Beowulf, a half-man, half-god, arrives at a castle that has been taken over by the evil spirit Grendel. Due to his powers, Beowulf is the only one strong enough to stand up against Grendel in a fight to the death.
Author Erica Jong and experts on Gustave Flaubert's works discuss his classic novel "Madame Bovary" and his motivation for creating its famous heroine.
Minerva Mirabal and her sisters, known as the Butterflies, become heroes and martyrs for their country as they work to overthrow tyrannical dictator General Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic in the 1950s.
Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
Triple feature. The first story has brother and sister finding the missing bone just in time for the big museum exhibit. The second teaches prepositions, and the third sees the bears finding Farmer Ben's prize pumpkin.
Tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a German Catholic industrialist who, as a munitions manufacturer, saved more than 1,100 Jews from extermination during WWII.
Shows children how to be safe in a variety of situations. Includes rules to follow when dealing with other people in the neighborhood, at home, and on the Internet.
