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Woman is signing in front of a cartoon background depicting a farmhouse amongst the fields. Next to her is a book with 2 pink piglets snuggling. Title on book cover reads, "Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri."
4 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Illustration of a child playing on a city street, imagining that he is flying the rocket in his hand. Caption: His imagination took him out of his neighborhood.
10 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
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Color illustration of a stick with single leaf standing with small face, twig arms, and legs. Caption. Stick.
8 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Woman is signing in front of a color illustration of 2 people wearing conical hats walking on a rocky outcropping. Story text appears on screen.
12 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Watercolor painting of a man dressed as a monk facing out and putting his hands up to block a door behind him. Caption. But they had little to do with one another.
12 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Still image from: StoryMakers With Ali Bahrampour ("Monsters in the Fog" and "A Pig in the Palace")
StoryMakers
Episode 9
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Amanda Davis ("30,000 Stitches: The Inspiring Story of the 911 Flag")
StoryMakers
Episode 10
8 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Anna Svetchnikov ("Wish Away" & "The Legend of Astrid")
StoryMakers
Episode 40
7 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With April Lavalle and ALex Boniello ("A Case of the Zaps")
StoryMakers
Episode 11
6 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Awilda Prignano ("Loving Lulu")
StoryMakers
Episode 12
9 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Brenna Thummler ("Delicates")
StoryMakers
Episode 13
8 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Carmen Agra Deedy ("Wombat Said Come In")
StoryMakers
Episode 14
7 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Dan Gutman ("Houdini and Me")
StoryMakers
Episode 15
8 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Daniel Bernstrom ("A Bear, A Bee, and a Honey Tree")
StoryMakers
Episode 16
5 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Jeffrey Ebbeler ("I'm Ogre It")
StoryMakers
Episode 17
4 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Jennifer Ziegler ("Worser")
StoryMakers
Episode 18
6 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Kimber Fox Morgan ("Chipper Makes Merry")
StoryMakers
Episode 19
8 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Laura Vaccaro Seeger ("Red")
StoryMakers
Episode 20
5 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Lesa Cline Ransome ("Being Clem")
StoryMakers
Episode 21
9 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Lori Butierries ("Gift From God")
StoryMakers
Episode 22
6 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Marla Huehmer ("The Big Move")
StoryMakers
Episode 23
8 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss ("Noodleheads Do the Impossible")
StoryMakers
Episode 24
9 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Mary Amato ("Star Striker Game On!")
StoryMakers
Episode 25
8 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Portia Y. Clare ("Best Friends Forever: A Puppy's Tale")
StoryMakers
Episode 26
7 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With S.A. Patrick ("A Darkening of Dragons")
StoryMakers
Episode 27
7 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Scoot McMahon ("Agents of S.L.A.M.")
StoryMakers
Episode 28
5 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Seth Eliot Santoro ("Finn and the Ferocious Flu")
StoryMakers
Episode 29
11 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Sheela Chari ("Karthik Delivers")
StoryMakers
Episode 30
8 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Steven Banks ("Middle School Bites: Out for Blood")
StoryMakers
Episode 31
7 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Susan Verde ("I Am Me" & "Sally Be Writes a Thank You Note)
StoryMakers
Episode 32
7 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Terry Catasús Jennings ("The Little House of Hope")
StoryMakers
Episode 33
9 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Thyra Heder ("Sal Boat: A Boat by Sal")
StoryMakers
Episode 34
6 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Tom Phillips ("The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves: Egypt's Fire")
StoryMakers
Episode 35
7 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Valerie Bolling ("Ride, Roll, Run: Time for Fun")
StoryMakers
Episode 36
9 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Vanessa Messenger ("Teddy Talks: A Paws-itive Story About Type 1 Diabetes")
StoryMakers
Episode 37
10 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Will Hillenbrand ("Mighty Reader" and "The Reading Riddle")
StoryMakers
Episode 38
5 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Will Jess Brallier ("Booker the Library Bat")
StoryMakers
Episode 39
6 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover shows an illustration of a woman wearing a pink dress and an apron who smiles contentedly as she whisks a bowl of cream. She stands on a lawn, next to delicate blackberry vines that twist around the edges of the book cover and in front of a modest house in the background. Text reads, "A Fine Dessert. Four centuries, four families, one delicious treat. Emily Jenkins and Sophie Blackall."
