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Black and white illustration of soldiers charging opposing forces during the American Revolution. Several men are pummeled on the ground beneath their feet.

Color illustration of a woman sprinkling ingredients on dough while a girl stands on a chair pouring ingredients into a mixing bowl. Title card reads, "A BIG Mooncake for Little Star."

Color illustration. Flying owl, wings outstretched.

2-page view of a storybook. The left page contains red, blue, yellow, and green stars across the top and bottom, with story in the middle. The right page is a cartoon of a blonde girl using a frog puppet for a brunette girl inside a living room.

Illustration of a small boy wearing green shorts and holding the string of a kite. Title card reads, "A Kite for Moon."

Still image from: Adventures With Darian: A Pirate at (Sea) See

Digital illustration of a cat peeking out of a box and a hand holding out a cookie in front of it. Spanish caption. Olfateando as narrator. Sound of cat noises.

Color illustration in a picture book. Small brown dog with perky ears sits beneath a pink castle resting in the clouds. In the next image the brown dog floats amid bubbles. Story text appears on screen.

Still image from: Animal Rescue: Good Deeds Meter--Amazing Adventures With Max and Friends!

Still image from: Archie the Brave

Still image from: Baking Day at Grandma's

Still image from: Be Strong

Still image from: Bear Learns to Share

Still image from: Being Patient With Ross Burach

Cartoon. Worms-eye view of a fish bowl tipping over on a wooden table. Spanish caption. ¡Ah!

Still image from: Blippi This Is My Neighborhood

Still image from: Bright-Eyes, Bushy-Tail, and the Nutty Narrows Bridge

Young girl seated across a table from a senior man. Caption. Allison, let me tell you a story about my grandfather.

Still image from: Children's Choice Book Award: "Bear Came Along"

Black and white closeup of a man with white, glowing eyes and a white beard and mustache.

Man with open eyes and gritted teeth wears a leather forehead band, an animal fur around his shoulders, and a leather tunic. He holds an instrument that shoots bolts of lightning while standing on a wooden boat. A snowy landscape is behind him.

Still image from: Clea the Clever Caterpillar

Still image from: Clea's Rescue Squad

Still image from: Cleo and the Climate

3 singers on stage with 2 holding microphones. The man is wearing a traditional white linen short-sleeved shirt and pants. The 2 women are wearing gowns. Spanish caption. Mujer en altavoz as narrator. La señorita Colombia.

Cyberchase cartoon. Hacker in a purple bathrobe looks down at Buzz and Delete. Caption. Buzz as narrator. Here you go, boss. We got it back for you.

Still image from: Cyberchase: A Garden Is Born

Still image from: Cyberchase: Coral Grief

Still image from: Cyberchase: Duck Stop

Still image from: Cyberchase: Hacker's Bright Idea

Still image from: Cyberchase: Living in Disharmony

Cyberchase cartoon. Aerial shot of a person holding a map of Sensible Flats, a desert landscape with cacti, sandstone, and red rocks. The map is labeled A to H at the top and 1 to 6 on the side. A red X is visible in box A, 2.

Still image from: Cyberchase: Sustainable by Design

Still image from: Cyberchase: The Great Outdoors

Still image from: Cyberchase: The Lilting Loons

Still image from: Cyberchase: Traffic Trouble

Cartoon closeup of an old woman with a puckered face and purple hair tied back in a bun. Spanish caption. Al igual que la tierra, coma, Plutón tiene una luna, coma.

White duck rides a red bicycle, balancing on the frame and raising its wings in the air.

Still image from: Famous Authors: The Life and Work of James Joyce

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Angels

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Chinnamasta

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Constellations

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Fates

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Felines

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Gaia

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Gender Fluidity

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Isis and Osiris

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Mountains

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Musical Instruments

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Persephone

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Sun Mythology

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Trickster Gods

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Valkyries

Closeup of Evelyn Zola, dressed in a fancy black hat, red boa, and black cape. Caption. Good morning, good morning, good morning.

Still image from: Fiona the Hippo

Still image from: Five Little Monkeys

Closeup of a teenager's face in shadow with an orb of light behind her shoulder. Caption. Biological survival, kill or be killed.

