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The bank of a river, lake, or stream with driftwood and bright green ferns.
9 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Man in glasses purses lips and holds up a fist with a thumb pointed towards himself. Color illustration of a boy in pajamas with a worried expression fills the background. Caption. 1 creature was stirring, that creature was me!
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 5
13 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
Color illustration. Flying owl, wings outstretched.
4 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
ASL
A hermit crab with no shell walking along the ocean floor as fish swim behind. Caption: I must find a new house soon.'
9 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Color illustration. Mouse reaches into a chest labeled toys in a child's pink and yellow bedroom. Another mouse stands nearby next to a bundle of fabric on the floor.
10 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 4
Color illustration of 3 children walking through an outdoor market, pushing a red wagon with a potted plant. Caption. Sound of birds chirping.
8 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
ASL
Illustration of a boy holding a magnifying glass to his eye and looking down with a dog next to him. Caption: And is that a little green?
7 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Color illustration of 2 girls standing beneath a rain shower. 1 holds out a yellow umbrella over the other. Title card reads, "Be Kind."
9 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Color illustration of a brown bear curled up in a hole. A snowy landscape appears in the background. Caption. He sleeps through the day, he sleeps through the night.
The Bear Books
Season 0 / Ep 1
8 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Color illustration of a brown bear closing its eyes with its head tilted upward. Trees appear through an archway in the background. Caption. A bear wakes up.
The Bear Books
Season 0 / Ep 2
8 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Man smiles with his mouth open and turns to the side as he gestures with his hands. Pixelated image of a fish is on backdrop. Caption. You could not find a nicer fish.
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 2
8 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
ASL
Illustration of a split screen of characters Bink and Gollie talking and smiling together on portable phones. Caption. Let's roller-skate!
Bink & Gollie
Season 0 / Ep 1
14 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
ASL
Illustration of characters Bink and Gollie at a state fair. Caption. State fair tickets sold here.
Bink & Gollie
Season 0 / Ep 2
14 minutes
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Cartoon. Woman seasons and stirs a pot on the stove. Perspective is taken from an outside window looking in.
6 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Woman grimaces and gestures with hands. Backdrop depicts a color illustration of a bird and a worm swinging on a wooden swing with surprised expressions.
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 4
9 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
Color illustration. Boy grasps top of his red curly hair. Caption. What in the heck were they doing up there?
7 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of bare feet on the ground with ladybugs and plants. Caption: I want to see bugs.
8 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
ASL
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!
8 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Cartoon. Light blue cloud with smiley face outlined in white on a blue grid. Caption. Being smaller than the average cloud.
12 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 4
Digital illustration of a girl holding a shepherd's crook and looking out over rolling green hills.
2 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Painting of Coretta Scott as a child standing next to 2 Black boys. Caption. And rich soil where slaves sought freedom.
6 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Cartoon. Colored paint cans and rubber bands on a table in front of a mirror. Caption. Stanley had two cans of Halloween hair spray.
11 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Illustration of a rabbit eating a carrot, wearing pants and a shirt, sitting in a field of carrots.
9 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of two people kneeling next to a dinosaur skull that is larger than they are. Caption: A T. rex skull can weigh up to 750 pounds.
11 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
An arrow labeled, please, pointing right with bee and otter below.
12 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Color illustration of a smiling dog with a red collar in front of a textured green background. Title card reads, "Dog Breath, The Horrible Trouble With Hally Tosis."
8 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
ASL
Illustration of a dalmatian sleeping on the floor, upper body visible. Caption: Dot the fire dog lives in the firehouse
9 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Carton insect with multiple legs and antennae. Caption: Du Iz Tak?
11 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
White duck rides a red bicycle, balancing on the frame and raising its wings in the air.
7 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Painting of a horse leaning over a fence next to an ox, cat and rooster. They appear as if they are gathered together and having a conversation. Caption. But they all said, "Well if he can ride a bike."
10 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Closeup color illustration of a girl's face, eyes looking downward. Caption. I think I heard her whisper, Hello.
9 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: K - 5
A large dinosaur wearing a hat and a necklace changes the lightbulb on a streetlamp while a police officer stands next to her holding the light cover. Caption: She was the dinosaur who did favors for anyone who asked.
