juvenile films

Two segments of the television program, Reading rainbow, produced in 1989 and 1990. The books discussed are about coral reefs and a wacky teacher who takes her class on a journey inside the Earth. Also shows scuba diving on coral reef and caves.

Looks at dinosaurs as well as spiders, ants, dung beetles and other creepy creatures.

Parody on the arms race, in which the Yooks and the Zooks have been battling for years over how to spread butter on their bread. They develop more and more sophisticated machinery to outdo each other.

Molly is nervous on her first day at school, but her imaginary friend Ollie helps her in many ways.

Ms. Fizzle takes her class on a field trip to learn all about water, from the life cycle of a drop of water to erosion.

Various farm animal mothers do their best to tuck Woolly the lamb into bed, but nothing is quite right until Mother Sheep arrives.

Features a live performance of Jack Prelutsky presenting his hilarious poems and songs before an elementary school audience.

A visit to the Weissmann Farm showing what kind of things are done on a dairy farm, from milking cows to baling hay, plus a trip to the amusement park.

A ship of goofy space aliens exploring Earth are amazed by volcanoes, earthquakes, and geysers.

Grades K-4, 28 mins. A journey to the habitat of the endangered whale. Scientists and conservationists are trying to save the whale and to learn as much as possible about these marine mammals and their behavior.