StoryMakers
Episode 6
15 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Billy Aronson and Jennifer Oxley sit on stools as they look over at Rocco Staino while he speaks. Between the creators and the host, a small table holds two editions of the "Peg + Cat" books.
StoryMakers
Episode 2
5 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Plush version of Nick Bruel's "Bad Kitty" character, a fuzzy black cat with yellow eyes and a red nose, sitting on a chair on the show set.
StoryMakers
Episode 1
8 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Author Peter H Reynolds appears engaged, looking to the side as he speaks with the host who is off-screen.
StoryMakers
Episode 3
7 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Person holds up the book "Gone Crazy in Alabama," with a cover illustration that depicts three young girls standing in front of a yellow house, with a dog and chickens around their feet.
StoryMakers
Episode 5
13 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Rocco Staino holds up Susan Verde's book "I Am Peace" and listens as the author speaks.
StoryMakers
Episode 8
9 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover shows illustrations of men wearing pants and hats and women wearing long skirts who all appear to be walking around a small fire on the ground. In the background, an orange sky and blue hills bursting with fall-colored trees. Book title appears in English as "We Are Grateful"; then it appears in phonetic Cherokee, "Otsaliheliga," and again in the Cherokee syllabary.
StoryMakers
Episode 4
8 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Book cover shows an illustration of a little girl holding a pink parasol, dressed in a pink cloak and a fluffy skirt, with a little lamb accessory at her waist, looking excited toward us as she stands outside of a shop. Text reads, "Mary Had a Little Glam. By Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton."
StoryMakers
Episode 7
19 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Color illustration. Italian village with white buildings and red roofs. People are lining up to enter a house in the distance. Spanish caption. En un pueblo de Calabria.
8 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: K - 6
Woman is signing next to the cover of a storybook depicting 2 boys and a dog on the beach watching birds flying. Title on book cover reads, "Summer."
7 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a busy village with a food stand, a man pushing an ice cream cart, and others. Text tells the story of a girl shouting to order tostadas.
11 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Cartoon of a garbage truck pulling up to a dumpster. Caption: The garbage truck?
5 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Cartoon. Sylvester at the table, parents leaning over to look at a rock in his hoof. Spanish caption. Uno de sus pasatiempos favoritos.
11 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Color illustration. Baby T-Rex emerges from cracked egg, surrounded by whole eggs. Caption. When I was born, I came out of an egg.
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Painting of wood burning oven with skulls resting on top. Caption. I have room for all of you.
15 minutes
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Woman signs in front of a tablet showing a storybook cover with a little cave boy on a device while dinosaurs watch. Text on book cover reads, "TEK, The Modern Cave Boy."
11 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Still image from: Ten Dragon Eggs: A Book About Counting Down
7 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Color illustration. Young girl seated in a chair with knees pulled in, looking down at an open book in front of her. Caption. Daybreak to dusky dark if Mama would allow.
11 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 7
Woman signs in front of a color illustration of the back of a blue S, U, V. A white mouse and 2 butterflies are nearby. Story text appears on illustration.
1 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
ASL
Still image from: The ABCs of Inclusion: Paving the Way for Equality and Understanding
19 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of girl sitting with a cat on one side, a dog on the other side, and a bird on her head as she holds a puppy that licks her cheek. Text reads, "L is for Loving."
12 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Color illustration. Pearl walks along a road, surrounded by flowers and trees in full bloom. Caption. Her mother would say, "You're imagining it."
11 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon silhouettes of a cricket on a leaf and an ant on the ground below. Caption. The cricket continued to sing and cheer.
Little Fables
Episode 10
5 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
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Cartoon of an ant. Caption: The ant had never heard such joyful noise.
6 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Woman is signing in front of 2-page view of storybook with an abstract painting of an apple core next to a red apple.
1 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Woman is signing in front of a 2-page view of a storybook illustration of a big tree, a deer, a fawn, and a gray squirrel. Story text appears on screen.