9 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Color illustration. Chicken in profile, beak open, standing.
8 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Cartoon of simple round faces with various expressions, 1 with wide open mouth and 1 with mouth slightly open. Caption. It seemed the only time he didn't stand out.
6 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: K - 5
Color illustration. Open box resting on snow with 1 orange and 1 green yarn strands extending upward from box. Caption. Dog as narrator.
8 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Man smiles and tilts his head down to the side as he gestures with his hands. Color illustration of 5 monkeys putting on pajamas fills as backdrop. Caption. 5 little monkeys put on their pajamas.
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 1
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Illustration of a fox in a forest of autumn colors. Caption: The rich green of the forest was turning to a dusty gold,
Fletcher the Little Fox
Season 0 / Ep 2
11 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Color illustration of a red fox standing at the bank of a pond filled with fish. Caption. And he had a terrible thought.
Fletcher the Little Fox
Season 0 / Ep 1
9 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Illustration of a fox rolling down a grass and wildflower covered hill. Caption: he tumbled happily down the hill
Fletcher the Little Fox
Season 0 / Ep 3
8 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Animated blue square with a smiley face next to a red block with a smiley face. Green triangle just out of frame.
6 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Cartoon. African animals smiling and moving. Caption. Where every single animal turns up to skip and prance.
7 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Woman purses her lips and gestures with both hands. The backdrop depicts a color illustration of a purple gorilla holding 3 bananas and opening 1 with his foot. 2 men in yellow uniforms hold bananas and stand next to the gorilla.
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 7
6 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
Color illustration. Bulldozer next to a ditch loading dirt into a dump truck.
9 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
ASL
Color illustration. 2 adult and 2 baby woodchucks look at cracked egg with goose emerging.
6 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Cartoon of a woman holding a stack of history books smiles down at a child who looks back with arms shrugging up to the side. Caption. No girl president? Ever? Grace asked.
11 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Painting of a young boy wearing a brown jacket and trousers standing on a ship, choppy seas behind him. Caption. For three weeks, he did not see land.
9 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Color illustration. Man using an organ grinder with clothed, dancing monkey on top. Caption. Who played music for the people on the street.
9 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Cartoon of a dog lounging in an easy chair eating from a tub of Haagen Dogs ice cream. Guitar and squirrel wearing sunglasses nearby. Caption. He had a spoon and a tub of ice cream.
6 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
ASL
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.
9 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Color illustration. Closeup of baby staring upward touching cheek of distressed looking woman.
18 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Cartoon of a black bear wearing work clothes and a sun hat leaning over and holding an axe above a log that is partially split. Caption. Chirping.
9 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Cartoon. Bear holds a stack of books and clothing on top of its head while wading through a river. Caption. Henry hopped from rock to rock across the Sudbury River.
11 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Color illustration of a boy wearing full fishing gear, dragging a red wagon that contains a jar with holes in the lids and bird cage behind him.
7 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Cartoon. Green alligator, speaking. Crown and paddle ball toy lie on floor behind. Caption. Maybe she will have a surprise for me.
12 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a dinosaur with a red and white ridge on its head and yellow fur on its back reclining on pillows and holding up an open book.
7 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Color illustration. Girl dressed in blue with red ringlets, holding a doll. Caption. When Esther was 8, she watched her mother.
17 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Animation of a gray garbage truck with headlights glowing as it passes an illuminated street lamp at night.
I'm...! -- Machines At Work
Episode 1
9 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a woman holding a palette of paints and touching her brush to a white canvas, smiling as she works. Several paintings are on the wall behind her. Caption. For my mom, and, dad.
10 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Black and white painting of a bear speaking to a frog sitting on a lilypad.
8 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Animation of multi-colored tools floating in front of a blue backdrop. Lock-breaker at center is surrounded by an axe, drill, and saw, among other tools.
I'm...! -- Machines At Work
Episode 2
8 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a backhoe loader on a flatbed truck. Both are personified with windshield eyes that look to the side with uncertain expressions. Caption. Backhoe loader reporting for duty. Caption. Hmmm?
I'm...! -- Machines At Work
Episode 3
7 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Animation. Red forklift picks up lumber. A flatcar loaded with wood sits on a train track next to it. Caption. Lumber? Caption. Flatcar!