Still image from: Flora Meets a Bee

Still image from: Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance

Still image from: Froggy Goes to Bed

Man faces camera and gestures with right hand, palm forward, index finger crossing under middle finger. Caption. To talk about is gestures.

Still image from: Goggles: The Bear Who Dreamed of Flying

Still image from: Going to the Sea Park

Color illustration of Carrie, a young girl with glasses, looking out of an open bedroom window. Purple angel wings hang down from her shoulders.

Color illustration of Carrie holding a magical white lily with a face visible on the outside of the petals. Carrie and the plant look up at a woman bending down towards them.

Color illustration of Carrie holding up a toy ship with a blue ribbon attached, representing water. On the table next to her is an open box with the word, Fascinate.

Color illustration of Carrie holding 2 L-shaped rods and pointing them towards a man wearing a gardening hat and looking down at her.

Book cover for Angela's Ashes showing a young child leaning against a stone house. Cover reads, "The Number 1 New York Times Bestseller."

Color illustration. Orange plate with 2 green-yoked eggs and green ham stuck with a carving fork. Title card reads, " Green Eggs and Ham."

Still image from: Grumpy Monkey Are We There Yet?

Still image from: Happy Easter Mouse

Still image from: Hattie Harmony Worry Detective

Still image from: Henry and the Gym Monster

Still image from: Hip Hop Hooray for Brooklynn Bunny

Color illustration of Santa surrounded by an elf, a fairy, a witch, and a bunny. Title card reads, "Holiday Heroes Save Christmas."

An illustration of a dinosaur standing on two legs with large teeth and an open mouth. Caption: Roar!

Still image from: How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodbye?

White text in a playful font on a red lava background reads, "How to Catch a Dinosaur." Dinosaur is in bold brown block letters, and the O letters have been replaced with blue dino eggs.

Still image from: How to Catch a Leprechaun

White and green text in a playful font reads, "How to Catch a Mermaid." Mermaid is in pale pink with a dark pink outline. The background is an aerial view of a dock stretching out over a body of teal blue water.

White text in a playful font on a bright purple background reads, "How to Catch a Unicorn." Unicorn is in yellow with a unicorn horn and star for the letter I. Next to this, a sparkly rainbow extends up the left vertical edge of the frame.

Red text in a playful font on a white background reads, "How to Catch an Elf." Elf is made to look like it's made out of bent candy canes, and the O letters have been replaced with circular peppermints.

Still image from: How to Catch the Tooth Fairy

Light purple background with a clip art drawing of a stack of books in the lower left corner. Text on image reads, "How to retell a story. Teaching without frills."

Illustration. Teaching without Frills. White cloud against a pink background with text that reads, "How to Write an Imaginative Narrative for Kids! Episode 2. Brainstorming." Below this, a cartoon woman looks up with a curious expression.

Illustration. Teaching without Frills. White cloud against a pink background and oversized pencil and text that reads, "How to Write an Imaginative Narrative for Kids!"

Still image from: I Am Sequoia: A Pinecone's Adventure

Still image from: I Want to See the Galaxy

Still image from: If I Had a Little Boat

Still image from: Imagine That

Still image from: Into Justin's World

Color illustration of a purple-haired girl balancing large stack of books with a stuffed animal perched on top. Title on book cover reads, "Isabella, Star of the Story."

Still image from: It's Not Easy Being a Bunny

Still image from: Jasper and the Elemenopy

Cartoon. Young girl standing on the surface of Mars holding up a small net attached to a pole. Next to her, a gold elevator with small black cat inside. Small green aliens with astronaut helmets wave nearby. Story text appears on screen.

Still image from: Katy Has Two Grampas

Cartoon of a boy with his mouth gaping open as he lifts a glowing sword. Title card reads, "King Arthur, The Story of How Arthur Became King. Sir Thomas Malory."

Still image from: Launch Party for "The Boy and the Gorilla"

A C, G, I image of a light blue garbage truck driving outside on dirt with green plants and yellow trees in the background.

Cartoon landscape of a rainbow-colored hot air balloon surrounded by dark gray clouds and rain. A helicopter hovers nearby with 2 balloon parachutes next to the basket. Caption. Allie as narrator. Both teams are now flying through the rainy clouds.