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
ASL
Color illustration in a picture book. Girl stands in tall grass and looks calmly toward tree in front of her. In the next image, tree smiles with eyes closed and holds a hand up to a flushed cheek. Story text appears on screen.
7 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Still image from: The Big Picture With Andrea Davis Pinkney & Illustrator Keith Henry Brown
The Big Picture With Andrea Davis Pinkney
Episode 1
12 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: The Big Picture With Andrea Davis Pinkney: Grace Lin Paints a Dragon!
The Big Picture With Andrea Davis Pinkney
Episode 2
24 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of three bunny-like animals carrying a log as they look across a river at three cat-like animals with wheelbarrows. Text tells us about the animals building boats to cross the river and make friends with one another.
9 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a pink-haired fairy flying behind a bear and looking scared. On the opposite page, the fair sneezes, then looks up with a frightened expression. Story is about a fairy who's fear makes her cough and sneeze.
13 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Color illustration of a boy laying down against a tree with sheep in the foreground. Caption. All day long all I do is watch sheep.
8 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Middle-aged Asian woman looks slightly down from camera with misty eyes. Caption. When I was young and had these things?
25 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 7
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Illustration of the back of red crab as it uses a stick in its claw to draw a map in the yellow and orange sand. White bubbles flow by colorful plants next to the crab.
6 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Still image from: The Cane Kids
8 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Illustration of a Black woman in front of a fence with patterned clouds and houses in background. Caption. Her skin a creamy caramel.
9 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 4
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Color illustration. Top of tall red hat with a white stripe at the bottom. Title card reads, "Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat."
24 minutes 31 seconds
Color illustration. Animated smiling caterpillar, walking forward with head reared back. Spanish caption. Narrador. Las orugas no son como otros seres.
7 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Color illustration. Jester juggles colored balls for Madonna and child. Caption. Color filled the air. It was magnificent.
10 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Storybook cover with drawings of 4 furry monsters of different colors, each with different expressions on their faces. Storybook title reads, "The Color Monster. A Story about Emotions."
5 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Illustration of a boy pouring a bucket of water onto a small tree. Caption: Liam began to feel like a real gardener,
10 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Color illustration of smiling girl, boy with broken egg on head and grandma hanging clothes on clothesline while boa constrictor, hen, cat and pig look at boy.
6 minutes
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Color illustration of a frightened senior woman, taken aback by a long snake crawling along a clothing line while eating clothes. Spanish caption. Y salimos apurados.
5 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
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Still image from: The Day the Clouds Went Away
12 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Woman stands in front of a color illustration of a green tree on a small red island. A dark gray cloud partially covers the sun. Story text on image reads, "Turns dark and gray."
5 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Cartoon of a woman carrying three cats. Caption: Datoh, Donna, and Dee Dee,
7 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
ASL
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.
20 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Black and white illustration of girl holding a spoon and smiling at a man who sits across a table from her. Caption. We don't have money to feed all the street people.
The Donna Guthrie Series
Episode 1
8 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Color illustration of 2 men. 1 turns to the side and the other faces the viewer. Spanish caption. La gente de la calle empezó a llegar a la iglesia.
The Donna Guthrie Series
Episode 2
10 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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.
The Donna Guthrie Series
Episode 3
8 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Color illustration of a wolf bending forward with a menacing look. Spanish caption. Quizás puedo ayudarte, le dijo el lobo dulcemente.
The Donna Guthrie Series
Episode 4
9 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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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.
7 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Color illustration of a child holding out a piece of paper with several splotches of paint. Spanish caption. Si puedo hacer puntos pequeños.
7 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Cartoon hen, peering up and over a gray wall. Caption. Pauline is lazy, one hen clucked.
9 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
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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.
10 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Color illustration. A heavyset man wearing purple robes and a maroon feathered hat stands next to a textile loom with a half-finished piece.
27 minutes
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Closeup of a man with white hair and mustache in gray collared shirt. Caption. That's how I'll decide who gets the face.
23 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Color illustration. Sassy child wearing a blue sundress pulls down clothes from the line. Woman dressed as a maid looks down with a disapproving look. Caption. First day of the week, they'd wash all the clothes.
