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Luca [videorecording] / by Andrews, Jesse,screenwriter.; Casarosa, Enrico,film director.; Docter, Pete,film producer.; Gianniotti, Giacomo,1989-actor.; Grazer, Jack Dylan,2003-voice actor.; Jones, Mike,1971-screenwriter.; Rudolph, Maya,actor.; Tremblay, Jacob,voice actor.; Walt Disney Pictures,production company.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Maya Rudolph, Giacomo Gianniotti, Jim Gaffigan, Emma Berman.Living off the coast of Italy, young sea monster Luca (voiced by Jacob Tremblay) couldn't shake his curiosity over the land his sheltering family tried to warn him off of. Making a buddy of the brash, older Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer)--who shows him that their race transforms into humans when they dry off--they venture to a shore village for experiences that'll change them even further.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Children's films.; Comedy films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Buddy films.; Boys; Friendship; Sea monsters;
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Life hacks for a little alien / by Franklin, Alice,author.;
"Before she thinks of herself as Little Alien, our narrator is only a lonely little girl living in southeast England, who doesn't understand the world the way other children seem to. So when a late-night TV special introduces her to the mysterious Voynich Manuscript--an ancient tome written in an indecipherable language--Little Alien experiences something she hasn't before: hope. Could there be others like her, who also feel like they're from another planet? Convinced the Voynich Manuscript holds the answers she needs, Little Alien turns to the place she feels at peace: the library. What she learns there sets Little Alien and her best (and only) friend Bobby on a course toward finding this strange book. Where it leads them will change everything"--
Subjects: Novels.; Voynich manuscript; Difference (Psychology); Friendship; Girls; Neurodivergent children;
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We, the Kindling A Novel [electronic resource] : by Okot Bitek, Otoniya J..aut; cloudLibrary;
As this spare and luminous novel begins, we meet Miriam, Helen and Maggie—three friends who, years ago when they were school children, survived capture by the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda. Now, as the women go about their new lives in the city, shopping, caring for their children, planning and thinking about what the future might hold, we come to understand how deeply their past haunts the present.     In graceful yet unflinching prose, Otoniya Okot Bitek weaves vivid folk tales with taut realism, revealing flashes of life before the war that ravaged Uganda, unspooling the terrible events that led to abductions of children from supposedly safe schools, and tracing perilous journeys home again. Facing endless treks across the ravaged countryside and through narrow mountain passes, gun battles and constant brutality, many girls did not survive. Those who did make it back home, some carrying small children of their own, bore the unspoken weight of their experiences within families and communities that often wished to forget and move on.     In We, the Kindling, Okot Bitek insistently refuses to turn away or to spectacularize tragedy, shaping a chorus of women's voices into a hauntingly beautiful novel, suffused with care and humanity.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Cultural Heritage;
© 2025., Knopf Canada,
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Strangers to ourselves : unsettled minds and the stories that make us / by Aviv, Rachel,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The highly anticipated debut from the acclaimed award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv compels us to examine how the stories we tell about mental illness shape our sense of who we are. Mental illnesses are often seen as chronic and intractable forces that take over our lives, that define us. But how much do the stories we tell about our illnesses--and the process of diagnosis--inform their course? In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv writes about how explanations for mental distress may shape our health, our sense of who we are, and the possibilities for who we can be in the world. Drawing on deep, original reporting and unpublished journals and memoirs, Aviv follows an Indian woman, celebrated as a saint, who lived in healing temples in Kerala; an incarcerated mother vying for her children's forgiveness after a period of psychosis; a man seeking revenge against a prominent psychoanalytic hospital through a lawsuit that dramatizes the clash between two irreconcilable models of the mind; an affluent young woman whose lifelong psychiatric treatment eventually leads her to go off her meds in a desperate attempt to figure out who she would be without them. Animated by a profound sense of empathy, Aviv's exploration is refracted through her own account of being institutionalized at the age of six and meeting Hava, a friend and fellow patient with whom her life runs parallel--until it no longer does. While the stories unfold in different eras and cultures, they converge in the psychic hinterlands, the outer edges of human experience. Aviv writes about people who have come up against the limits of psychiatric explanations and endeavor to recover a sense of agency, in search of new ways to understand a self in the world. Challenging conventional ideas of mental disease as something static, Aviv's accounts are testaments to the porousness and resilience of the mind"--
Subjects: Mental illness; Mentally ill;
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Safe harbor [videorecording (DVD)] / by Jameson, Jerry.; McClendon, Reiley.; Monaghan, Cameron.; Travis, Nancy,1961-; Turley, Myra.; Williams, Treat.; Hallmark Channel (Firm); ITV Global Entertainment (Firm); Questar, Inc.;
Treat Williams, Nancy Travis, Reiley McClendon, Myra Turley, Cameron Monaghan.Doug and Robbie are about to set sail on a long trip when they unexpectedly find themselves foster parenting a group of troubled teenage boys. The experience changes their lives for the better, and they decide to stay in town and run the foster home for boys permanently.E.DVD.
