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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
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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
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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
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2 children in animal costumes perform on stage with an illustrated forest backdrop, gesturing in sign language. Caption. Maybe someone will want to be my friend.
41 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a ghost taking a bite of food as he sits at a table with a full plate, a whole pizza, and a lasagna. Text reads, "For dinner, he ate salad rolls, homemade pizza, and lasagne."
11 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Woman is signing in front of a 2-page view of a storybook illustration of a black and white cow next to a green spider making a web. Story text appears on screen.
4 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Woman is signing. Behind her is an abstract color illustration of a red pig with a curly tail. Story text appears on screen.
8 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Pastel painting of a pilgrim family gathered around, and setting the Thanksgiving table with a whole turkey, bread rolls, and fruit. Caption. Shared on the very first Thanksgiving Day.
6 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Man is signing in front of a storybook with illustrations of a sun, strawberries, and an orange. Story text appears on screen.
4 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Man is signing in front of a color illustration of a piece of cake, an ice cream cone, a pickle, a piece of swiss cheese, and a sausage. Each item has a finger hole cut out of it.
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Color illustration of a green caterpillar standing on a rock and glancing upwards at an angle. Tall blades of grass in the background.
8 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Color illustration of a green caterpillar standing on a rock and glancing upwards at an angle. Tall blades of grass in the background.
8 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
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Color illustration. Black woman on hands and knees, eyes closed. A spiral behind her. Caption. I can make the wind play hide and seek.
8 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon illustration. Silver and red bus with a bi-fold door. Caption. Male singer. The wheels on the bus go round and round.
6 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a red car driving on a winding road past a farmhouse and barn among trees in the country. Text reads, "Grandma walked and she drove, and she searched more and more."
6 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Color illustration. Vignettes of children doing various hobbies such as looking through a magnifying glass at an ant farm, examining bugs, and counting coins.
9 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
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Color illustration of gentle brown hills beneath a blue sky. Title card reads, "The Zax."
4 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of animal feet with a bird peeking out from behind the paws of a tiger. Texts tells us to imagine the smell of so many animal feet.
14 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Color illustration of a senior woman wearing an enormous dress with images of a cow, cat, and dog. Caption lyrics. I don't know why she swallowed the fly.
8 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Still image from: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books
5 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Still image from: There Was an Old Martian Who Swallowed the Moon
3 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Still image from: There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish
11 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Storybook cover titled, "There's a Monster in Your Book." Illustration of a young blue monster with pink horns and cute fangs. He runs with his arms out as he looks toward us. Text reads, "Written by Tom Fletcher. Illustrated by Greg Abbott."
4 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Dr. Seuss storybook cover with an illustration of a child with a green creature in his back pocket. Storybook title reads, "There's a Wocket in My Pocket", with wocket intentionally misspelled.
1 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Man signs in front of a 2-page view of a storybook with a little boy in red pajamas walking up a ramp into a bed. Story text appears on screen.
4 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman tilts her head back and closes her eyes. She parts her lips and holds her hand loosely in front of her. Behind her is a color illustration of a girl surrounded by stuffed animals in bed as backdrop. Caption. At night, when the lights go out.
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 3
6 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
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Color illustration. Scrawny cat with glasses and a large bell around its neck walking by a dog laying down in a dog bed. Caption. Sound of meows.
5 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Woman is signing. Behind her is the cover of a storybook depicting many different types of vehicles. Title on book cover reads, "Things That Go! by Stephen Lomp."
7 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Still image from: This Book Is NOT a Present
9 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Woman signs in front of a 2-page view of a storybook illustration of 2 jack o'lanterns, 1 frowning and 1 smiling. Story text appears on screen.
3 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Painting. Young Black girl jumping rope outside with homes in background. Caption. Under the shade of a sweet-smelling pine.
7 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Woman signs in front of a storybook cover of 3 kittens wearing different colors of mittens. Text on book cover reads, "3 Little Kittens."
4 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Storybook cover titled, "Time for School, Mouse!" Illustration of a mouse peeking out of a lunch box full of paper with crayons scattered around it. Text reads, "Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond."
4 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Storybook cover titled, "Time to Say Bye-Bye." Illustration of a teddy bear laying in a lime green toy wagon. Text reads, "Maryann Cocca-Leffler."
4 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Red background with a drawing of a tiny green t-rex dinosaur holding a pencil and a paper list. Text on illustration reads, "Tiny T-Rex and the Impossible Hug."
9 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Boy wearing a yellow hat faces a colorful city skyline and looks up toward text that reads, "Tomorrow Most Likely."
7 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Storybook cover titled, "Too Many Carrots." Illustration of a rabbit laying on top of a pile of carrots as it holds one in its paw. Text on garden signs at the bottom of the pile reads, "Katy Hudson."
