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Sunny days : the children's television revolution that changed America / by Kamp, David,author.; Questlove,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1970, in soundstage on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a group of men and women of various ages and races met to finish the first season of a children's TV program. They had identified a social problem: poor children were entering kindergarten without the learning skills of their middle-class counterparts. They hoped, too, that they had identified a solution: to use television to better prepare these disadvantaged kids for school. No one knew then, but this children's TV program would go on to start a cultural revolution. It was called Sesame Street. Sesame Street was part of a larger movement that saw media professionals and thought leaders leveraging their influence to help children learn. A year and a half earlier, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood premiered. Fast on its heels came Schoolhouse Rock!, a video series dreamed up by Madison Avenue admen to teach kids times tables, civics, and grammatical rules, and Free to Be ... You and Me, the TV star Marlo Thomas's audacious multi-pronged campaign (it was first a record album, and then a book and a television special) to instill the concept of gender equality in young minds. There was more: programs such as The Electric Company, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, ZOOM, and others followed, and captivated young viewers. In Sunny Days, bestselling author David Kamp takes readers behind the scenes to show how these programs made it on air. He draws on hundreds of hours of interviews from the creators and participants of these programs-among them Joan Ganz Cooney, Lloyd Morrisett, Newton Minow, Sonia Manzano, Loretta Long, Bob McGrath, Marlo Thomas, and Rita Moreno-as well as archival research. Kamp explains how these like-minded individuals found their way into television, not as fame- or money-hungry would-be auteurs and stars, but as people who wanted to use TV to help children. This is both a fun and fascinating story, and a masterful work of cultural history. Sunny Days captures a period in children's television where enlightened progressivism prevailed, and shows how this period changed the lives of millions. Nothing had ever happened like this before, Kamp forcefully and eloquently argues, and nothing has ever happened like it since"--
Subjects: Children's television programs; Television programs;
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Elmo can do it [videorecording] / by Brill, Fran,voice actor.; Carrara-Rudolph, Leslie,voice actor.; Dillon, Ryan,voice actor.; Evans, Annie,screenwriter.; Martin, Jim,film director.; Robinson, Martin P.,voice actor.; Warner Home Video (Firm),publisher.;
Ryan Dillon, Leslie Carrara-rudolph, Fran Brill, Martin P. Robinson, Carmen Osbahr, Bruno Mars.What can Elmo do? Elmo can do it all! Elmo can dance! Elmo can write his name! Elmo can help! And Elmo can stay calm!Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, widescreen presentation; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Elmo (Fictitious character : Henson); Friendship; Video recordings for children.;
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Aladdin / by Ritchie, Guy,film director.; Smith, Will,1968-actor.; Scott, Naomi,1993-actor.; Massoud, Mena,actor.; Disney Channel (Firm),publisher.;
Will Smith, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Alan Tudyk, Billy Magnussen, Nasim Pedrad.A street rat frees a genie from a lamp, granting all of his wishes and transforming himself into a charming prince to marry a beautiful princess. But soon, an evil sorcerer becomes hell-bent on securing the lamp for his own sinister purposes.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Children's films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Juvenile works.; Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Children's films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Aladdin (Legendary character); Princesses; Jinn; Wizards; Aladdin (Legendary character); Jinn.; Princesses.; Wizards.;
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Aladdin / by Ritchie, Guy,film director.; Smith, Will,1968-actor.; Scott, Naomi,1993-actor.; Massoud, Mena,actor.; Disney Channel (Firm),publisher.;
Will Smith, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Alan Tudyk, Billy Magnussen, Nasim Pedrad.A street rat frees a genie from a lamp, granting all of his wishes and transforming himself into a charming prince to marry a beautiful princess. But soon, an evil sorcerer becomes hell-bent on securing the lamp for his own sinister purposes.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Children's films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Juvenile works.; Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Children's films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Aladdin (Legendary character); Princesses; Jinn; Wizards; Aladdin (Legendary character); Jinn.; Princesses.; Wizards.;
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Writing for children and young adults / by Crook, Marion,1941-;