12 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon image of a Chinese man with a stick carrying a bundle. Another character bows in front of the man. Caption. He had enough money for a steamship ticket.
7 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Color illustration. Child folds a shirt next to a senior woman who is also folding clothes. Caption. I'm small but strong, and I'll help you.
11 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
ASL
Still image from: The Great Great Salt Lake Monster Mystery
16 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Cartoon of a person wearing a shark fin strapped to their back looking at themselves in the mirror.
10 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: K - 5
Storybook cover titled, "The Greatest Mommy of All. A Cuddly, Snuggly Story to Share." Illustration of an adult and a baby elephant smiling at each other as they eat ice cream on a beach.
7 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Storybook cover titled, "The Grouchy Ladybug." Illustration of a ladybug with its wings spread on a white background. Text reads, "Eric Carle."
11 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Color illustration, Lion, standing, in a zoo cage.
7 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Color illustration. Rooster, hens and birds eating from a chicken feeder. Caption. On a farm nearby, there were all kinds of fowls.
7 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Cartoon. Heavyset bald man wearing a military jacket and a cross expression on his face. Spanish caption. Vuelve, sombrero loco.
8 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: K - 5
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Dark background with white specks and a streak of orange light. Title card reads, "The Hoober-Bloob Highway, By Dr. Seuss."
24 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Still image from: The House That She Built
11 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Woman signs in front of a storybook illustration of a boy with a crown sitting on a throne made of ice cream cones in front of a house made of candy and ice cream cones.
4 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Color illustration. Amish woman holds a book and looks out the window of a high rise building at birds flying by. Caption. This week, my dream is coming true.
12 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Color illustration. American politicians gathered around a table and holding up a document, people peeking in the window behind them. Caption. The Declaration of Independence has had more homes than a traveling circus.
30 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Color illustration. Person reads a book under a sheet next to a stuffed animal panda bear and monkey. Caption. She'd make a tent of covers and read herself to sleep.
4 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Cartoon silhouette of a lion's profile looking toward a butterfly on a tall tree. Caption. The lion was playing amongst the pines.
Little Fables
Episode 1
5 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Closeup of a colorful butterfly with big eyes holding its arms out to the sides in front of a puff of smoke. Text reads, "The Little Butterfly That Could."
10 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Closeup of a colorful butterfly with big eyes and a worried face holding its arms out to the sides in front of a puff of smoke. Text in Spanish reads, "La Pequeña Mariposa Que Sí Pudo."
10 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Woman signs in front of a 2-page view of a storybook showing a man driving a blue dump truck near other trucks. Story text appears on screen.
8 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
ASL
Still image from: The Little Engine That Could
15 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
ASL
Cartoon of a woman in a red dress and white apron, carrying a basket as she walks down the cobblestone path in front of her house. Caption. Sound of crow cawing.
10 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Smiling girl with pigtails holds a hammer as she stands on the window ledge of a red playhouse labeled, "Ruby's Fort." Text reads, "The Little Red Fort."
8 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Smiling girl with pigtails holds a hammer as she stands in the window ledge of a red playhouse labeled, in Spanish, "El Fuerte de Ruby." Text in Spanish reads, "El fuertecito rojo."
8 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Woman is signing next to a color illustration of a red hen wearing a white bonnet and eating a crumb. Text reads, "To the very last crumb."
9 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
ASL
Round treetops stretch across a forest of tree trunks beneath a starry sky. Text reads, "The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess."
14 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
ASL
Dark background with white specks and a streak of orange light. Title card reads, "The Hoober-Bloob Highway, By Dr. Seuss."
24 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
Color illustration. Tight rope stretched across the World Trade Center towers and a man walking across. Caption. A quarter of a mile up in the sky someone was dancing.
10 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: K - 5
Woman signs in front of a color illustration of assorted woodland animals together inside a gray knit mitten.
8 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Still image from: The Most Magnificent Idea
8 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Color illustration of a king surrounded by a group of white hens. Caption. This is the biggest egg I have ever seen.