7 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Color illustration. Pumpkin patch, with bright orange pumpkins and bright green vines. Caption. Rebecca Estelle hated pumpkins!
12 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
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Watercolor painting. A girl wearing a pink floral apron reaches her hands down into a bowl in front of her. Caption. Wearing her mother's apron.
12 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Still image from: Too Many Tamales (Spanish)
12 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
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Color illustration. Child wearing a space helmet, reaching into a sandbox full of colorful toys, yellow bicycle on its side nearby.
10 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 4
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Book cover titled, "Totally Bored Boris." Illustration of a bear slumped over on a cushion with toys all around it. Text reads, "Hans Wilhelm."
15 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
Storybook cover titled, "Train Your Angry Dragon." Illustration of a boy holding back a spotted dragon as flames shoot from its nostrils onto a swirling fiery backdrop. Text reads, "Steve Sherman."
13 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Color illustration. Person reaching for a metal trash can.
7 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Woman signs in front of a 2-page view of a storybook. 1 side shows a crocodile under the covers, the other a blue sky with yellow stars.
6 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Woman signs in front of a cartoon of a gray turkey with a red wattle gasping at its feet, which have booties on them. Text on book cover reads, "Turkey Trouble."
6 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Still image from: Turtles Have Secret Ears
5 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Pastel painting of a woman in a simple black dress with white lace collar drinking tea at a dining table. Caption. And two slices of cake.
7 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Cartoon silhouettes of 2 goats facing each other on a bridge. Caption. Each thought that he would eventually live.
Little Fables
Episode 6
5 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
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Storybook titled, "Two Tough Trucks." Illustration of a red truck with an orange cap and a blue truck with a green bandana. Both look angry as they face off. Text reads, "By Corey Rosen Schwartz and Rebecca J. Gomez. Illustrated by Hilary Leung."
10 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
Illustration of a lemon tree filled with ripe lemons under a lemon-colored moon. A girl wearing a white nightgown dances in front of the tree. Caption. Her tree glowed golden in the night.
Beyond The Page
Episode 5
18 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Woman holds up a spiral notebook as she draws cartoon characters on it with a sharpie.
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Illustration of a red, yellow, black and white butterfly. Caption: (music) Butterfly wings head for the sky
5 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Cartoon closeup of cream being poured into a cup of coffee resting on a white and red checkered table cloth.
16 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 4
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Still image from: Water Is Water
8 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Girl carries a paper bag and looks down at her bare feet as she walks through a field towards a row of corn stalks. Title reads, "Watercress."
9 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Girl looks up proudly as she holds a feather while the wind blows through her hair. Outlines of people holding hands stand on hills in the background. Title reads, "We Are Water Protectors."
7 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Cartoon of a sparse desert landscape with a grouping of rocks and a cactus. A white Panama hat rests on the sand nearby.
9 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
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Still image from: We Walk Through the Forest
8 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Green line drawings of bees playing hopscotch, swinging, and jumping rope in three scenes with light blue flowers floating between them.
8 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Illustration of a monkey's tail wrapped around a branch. Caption: If you're a monkey, you hang from a tree by your tail.
7 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Still image from: What if We Were All the Same
7 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Still image from: What's Up? Books for a Better Earth With Holiday House, Dana Alison Levy & Roxie Munro
What's Up?
Episode 4
10 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: What's Up? With Caron Levis ("Feather Together")
What's Up?
Episode 5
16 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: What's Up? With Jan Carr ("Buddy and Bea" Series)
What's Up?
Episode 1
12 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: What's Up? With Kate Albus ("Nothing Else but Miracles")
What's Up?
Episode 2
10 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: What's Up? With Sean Ferrell ("The Sinister Secrets of Singe")
What's Up?
Episode 3
11 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a boy, his grandpa, and a dog as they stand on the edge of a rock and look out over a green valley below. Text tells the story of a boy who sees moose far away, but his grandpa can't see them.
11 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Cartoon of senior man standing in bedroom doorway looking at 2 children in beds. Caption, Well, sleep well.
8 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Storybook cover illustration of a cow, a sheep, and a pig in a red barn while fall leaves blow outside. Text on cover reads, "When the Leaf Blew In."
3 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Color illustration in a picture book. Fox and bunny stand next to each other holding ice cream that's starting to melt. In the next image, the bunny's ice cream has fallen to the ground. Story text appears on screen.
5 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Storybook cover titled, "Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?" Illustration of a smiling full-size digger carrying a smaller digger in its bucket at night. Text reads, "By Brianna Caplan Sayres. Illustrated by Christian Slade."