Cartoon of a kitchen with an angled wood plank leading down from the second shelf of the refrigerator to the kitchen sink. A few potatoes and tomatoes roll down the plank. Caption. 5 tomatoes.

Still image from: Let Liberty Rise! How America's Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty

Illustration of a red safari vehicle with 2 people in it approaching a gray tree. A yellow and black toucan and a colorful parrot sit on a branch of the tree looking at the approaching vehicle.

Still image from: Let's Pretend: Amazing Adventures With Max and Friends

Cartoon of a green backpack on a wooden surface. A brown hamster pokes its head out of the main zipper of the backpack.

Still image from: Little Miss Liberty

Still image from: Lucy the Curious Beagle and Her Great Escape

Color illustration of a girl with her hands on her hips and a scarf flowing behind her as she stands on piles of books. Title card reads, "Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian."

Still image from: Maisy's Bedtime

Digital illustration of a boy with an uncertain expression standing in front of an old woman holding a thick branch tied with rope. Spanish caption. ¿Ah?

Animated puppet, Marvie smiles and holds up an angry paper robot on a stick. Caption. My mom taught me how to make these cool puppets.

Animated puppet, Marvie smiles and holds a stuffed elephant in a darkened bedroom with glow-in-the-dark stars. Caption. What's your bedtime routine?

Animated puppet, Marvie smiles in a colorful room with floating bookshelves, a child's easel, and a window seat. Caption. I wanted to show you the window seat in my room.

A personified potato wears a fedora and opens its mouth as if speaking. The receiver of a rotary phone hovers next to it. Caption. Investigator Tater.

Animation of a personified paper plate and cup looking sideways at a thought bubble with a smiling lion inside. Caption. I have a mane, a nose, and whiskers.

Orange plastic egg. Caption: Lets see what's in this surprise egg.

Marvie smiles and looks at camera in a child's colorful bedroom. Caption. I've got a really special video I want to share today.

Cartoon character in a bedroom. There is a camera on the desk. Caption: I took a bunch of photos of all the cool animals.

Cartoon of Max the Train, Jake the Fire Engine, and Blazin' Bill the Monster Truck floating down a river surrounded by dense trees on a log raft. Caption. Look! I see 1 of Bubble's wooden shapes.

Animation of Medialuna standing in a bedroom with Petunia on her head as she holds a letter and looks toward Chacabuco. Spanish caption. Mirá, me mandaron una carta.

Animation of Medialuna smiling with her arms outstretched. She looks toward a smiling Chacabuco who holds up 2 objects. Petunia looks on from the side. Spanish caption. Sííííííí.

Animation of Medialuna frowning at Chacabuco and Petunia who stand at the edge of a fire pit beneath a hanging pot. Spanish caption. ¡Hacé algo, Chaca!

Animation of a smiling Chacabuco holding 1 arm out and wearing a blonde wig with long eyelashes. Spanish caption. Es solamente un dragón que come sapos.

Animation of a jaguar in a headdress looking off camera with its mouth open. Spanish caption. Es una flauta mágica.

Animation of the red dragon, Ferucho, who grimaces as he approaches a green cave in a colorful forest. Spanish caption. Soy Ferrucho, el dragón.

Animation of Medialuna, Petunia, and Chacabuco walking through a colorful forest beneath a starry, moonlit sky. Spanish caption. Chaca, me parece que no es por acá.

Animation of Gualichu looking down at open gifts on the edge of a fire pit in a room full of witches. Spanish caption. Gracia, mucha gracias a todas.

Animation of Medialuna looking out at a green expanse surrounded by colorful trees beneath a starry sky. Spanish caption. Para encontrarse todos lo ven.

Animation of Medialuna sitting on a branch next to a jaguar. Stars fill the night sky in the background. Spanish caption. Yo soy muy parecida a una gata, pero soy una yaguareté.

Animation of Medialuna with Petunia on her head and Chacabuco in front of her as they all face a smiling Ferrucho. Spanish caption. ¡Ah! Ahora me acuerdo por qué perdí mi nombre.

Animation of Locoto in a red hat and cape as he leans forward to look through a telescope. Spanish caption. Ahora voy a medir la posición del sol y le la luna.