Subjects: Foster children; Foster parents; Made-for-TV movies.; Problem youth; Retirees; Sailing; Windjammers (Sailing ships);
© c2010., ITV Global Entertainment,
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Little Bear. [videorecording] / by Fairlie, Kristin.; Minarik, Else Holmelund.Little Bear.Videorecording.; Sabiston, Andrew.; KaBOOM! Entertainment.; Nelvana (Firm); Phase 4 Films (Firm);
Voices: Kristin Fairlie, Andrew Sabiston.Based on the books illustrated by the renowned Maurice Sendak and written by Else Holmelund Minarik, Little Bear traces the spirited adventures of a curious, imaginative, and inventive Little Bear and his childhood friends. As Little Bear explores the world under his mother's watchful eye, curiosity and imagination lead to exploration, experience, and independence.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Bears; Children's television programs.; Friendship; Little Bear (Fictitious character : Minarik); Video recordings for children.;
© c2012., Distributed by Phase 4 Films,
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Sarah Ponakey, Storycatcher and Âhâsiw’s Forest Powwow [electronic resource] : by MacMillan, Sita.aut; Whitecalf, Azby.ill; cloudLibrary;
A vibrant debut early chapter book series celebrating Cree culture and being true to yourself. Look for Book 2, Muskwa’s Tipi Talks, coming in Spring 2025! Sarah Ponakey has moved to the city from her home community with her mom and it’s the pits! She misses her Kôhkom, her best friend Eden, and the forests around her community. She’s had a hard time making new friends at school but at least she keeps in touch with Eden through meticulously written letters with very big words. After a particularly tough day where she nearly loses her favorite stuffed animal, Âhâsiw, and is brushed off by her mom, Sarah finds herself transported to a magical forest powwow . . . Accompanied by a life-sized Âhâsiw in his beautiful regalia, Sarah watches in excitement as a chipmunk emcees, and bears play the host drum at her first ever powwow. The more she sees, the more her confidence grows. As she joins in the celebration, Sarah discovers that she can connect to her Cree culture no matter where she is. Her Kôhkom’s going to love this story! Âhâsiw’s Forest Powwow, the first book from debut children’s author Sita MacMillan, features Cree words throughout the story and a note to the reader. Azby Whitecalf’s dynamic illustrations bring life to this warm, charming, and funny introduction to Sarah Ponakey, the storycatcher.ONGOING SERIES: First in the early chapter book series Sarah Ponakey, Storycatcher. Each book features a different Cree cultural element as well as Cree words in the story. SERIES ROLLOUT: Book 2 in the series is coming Spring 2025. Book 1 includes a teaser chapter for the next book in the back. SEL TITLE: Each book will deal with an internal issue Sarah is facing. Book 1 features a powwow where Sarah learns confidence in herself and in her culture. NEW EXPERIENCES: Highly relatable themes include starting a new school, fitting in, and making friends. READER ENGAGEMENT: Each book features a letter from the author to the reader INDIGENOUS JOY: The series showcases Indigenous pride and joy. The issues in this series don’t deal with racism or prejudice, but things all kids face at this age. FOR FANS OF: The Nguyen Kids series, and the Jo Jo Makoons series LEVELING INFO: Coming soonChildren/juvenile.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Native Canadian; Bedtime & Dreams; Animals; Chapter Books;
© 2024., Annick Press,
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Medicine river : a story of survival and the legacy of Indian boarding schools / by Pember, Mary Annette,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A sweeping and trenchant exploration of the history of Native American boarding schools in the U.S., and the legacy of abuse wrought by systemic attempts to use education as a tool through which to destroy Native culture. From the mid-19th century to the late 1930s, tens of thousands of Native children were pulled from their families to attend boarding schools that claimed to help create opportunity for these children to pursue professions outside their communities and otherwise "assimilate" into American life. In reality, these boarding schools -- sponsored by the US Government but often run by various religious orders with little to no regulation -- were an insidious attempt to destroy tribes, break up families, and stamp out the traditions of generations of Native people. Children were beaten for speaking their native languages, forced to complete menial tasks in terrible conditions, and utterly deprived of love and affection. Ojibwe journalist Mary Pember's mother was forced to attend one of these institutions -- a seminary in Wisconsin, and the impacts of her experience have cast a pall over Mary's own childhood, and her relationship with her mother. Highlighting both her mother's experience and the experiences of countless other students at such schools, their families, and their children, Medicine River paints a stark portrait of communities still reckoning with the legacy of acculturation that has affected generations of Native communities. Through searing interviews and assiduous historical reporting, Pember traces the evolution and continued rebirth of a culture whose country has been seemingly intent upon destroying it"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Pember, Bernice Rabideaux, 1925-2011.; Pember, Mary Annette; Robidou family.; St. Mary's Indian Boarding School (Odanah, Wis.); Indigenous children; Ojibwe; Ojibwe women; Residential schools;
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Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go. by Longinotto, Kim,film director.; Royal Anthropological Institute (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Royal Anthropological Institute in 2007.Mulberry Bush School is an Oxford education facility for emotionally disturbed children, who have been excluded from mainstream schools. Longinotto captures the inner life of Mulberry Bush, focusing especially on the stories of three boys, Michael, Ben and Alex, all struggling at different stages of development, but all of them linked by the experience, of having to endure great sadness. Avoiding sensationalism, the violence a boy is capable of is never construed as his true nature, but as something to be overcome – with the help of their extremely patient tutors.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Education.; Mental health.; Documentary films.; Children.; England.; Mental illness.;
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The little mermaid [videorecording] / by Alexander, Jessica,actor.; Awkwafina,1988-actor.; Bailey, Halle,2000-actor.; Bardem, Javier,1969-actor.; DeLuca, John,film producer,screenwriter.; Diggs, Daveed,actor.; Dumezweni, Noma,actor.; Hauer-King, Jonah,1995-actor.; Magee, David,1962-screenwriter.; Malik, Art,actor.; Marshall, Rob,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; McCarthy, Melissa,1969-actor.; Miranda, Lin-Manuel,1980-film producer,lyricist.; Tremblay, Jacob,actor.; Walt Disney Pictures,publisher.;
Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, Noma Dumezweni, Jessica Alexander, Art Malik.The youngest of King Triton's daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life and her father's crown in jeopardy.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG; for action/peril and some scary images.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD, wide screen (2.39:1); Dolby digital 5.1, English audio description 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Musical films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Ariel (Mermaid); Princesses; Witches;
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