5 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Storybook cover titled, "Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?" Illustration of a full-size red train smiling down at a small green train on the track beside it. Text reads, "By Brianna Caplan Sayres. Illustrated by Christian Slade."
6 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Cartoon of Christopher Columbus walking in water. Caravel anchored. Caption. He was going to beat everyone in the race to the Indies.
31 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a blue bear reaching towards a goose as it flies away. Text tells the story of a goose saying goodbye to a bear.
11 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Color illustration. An upset Max wears a white wolf onesie in his bedroom. Caption: So he was sent to bed without eating anything.
7 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Woman signs in front of a 2-page view of a storybook showing Max in a wolf costume with a crown and sceptre on a Wild Thing's back. Other Wild Things appear to be following him.
5 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Max from "Where the Wild Things Are" wears a crown and holds up a scepter as monsters kneel before him. Spanish caption. Y le hicieron rey de todos los monstruos.
7 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
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Storybook cover titled, "Where's My Teddy?" Illustration of a full-size bear running scared through the woods as it holds tight to a teddy bear. Text reads, "Jez Alborough."
3 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
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Storybook cover titled, "Where's Spot?" Spotted brown dog pokes its nose into a red chest as it looks inside. Text reads, "Eric Hill."
6 minutes
Grade Level: Ps - 5
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Illustration of a young angel with wings sitting beside a woman with her face in her hands. Floating above them, a transparent star overlaps intersecting circles inside a hexagon that radiates glowing lines.
12 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Woman is signing in front of a 2-page view of a storybook with a red rabbit looking into a red bowl, then a blue bowl. Story text appears on screen.
7 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Color illustration. Girl laying down in hospital bed as man in lab coat touches her forehead. Caption. Well, you might find this hard to believe.
11 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: K - 2
2-page view of a storybook. Illustration shows a small green dinosaur wobbling on top of a brown egg with a shocked expression. Story text appears on screen.
3 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Color illustration of people wearing rabbit and elephant masks standing in front of a door to a house. A person wearing a frog mask crouches in the distance. Caption. Who's in Rabbit's house? Demanded the elephant.
13 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Color illustration. African man glances to one side at a mosquito whispering in his ear. Caption. She goes about whining in people's ears.
9 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon. African man glances to one side at a mosquito whispering in his ear. Spanish caption. Todavía sigue todo el mundo enojado conmigo?
9 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of horse, bear, lion, giraffe, ram, monkey, and pig running. Caption. In a flash, every beast in the zoo was stampeding.
9 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
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Storybook illustration of a young fairy with brown hair, pointy ears, wings, and a pink dress. Someone is sprinkling something white and sparkly on her head. Story text appears on the illustration.
7 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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2-page view of a storybook illustration of a smiling boy in a red shirt extending his arms outward and looking up at a yellow butterfly with grass and a stream in the background. Story text appears on the illustration.
8 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Close-up of Winnie-the-Pooh’s blue balloon.
Winnie-the-Pooh
Season 0 / Ep 1
20 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Still image from: Winnie-the-Pooh (Chapter 10)
Winnie-the-Pooh
Season 0 / Ep 10
20 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Stuck inside Rabbit’s hole, Winnie-the-Pooh gives Rabbit a bewildered look.
Winnie-the-Pooh
Season 0 / Ep 2
13 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Looking curious, Winnie-the-Pooh holds up a paw as Piglet dances beside him.
Winnie-the-Pooh
Season 0 / Ep 3
11 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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In a large tree, Winnie-the-Pooh stands on a branch in front of Owl’s door with his hands behind his back, waiting patiently.
Winnie-the-Pooh
Season 0 / Ep 4
13 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Still image from: Winnie-the-Pooh (Chapter 5)
Winnie-the-Pooh
Season 0 / Ep 5
21 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Still image from: Winnie-the-Pooh (Chapter 6)
Winnie-the-Pooh
Season 0 / Ep 6
22 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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Girl looks out from a sailboat filled with people huddled together. They sail in a turquoise blue sea as stars sparkle around them. Text reads, "Wishes."
7 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Cartoon of 2 adult rabbits wearing clothes, next to a child rabbit wearing a red dress and bow. They are all looking down at a gray wolf in a bassinet. Caption. "He's going to eat us all up. Said Dot!"
7 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Still image from: Yoko
10 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
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Color illustration, 2 large, brown fuzzy creatures looking at smaller purple fuzzy creature. Caption. They are just like.
4 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Still image from: Young Change Makers: Making A Difference
40 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 4
Woman signs in front of a storybook cover of the number 0 wearing a mask and cape and flying. Text on book cover reads, "Zero the Hero."
12 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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Pastel painting. Side profile of a person wearing a blue gown and playing a trombone against a bright pink and red background. Caption. Next a trumpet comes along.
11 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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