5610_1.jpg)
Pride And Prejudice
![Illustration of a man standing with his arm out to touch a skeleton so large most of it is not captured in the image. Caption: the first model of a complete dinosaur skeleton.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/9505_1.jpg)
The Dinosaurs Of Waterhouse Hawkins
![Color illustration of a pig lying in bed under a patchwork quilt. A tear rolls down its cheek. Caption. He left school in French class.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/6845_1.jpg)
The Donna Guthrie Series: This Little Pig Stayed Home
![Cartoon illustration. Child holds out a piece of paper with several splotches of paint. Caption. If I can make little dots, I can make big dots.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/5088_1.jpg)
The Dot
![Color illustration of a child holding out a piece of paper with several splotches of paint. Spanish caption. Si puedo hacer puntos pequeños.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/5510_1.jpg)
The Dot (Spanish)
![Woman in 1800s farm clothes walking down the front steps of a home. Boy holds a horse's reins. Caption. He said his name was Gitano, and he's come back.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/6172_1.jpg)
The Red Pony
![Closeup of a smiling woman in a darkened space. A light glows behind her. Caption. It grabs me as a human, it grabs me as an anatomist.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/9998_1.jpg)
The Secret Life of Books: Frankenstein
![Painting with aerial view of hands touching a book with pictures of 3 houses, made of straw, wood, and brick. Caption. Everybody knows the story of the 3 Little Pigs.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/6273_1.jpg)
The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs
![Image from The Ugly Duckling. Ducks charge towards a duckling. Caption. The poor duckling was chased by all of them.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/6277_1.jpg)
The Ugly Duckling
The Classics
![A hermit crab with no shell walking along the ocean floor as fish swim behind. Caption: I must find a new house soon.'](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/9504_1.jpg)
A House For Hermit Crab
![Young woman with curly red hair looks out with a serious expression. To the right, a black and white photo collage shows a senior man and woman, and a younger man.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/2814_1.jpg)
A Tale of Two Cities
![Senior man in coat and hat stands next to a man in a vest and long sleeves. Caption. I worked there quite a few years with my son Jacob there.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/4496_1.jpg)
Far From The Madding Crowd
![2 women walk down a street, 1 carrying a basket and other a bag of groceries. Caption. Now, if you were smart you'd leave it too.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/3807_1.jpg)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
![Animation of a ghostly bearded figure in a robe hovering beneath a dark stone archway. Caption. This visitation is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/6240_1.jpg)
Hamlet
![Color illustration of a white dog with black spots laying down outside with head resting on an object. Caption. And buried it in the backyard.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/7005_1.jpg)
Harry The Dirty Dog
![Painting of a dining party in 1800s England. Caption. Narrator. Jane Austen was modest about her achievements.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/5610_1.jpg)
Pride And Prejudice
![Black and white frame of senior woman looking down and working with her hands, surrounded by others. Caption. As Steinbeck was writing it, people were living it.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/5545_1.jpg)
The Grapes Of Wrath
![Black and white image of the New York City skyline across the Hudson River. Caption. The East in the book represents wealth.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/5454_1.jpg)
The Great Gatsby
![Color illustration. Man wearing a sleeping cap and pajamas peers out the window at Santa's sleigh flying over a snowy landscape. Caption. I knew it must be Saint Nick.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/4701_1.jpg)
The Night Before Christmas
![Group of men wearing Civil War-era Union soldier costumes in a forest setting. Caption. That had thrilled him with their sweep and fire.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/5611_1.jpg)
The Red Badge of Courage
![Young woman wearing a red velvet dress holds a baby in her arms and looks into camera. Caption. See how sin defaces the beautiful framework of God.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/4337_1.jpg)
The Scarlet Letter
![Image from The Ugly Duckling. Ducks charge towards a duckling. Caption. The poor duckling was chased by all of them.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/6277_1.jpg)
The Ugly Duckling
![Frame from the movie, Treasure Island. A pirate stands next to a teenage boy pointing. Caption. You see that dot there on the horizon?](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/4507_1.jpg)
Treasure Island
Do you utilize captions and description when you watch videos in class or at home? If not, you're missing out on a great way to get your students interested in reading and learning. Reading captions and listening to description build literacy and boost learning for everyone!
DCMP has resources to help your students learn about children's books on video and offers this flyer to get your class off to a good start.