"The dynamic world of reading and writing has changed greatly over the past few years. Writers are pitching their ideas online, exchanging works in progress with critique partners and forming street teams to promote their work. The online community of writers is a fast-paced and often confusing place. In the publishing world today, writers need to direct online traffic to their book and stimulate sales. In addition to the tried and true advice author Marion Crook shared in earlier editions of Writing for Children and Young Adults, in this vibrant new edition, Crook explains some of the nuances and choices about the writing world online that can overwhelm writers. In Writing for Children and Young Adults, Third Edition, Crook introduces new opportunities in a genre called New Adult for 18-25-year-old readers. As well, she revisits the fundamentals of writing: establishing character, creating lively dialogue and developing plot with stories from her own writing career and with updated worksheets and examples. This edition of the book shows the writer how to begin a story, plan plot, develop and hone it for an agent or publisher. It explains how to make the crucial submission for a book that agents want to represent and publishers want to buy. Writing for Children and Young Adults helps you create the book that can help you create the manuscript that sells!"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Children's literature; Young adult literature; Children's literature; Authorship;
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Singing with the stars. [videorecording] / by Warner Home Video (Firm),publisher.;
Sing with the stars some more! In this fantastic follow-up to Volume One comes another star-studded collection of favorite songs with Elmo and friends! Learn how to Be a Good Friend with Gwen Stefani and about The Power of Yet with Janelle Monae. Nick Jonas sings about shapes and Fifth Harmony and Elmo sing about the music around us.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Puppet television programs.; Television musicals.; Children's songs; Muppets (Fictitious characters);
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Bournville : a novel in seven occasions / by Coe, Jonathan,author.;
"Bournville is a quiet village in the heart of England famous for its chocolate. For eleven-year-old Mary, it is the center of her world, the place where most of her family's friends and neighbors have worked for decades and where the streets smell faintly of chocolate. During the next three-quarters of a century, Mary will have children and grandchildren and great-children. She will live through the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the 1966 World Cup final (the last time England won), royal weddings and royal funerals, Brexit and Covid-19. Parts of the chocolate factory will be transformed into a theme park, and Bournville itself will gradually disappear into the sprawl of the growing city of Birmingham. As we travel through seventy-five years of social change, from James Bond to Princess Diana, and from wartime nostalgia to the World Wide Web, one pressing question starts to emerge: will these changing times bring Mary's family and their country closer together, or leave them more adrift and divided than ever before?"--From publisher's website.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Suburban life;
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All hallows / by Golden, Christopher,author.;
"New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Christopher Golden is best known for his supernatural thrillers set in deadly, distant locales ... but in this suburban Halloween drama, Golden brings the horror home. It's Halloween night, 1984, in Coventry, Massachusetts, and two families are unraveling. Up and down the street, secrets are being revealed, and all the while, mixed in with the trick-or-treaters of all ages, four children who do not belong are walking door to door, merging with the kids of Parmenter Road. Children in vintage costumes with faded, eerie makeup. They seem terrified, and beg the neighborhood kids to hide them away, to keep them safe from The Cunning Man. There's a small clearing in the woods now that was never there before, and a blackthorn tree that doesn't belong at all. These odd children claim that The Cunning Man is coming for them ... and they want the local kids to protect them. But with families falling apart and the neighborhood splintered by bitterness, who will save the children of Parmenter Road? All Hallows. The one night when everything is a mask ... "--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Novels.; Halloween; Secrecy;
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Elmo's world. [videorecording] / by Shout! Factory (Firm),publisher.;
What do drawing, chickens, grandparents and elephants have in common? They're all things Elmo loves! Experience over two hours of fun as Sesame Street's furry red monster explores wonderful topics kids love to ask about including: emotions, grandparents, bus drivers, drawing, fruit, and more!Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Television programs.; Elmo (Fictitious character from Henson); Animals; Friendship;
For private home use only.
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Nasrin [videorecording] / by Colman, Olivia,on-screen participant,narrator.; Curry, Ann,1956-on-screen participant.; Kaufman, Jeff,film director.; Panahi, Jafar,on-screen participant.; Sotoudeh, Nasrin,on-screen participant.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,publisher.;
Olivia Colman, Ann Curry, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Jafar Panahi, Shirin Ebadi ; Narrated by Olivia Colman.Secretly filmed in Iran by women and men who risked arrest. It is an immersive portrait of the world's most honored human rights activist and political prisoner, attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, and of Iran's remarkably resilient women's rights movement. In the courts and on the streets, Sotoudeh has long fought for the rights of women, children, religious minorities, journalists, and artists. In the midst of filming, Sotoudeh was arrested and sentenced to 38 years in prison, plus 148 lashes.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Sotoudeh, Nasrin.; Women human rights workers; Women lawyers; Women political prisoners;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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