I'm...! -- Machines At Work
Episode 4
7 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Illustration of a bird on a branch looking at a small worm on a branch close by. Caption: One day, a hungry robin saw an inchworm,
9 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
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.
8 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Illustration of an adult gorilla holding a baby gorilla, other adult gorillas in a forest the background. Caption: He was part of a large family of western lowland gorillas.
7 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Woman wearing blue jeans and a gray top uses a white cane to walk down a tree-lined dirt path towards the camera.
1 hours 21 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Color illustration. Abraham Lincoln walks with a girl, a woman carrying a baby, and 2 men. Caption. He had to shake hands.
21 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Cartoon. Young girl with red hair in pigtails and a purple striped sweater looks down towards the ground with an anxious expression. Caption. Katie chased them around the house.
8 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Black and white cartoon of a cat laying out on the pavement outside, looking off towards a butterfly.
8 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Color illustration. Trixie sits with her arm around Knuffle Bunny at airport. Dad sleeps next to her. Caption. Woman on P, A as Narrator. Attention, passengers.
Knuffle Bunny
Episode 2
13 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
ASL
Color illustration. Trixie carries Knuffle Bunny and pulls her dad by the hand on a city street. Word bubble reads, "Come on!" with the word on exaggerated. Caption. Come on!
Knuffle Bunny
Episode 1
11 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Color illustration. Girl, mouth open and eyes closed, as she stretches an arm out to her side. Caption. Gasp sound. I know. she says.
12 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Color illustration of a blue 3-story house with a blue lawn and sold sign out front. A truck and vehicle are parked next to the house as people move couches and boxes.
10 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Pink monster with 6 smiling mouths and 2 horns wears tan shorts and sits sideways with 1 hand on his left hip and his eyes closed.
8 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Painting. Abraham Lincoln, wearing trousers, shirt, and suspenders holds out his hands to a man. They are standing outside a home under an awning. Caption. Thank you, young man.
12 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Title card on white background reads, "The Described and Captioned Media Program provides services designed to benefit students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind."
Sign Language Storytelling
Episode 6
7 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 5
Color illustration. Yellow duck running and quacking behind an older duck. Caption. And last of all, Little Joe.
8 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Color illustration of Mary McScary with a mouse in her pocket and an orange cat with a frightened face peeking out from her side.
8 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Illustrated cartoon. Back of a young girl's head. She has short, shaggy hair and wears a black and white checkered shirt.
15 minutes
Grade Level: 4 - 7
Color illustration. Person wears a shirt, vest, and bolo necktie. He is sitting at a table, hands crossed in front, looking down with a peaceful expression. Caption. When Karl showed them around, everyone admired them, too.
10 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a young girl tossing a chimpanzee into the air. Caption: Jane had a stuffed toy chimpanzee
8 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Black and white illustration of a newspaper page with the image of a small spaceship under a headline that reads," U, F, O sighted." Caption. A guest coming all the way from outer space.
Space Case
Episode 1
15 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Color illustration of a crane personified with eyes and holding a teddy bear in its fender. Silhouette of city skyline beneath radiant sun in background.
9 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Illustration of a girl looking over a wrought iron handrail out onto a cityscape. Caption: Once upon a time she was a little girl named Alice
16 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: K - 5
Color illustration. Black bear, sitting back on its bum, looking down at the ground, looking worried. Caption. Inhaling, exhaling.
9 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a person digging in a garden with a shovel. Caption: My mother has a garden.
10 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Cartoon closeup on an iron archway that reads Dog Farm. At the center is a side view of a black dog, chin raised, tail curling back. Caption. Sound of light jazz music.
23 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 6
Cartoon character, Nanette, is a green creature wearing a blue and gray plaid skirt, white top, and a tan hat with a teal blue ribbon. She holds up a gold coin and smiles. Text behind her reads, "You Bet!"
9 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Painting. Side profile of a Black woman wearing a red headscarf, chin pointing down with a serious expression. Caption. His mother held her tears and said goodbye.
9 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
ASL
Color illustration. 2 children looking down and smiling at a dog wearing a bright green sweater and looking at its reflection in the mirror. Caption. He'd ever seen.