Animation of Locoto in a red hat and cape with a worried expression on his face. He stands next to a transparent blue vat full of purple liquid in a room stacked with books. Spanish caption. ¡Hay que avisarles a todos para que empiecen as buscarla!

Animation of Chacabuco smiling as he looks toward an apparition of himself smiling broadly with eyes closed. Spanish caption. Amarillo, rojo y verde, un sapo muy especial.

Animation of Medialuna closing her eyes and holding 1 arm out as she leans forward to give Chacabuco a kiss on the cheek. Spanish caption. Sound of a kiss. Mua.

Animation of Ferucho, the red dragon, as he approaches a green cave in a colorful forest. Spanish caption. Soy Ferucho, el dragón.

Animation of Gualichu opening a book and looking warily at Medialuna who is dressed in a costume made of leaves. Spanish caption. Estoy viajando a ver a mi tía Luna Llena.

Animation of 2 Chacabucos sitting next to each other, 1 frowning and the other smiling. Spanish caption. Abra cadabra, pata de cabra.

Animation of Gualichu holding a pink and yellow piece of fruit in a forest at night. Spanish caption. Pero primero tengo que darle un mordisco yo.

Animation of Medialuna holding up drumsticks above a blue drum. Petunia looks up to her from the ground. Spanish caption. Medialuna singing. Gotas, gotitas del cielo.

Animation of Chacabuco reclining with his eyes closed and 1 arm extended upward. Spanish caption. ¡Ja, ja, ja! ¡Aaah, me contagia la risa!

Animation of a smiling Medialuna floating toward a brightly lit window with Petunia by her side. Spanish caption. Medialuna and Petunia speaking together. ¡Guau! ¡Que lindo!

Animation of a broom head resting against a brown wall next to a wooden table. Spanish caption. Pis de tortuga, cataplasma que te arruga.

Animation of Gualichu and 2 other witches as they each point to the left at the person next to them. Spanish caption. Everyone speaking. Los zapatos voladores.

Animation of the witch, Gualichu, and another witch in a headdress surrounding a fire pit inside a hut. Gualichu holds Petunia above the fire as the other witch looks at an open book . Spanish caption. Sound of liquid transferring. ¡Glu, glu!

Animation of Gualichu bending slightly forward and glancing to the side. Spanish caption. ¿Qué es esa música?

Still image from: Mel Fell

Still image from: Mickey on the Move

Still image from: Mighty Mila

Color sketch of a serene boy with his eyes closed and a swath of blue above his head, framing the image of a boy riding a horse.

Color illustration of a snow-covered street sign framed by an oval wreath. Title card reads, "Miracle on thirty-fourth Street, A Storybook Edition of the Christmas Classic."

Still image from: Miss Crabapple and Her Magical Violin

Illustration from behind of a man shielding his face with his arm. A large, tattooed person with a gaff stands to his side with a shadowy figure holding a gaff in the distance. Rain splashes down. Title card reads, "Moby Dick, Herman Melville."

Still image from: Monstrum: Baba Yaga--The Ancient Origins of the Famous ‘Witch’

Blonde woman wearing a black shirt and a wooden necklace holds up her hands as she talks. Behind her is a background of a cartoon forest in low, brownish light.

Still image from: Monstrum: Basilisk or Cockatrice? The Mysterious King of Serpents

Still image from: Monstrum: Big Grays

Cartoon of a man with a wide-brimmed hat standing on the bow of a large red ship while holding a rifle at the ready.

Still image from: Monstrum: CTHULHU

Split screen. On the left is a digital cartoon of 3 shirtless cyclops forging objects out of metal in front of a fire. On the right is another cartoon cyclops wearing a dark red toga holding a shepherd's staff next to a goat in a cave.

Still image from: Monstrum: Death Worms--Fact or Fiction?

Still image from: Monstrum: Don’t Let Them In! The Urban Legends of Black-Eyed Children

Dark red background with a silhouette of a large bridge. On it appears a paperback book with the title, "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson. It has an drawing of a person holding a pole at the edge of a cliff above people falling into flames below.

Digital image of a wall made of slats with light peeking through a large patched portion in the center.

Closeup of a digital page from the Weekly World News with a headline that reads, "Chupacabra Captured," above the image of an animal in a cage.