5 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Cartoon. King surrounded by a group of white hens. Caption. This is the biggest egg I have ever seen.
5 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
ASL
Color illustration. Woman sleeps on her side in bed, mouth open in a snore. Child happily sleeps on top of her, pillow over her face. On the floor, a cat is curled up and a dog stretches its back. Caption. Where everyone is sleeping.
5 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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.
5 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Still image from: The Night Before Father's Day
4 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Storybook cover titled, "The Night Before Summer Vacation." Illustration of a girl in sunglasses and a boy in flippers carrying items to a car packed with luggage, a tube, and other gear. Text reads, "Written by Natasha Wing. Illustrated by Julie Durrell."
13 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
ASL
Color illustration. Barefoot child dances on a grassy lawn surrounded by flowers as a bird flies overhead. Caption. Sometimes dancing.
15 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: K - 6
Storybook cover with a colorful illustration of 2 students holding books and walking; 1 of the students has white hair and glasses. Title reads, "The Oldest Student. How Mary Walker Learned to Read."
14 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
ASL
Watercolor painting of a child standing with 1 foot up on a fence, houses in the distant background. Caption. Each morning she climbed up on the fence.
7 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: K - 5
White cartoon silhouettes against a black background. Eagle perches on a branch and leans down toward an owl. Caption. Owl, I offer you now one simple choice.
Little Fables
Episode 16
5 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Storybook covered titled, "The Perfect Hug." Illustration of purple bear hugging a baby panda, both with their eyes closed. Text reads, "Joanna Walsh and Judi Abbott."
7 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Color illustration of a Pigeon with wings up and beak open as if shouting. Title text reads, "Pigeon has (emphasis on has) to Go to School!" Caption. Come on!
8 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
ASL
Still image from: The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!
8 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Color illustration. Profile of a man in a hat holding a leafy stick with shades of blue in the background. Caption. Sound of cow mooing.
16 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Storybook covered titled, "The Pout Pout Fish." Frowning fish swims in a crowd of sea creatures near the bottom of the ocean above sandy towers and seaweed. Text reads, "Deborah Diesen. Pictures by Dan Hanna."
9 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Storybook covered titled, "The Rabbit Listened." Young boy wearing sky blue and white striped pajamas hugs a bunny tight. Text reads, "Cori Doerrfeld."
9 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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.
1 hours 41 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Pastel drawing. Girl holding a man's hand points at shoes on display in a glass case. Caption. Look! Shoes worn by famous dancers.
27 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Lone tricycle parked on a sidewalk in front of a grass lawn. Caption. Sound of chimes.
11 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Painting of a man with an open mouth and rosy cheeks wearing a Homburg hat and driving a green car. Caption. Engines hummed.
10 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
ASL
Still image from: The Rowdy Randy Wild West Show
16 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Color illustration. Animated figure in the shape of Illinois looking down and holding a corded phone up to one ear. Caption. No, the S is silent.
15 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Storybook cover titled, "The Shape of Things." Illustration of children playing in the front yard of an orange house with a windmill on a hill in the background. Text reads, "Dayle Ann Dodds. Illustrated by Julie Lacome."
4 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Blue, yellow, and red stripe rectangle in the middle of a textured blue background. Title card reads, "The Sneetches."
13 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
Colored pencil illustration of a red-headed young boy reaching out to shake the hand of a snowman wearing a checkered hat and tie.
25 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Color illustration. Snowman reaches up to touch a colored bulb on a Christmas tree. Spanish caption. Campanas sonando.
27 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Woman signs in front of a storybook illustration of a little boy in bed looking out his window at the snow. Story text appears on screen.
8 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Color illustration. Animated smiling snowman indoors. Spanish caption. Así que hizo un hombre de nieve risueño.
6 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Still image from: The Space Gal: Ada Lace--On the Case (Part 1)
The Space Gal
Episode 15
29 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: The Space Gal: Ada Lace--On the Case (Part 2)
The Space Gal
Episode 16
23 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: The Space Gal: Ada Lace--On the Case (Part 3)
The Space Gal
Episode 17
25 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Woman signs in front of a gray background with an image of the flag of the United States. Caption. Oh, say, does that.
