video recordings for children

A wide-ranging look at the presidency of the United States and the men who have served in that capacity.

Looks at how children in India get to school, and goes along with Indian students as they attend many different types of schools, in city classrooms, on mountaintops, and in buses, tents, and other unusual locations.

Two "Little House" features including "Christmas at Plum Creek," where the Ingalls family works to make their first Christmas on Plum Creek memorable; and "A Christmas They Never Forgot," where the extended Ingalls family share memories of past holidays.

A Danish couple and their son, a resistance fighter, help save thousands of Jews from Nazi extermination.

A group of teens interested in starting a babysitting business learn the basic physical, mental, and social characteristics of child development while touring a child care center at a local college.

Tells the story of how Sarah Hale, a magazine editor and author, carried on a decades-long campaign to save Thanksgiving, finally persuading President Lincoln to make it a national holiday.

After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.

Contains a video presentation that explains parts of a whole, converting fractions and decimals, adding and subtracting fractions, equivalent fractions, common denominators, working with decimals, and fractions and decimals together; and includes a CD-ROM with a teacher's guide, quizzes, handouts, and classroom materials.

The five teens known as the Storm Hawks are back, trying to deal with evil empires, strange creatures, and new worlds that seem to pop up all around them.

Filled with resentment over the attention showered upon her twin sister, and awaiting the day she can leave her town behind, young Louise meets a wise old sea captain and begins learning how to let go of her anger.