Still image from: Monstrum: Fire Cat or Fire Cart? The History of Japan’s Kasha

Black and white illustration of Godzilla baring its teeth and gripping an object. The word, "Kreeeonk!" cuts diagonally across the bottom right corner.

2-page view of a book filled with writing in Hebrew. Text on screen reads, "Torah."

Still image from: Monstrum: Hellhounds

Color illustration of a grimacing dragon walking through a hazy forest.

Cartoon of a bearded man wearing a tan hat with long ties hanging loose by his ears talking to another man in a dark hallway with a large window.

Cartoon of the back of a man with a white turban holding a jar with smoke coming out. He is looking at the silhouette of a large, bearded genie with glowing white eyes. The genie holds up its right forefinger.

Cartoon of a woman in dark clothing looking away. A man wearing a red tunic with white flowers looks toward her. There's a thick white line in the background between them.

Cartoon of a person with medium-length black hair in a leather hide with fringe on the arm looking at something hidden behind jungle plants. It is raining.

Still image from: Monstrum: Killer Plants

Still image from: Monstrum: Leprechaun--From Gold-Loving Cobbler to Cultural Icon

Woman faces camera and parts her lips as if speaking in front of a muted woodland backdrop.

2 sepia-tone images. The left is a sketch of 3 women wearing striped dresses and fancy shawls with 2 men looking on from afar. The right is a photo of a woman with long, dark hair in a long dress leaning an arm across the back of a small chair.

Black and white image. Crowd of men in suits with slicked hair and fedoras hold pencils and notebooks. A woman writing in a notebook sits next to them on their left.

Fresco of a nude Perseus holding up the head of Medusa. Fresco is surrounded by an ornate gold frame.

Scene from a film showing a person in dim light bringing a weapon overhead to strike at something. There's a border around the scene to make it look like film, with text that reads, "28 Days Later, 2002."

Blonde woman wearing a black shirt with part of a skeleton costume stands outside in front of a large mural depicting a battle between Native Americans and European settlers.

Cartoon of a bearded man wearing a brown jacket, black hat, and long pants running through mist toward a body of water.

Blonde woman wearing a jean jacket and black shirt talking in front of a cartoon background depicting the silhouettes of skinny, leafless trees surrounded by mist in low light.

Black and white image of a male statue holding Kraken's tentacle. A black and white illustration of a man being attacked by Kraken appears under the image. A brown book with gold foil lettering that reads, "The Toilers of the Sea" sits to the left of the image.

Still image from: Monstrum: Siren Head

2-page view of the title page of an old book. Text on the page reads, "An Arabian Tale from an unpublished manuscript, with notes critical and explanatory." A cursive signature appears next to the text.

Blonde woman wearing a gray and white striped sweater talks in front of a cartoon background depicting snow falling on a meadow with snowy mountains behind it.

Blurry image of a black and white illustration. Boy turns back on a path surrounded by vegetation. A line of figures walks forward on the path ahead of him.

Map of the Mediterranean Sea, with red lines connecting many of the cities around the coasts of the Sea. Some drawings of monsters from folklore appear on the Sea. Text on the screen reads, "Egyptian Trade, circa 1400 B, C."

Scrap of a painting that depicts Medea grasping her children while holding a dagger in 1 hand. Title bar reads, "Medea About to Kill Her Children. Eugéne Delacroix, circa 1862."

Shadowy silhouette of a bald figure with both hands up and fingers spread out in front of an eerie blue background.

Blonde woman in light pink sweater with a black necklace talks in front of a cartoon background depicting a dark, misty street lined with buildings and a gas lamp.

Sepia-tone photo of rows of soldiers with wide-brimmed hats marching while holding rifles on their shoulders. Each row has a commanding officer marching with it.

Closeup of a gray and white cat with green eyes and long white whiskers.

Still image from: Monstrum: Tiamat

Still image from: Monstrum: Tikbalang

Blonde woman wearing a blue and white striped shirt talks in front of a cartoon background depicting dirt hills with 1 small tree.

Still image from: Monstrum: Universal Movie Monsters

Blonde woman wearing a royal blue shirt talks while standing in front of a large wooden bookshelf filled with books and monster decor.