2 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
ASL
Storybook page with an illustration of a snowy hill with evergreen trees and a hazy sun in the background. Story text appears on the page.
9 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
ASL
Planets with smiley faces and accessories circle around a sun wearing sunglasses in outer space. Text reads, "The Sun Is Kind of a Big Deal."
14 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
ASL
Still image from: The Super Hungry Dinosaur
7 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Woman is signing next to a color illustration of Mr. McGregor leaning over a low wall looking at something in his hand. Story text appears on screen.
10 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Color illustration. A green crocodile dressed in a woman's jacket and skirt wearing an orange wig and glasses, Mrs. Green written on the chalkboard behind her. Caption. Beams Mrs. Green, wiggling her fingers at him.
8 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Woman is signing in front of a 2-page view of a storybook illustration of a white yeti character and other characters playing outside. Story text appears on screen.
7 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
ASL
Cartoon. Farmer pulls a cart full of hay down a hilly rural area, standing next to a pig holding a black sack. Caption. I know.
12 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Still image from: The Three Little Superpigs and Goldilocks and the Three Bears
8 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
ASL
Digital illustration of ancient artifacts from the Shang dynasty including a stone dragon and oracle bone script with early Chinese calligraphy. Caption. Because the rulers were all from the same family.
The Time Compass
Episode 1
19 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Simple map with brown edges is labeled, "Dinastía Qin." Spanish caption. Qin Shi Huang se proclamó emperador.
The Time Compass
Episode 2
17 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Color illustration of ancient Egyptian people standing in a garden with water running through it. Text on image reads, "Irrigation system. Shaduf." Caption. Which let them grow more crops.
The Time Compass
Episode 5
19 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Color illustration of fish swimming in water next to a green platform with water running through it. Text on image reads, "Sistema de riego. Shaduf." Spanish caption. Narrador. Los egipcios necesitaron mucho ingenio.
The Time Compass
Episode 6
16 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Animation of a woman wearing a white sheer dress dancing on a stage for a man wearing a green tunic and gold headband seated behind a small wood desk. Caption. It seems that Paris, a Trojan prince.
The Time Compass
Episode 9
19 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Computer rendering of a few Greek statues and artifacts made to look like they have been placed on display on top of a grassy field. Spanish caption. Los griegos se hicieron esa misma pregunta.
The Time Compass
Episode 10
16 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Cartoon of Romulus and Remus standing next to each other in an ornate living area with framed art, bronze statues, and a globe. Caption. Romulus and Remus were descendants of Aeneas.
The Time Compass
Episode 13
19 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Digital illustration of a stone facade with Greek columns, archways, and a balcony. Full size painting of Julius Caesar fills the archway and balcony, as if he is speaking to a crowd. Spanish caption. En sus comienzos, Roma fue gobernada por reyes.
The Time Compass
Episode 14
15 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Computer model of the city of Caral. The Incan city is tiered with a stairway connecting from the amphitheater at the bottom to a grouping of walled structures at the top. Next to this, an animated alpaca and sign that reads, "Caral year 3,000 B, C."
The Time Compass
Episode 7
18 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Digital map of South America with Chile highlighted in a light color. Labeled countries along Chile's Eastern border from top to bottom include, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Spanish caption. Hasta el norte de Argentina y centro de Chile.
The Time Compass
Episode 8
14 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Digital illustration of an ancient Indian city with the snow-dusted mountains in the distance. In the foreground, people are wading in a body of water. Caption. Where each drop, just like each person.
The Time Compass
Episode 29
19 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Digital illustration of Hindu god Brahma wearing necklaces and a bindi on his forehead. Behind him, a body of water, steep green mountains, and tropical flowers. Spanish caption. La que me transmite los secretos del Brahma.
The Time Compass
Episode 30
16 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Digital illustration of dozens of colorful castle towers in Mecca. Caption. 1 that would become 1 of the richest.
The Time Compass
Episode 23
19 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Digital illustration of 2 Arabic paper dolls standing in a pop-up book in front of the Great Mosque of Mecca. Spanish caption. Mucha gente peregrinaba a la Meca.