11 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Cartoon of a person. Caption: "May I please have a penguin?"
13 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Color illustration. Man carrying chest, teenage girl carrying satchels and girl carrying loaf of bread. Caption. I am Lesley Frost, and at 15, I am the oldest child.
14 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Color illustration. Shipwreck with swimming seahorse and jellyfish in front. Caption. Around and through their grand ocean home.
7 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a child's shoes standing with toes slightly pointed in. Below this, a note written from a child about vacation. Caption. The tallest and bumpiest mountains.
13 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: K - 6
Seed catalog with seed packets of Zinna, Aster, Morning Glory, Cornflower, and Daisy. Caption: We order seeds from catalogs--
6 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Color illustration. Stadium crowd watching a girls' softball game. Caption Lyrics. If they don't win, it's a shame.
11 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Closeup of a cloud-like shape with a line drawing of a smiling man's face and text that reads, "Lance Vance's Fancy Pants Store." Caption. Lance Vance's Fancy Pants Store is selling...Potato Pants!"
11 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
Color illustration. Termite with antennas and sharp teeth wearing a red shirt. Caption. Who ever heard of a termite who wanted to be an architect?
11 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Color illustration. Robot looks out a porthole window at Earth in the distance. Caption. Robot Zot crush lot.
9 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Painting from Sam and the Lucky Money. Closeup of Chinese boy's face. Caption. His parents said he didn't have to buy socks.
11 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Color illustration of map of India with group of indistinct heads below. Caption. A boy drew back with colors of the sea.
8 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Light yellow strokes radiate outward in concentric circles against an orange backdrop. White word bubble in center reads, "Say Something! By Peter Hamilton Reynolds."
7 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Cartoon tree with green leaves and several acorns and a brown squirrel in the leaves. There's a hole in the top of the tree trunk, and a cloud in the blue sky.
Scaredy Squirrel
Episode 1
10 minutes
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Cartoon tree with green leaves and several acorns in the leaves. There's a hole in the top of the tree trunk, and many stars in the sky near a crescent moon.
Scaredy Squirrel
Episode 2
11 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Cartoon brown squirrel looking anxiously out from a hole in a tree trunk. The tree has green leaves with several acorns visible in the leaves. Caption. He'd rather be alone than risk encountering someone dangerous.
Scaredy Squirrel
Episode 3
12 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
ASL
Color illustration of a 2-story school house with an American flag in front. Background is white and there are a few trees and yellow house nearby. Sign above the schoolhouse door reads, "Frederick Douglass Elementary".
10 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Illustration of a coral reef with other sea life swimming above. Caption: A coral reef sparkles on the ocean floor.
9 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Color illustration of a person looking up at a tall tree. Caption. There were majestic trees to give shade.
Short Stories For Children
Episode 3
13 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Color illustration. Diamond shaped grid of images show a senior man and girl making a quilt during daytime, and a family running along a fence in the nighttime. Caption. And in the daytime when there was some few minutes.
14 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Color illustration of girl painting. Brush held above her head as other hand holds a paint palette. Caption. She painted posters to share ideas she believed in.
7 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Illustration of a child with his face turned up to the snow falling from the sky. Caption: Willie Bentley's happiest days were snowstorm days.
16 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Animation of a small yellow spaceship with pink antennae. It hovers in a green meadow and shines 3 beams of pink light toward the grass beneath it.
Space Case
Episode 2
14 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Color illustration. Open picture book shows a spoon wearing a blue dress running through the house with a dinner plate wearing a yellow shirt. Caption. Who fell in love with a dish and ran off to a distant land.
8 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
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
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
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
Cartoon of a garbage truck pulling up to a dumpster. Caption: The garbage truck?
5 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
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
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
Cartoon of an ant. Caption: The ant had never heard such joyful noise.
6 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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
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
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
Cartoon of a woman carrying three cats. Caption: Datoh, Donna, and Dee Dee,
7 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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 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
Cartoon hen, peering up and over a gray wall. Caption. Pauline is lazy, one hen clucked.
9 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: K - 4
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. 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
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
Color illustration, Lion, standing, in a zoo cage.
7 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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
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
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
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. 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
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
ASL
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Color illustration. Person reaching for a metal trash can.
7 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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