The Time Compass
Episode 24
16 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Digital map of Mesopotamia located in West Asia within the Tigris and Euphrates river system. The region has mountains to the north and borders the Mediterranean Sea. Caption. And lots of fresh water coming from the mountains.
The Time Compass
Episode 15
20 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Digital illustration of an ancient city and the surrounding mountain landscape. A train of dark figures stretches from the top of a mountain pass to the town. Spanish caption. Estos bajaron de las montañas del norte de Mesopotamia.
The Time Compass
Episode 16
16 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Digital illustration of 3 people in robes seated on a terrace with Jerusalem's Temple of Solomon in the distant background. Caption. This great act is how the Jews were allowed to return.
The Time Compass
Episode 25
20 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Digital illustration of a group of Persian soldiers dressed in full armor and helmets guarding the castle walls. Spanish caption. Que pretendían tomar por asalto la ciudad.
The Time Compass
Episode 26
18 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Digital illustration of a man labeled Abraham wearing a white robe, a green tunic, and white head and neck scarf. He's standing on top of a mountain and gesturing to his left. Caption. The son of a sculptor from the city of Ur.
The Time Compass
Episode 21
18 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Digital illustration of a man with long white hair and a beard wearing a black yarmulke. He's writing at a desk in a bedroom setting with a menorah on the shelf behind him. Spanish caption. Este fue el pueblo hebreo.
The Time Compass
Episode 22
14 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Digital map of Central America. The map is within a decorative gold frame and appears between 2 other historical maps. In front of the frame is a digital image of a computer keyboard resting on a desk.
The Time Compass
Episode 11
19 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Digital illustration of an Aztec warrior wearing a suit and hood that resemble an eagle. He holds up a wooden spear and shield, looking out in front of him as he prepares to throw the spear.
The Time Compass
Episode 12
16 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Digital illustration of diverse people exchanging goods for money in a crowded square. Caption. That it formed a new base of power for the Roman Empire.
The Time Compass
Episode 3
19 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Color illustration of a faded battle scene with an arc of gold objects passing through it. Spanish caption. Estas tremendas guerras que comenzaron en el año 1096.
The Time Compass
Episode 4
15 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Digital illustrations on a sheet of parchment titled, The Franks. Page includes an illustrated map of the River Rhine, a soldier with a spear, and group of people wearing medieval attire. Caption. Came from near the Rhine River in today's Germany.
The Time Compass
Episode 27
20 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Digital illustration of an emperor seated on a throne holding a crown over his head, a religious figure bowing before him. Spanish caption. Lo coronó emperador del Imperio romano germánico.
The Time Compass
Episode 28
18 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Digital map of the world with a dotted line stretching from Greece, labeled Athens, to Southern Mexico, labeled Mayans. Caption. It would be 2,000 years before anyone.
The Time Compass
Episode 17
19 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Digital map of Central America, showing the borders of Mexico, Guatemala, Belice, and Honduras. Southern Mexico and the rest of the labeled countries are shaded in red. Spanish Caption. Y la península de Yucatán, en México.
The Time Compass
Episode 18
14 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
ASL
Digital illustration of a magnifying glass hovering over a map of the Mediterranean showing a forest landscape with mountains, a river, and waterfall. Caption. Didn't have the same climate as the Romans.
The Time Compass
Episode 19
19 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Digital map of the U, K with labels for Jarrow, Lindisfarne, and Monkwearmouth in northeast England. A line connects from there to western Ireland to an X labeled Inishbofin. Spanish caption. Y el monasterio de Inishbofin en el territorio irlandés.
The Time Compass
Episode 20
16 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Artwork of a seed planted in the ground. Caption: The tiny seed hasn't begun to grow yet.
11 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Still image from: The Tinysaurs Go to School
6 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Cartoon silhouette of a bunny beside a mast with a red flag and the head of a tortoise entering the frame on the right. Caption. The next day, both arrived at the starting line.
Little Fables
Episode 9
5 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
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.
10 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Still image from: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! (Spanish)
9 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Image from The Ugly Duckling. Ducks charge towards a duckling. Caption. The poor duckling was chased by all of them.
19 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4