vhs video: discovery

vhs video: discovery

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Discovery

Aleisha Allen, Kathryn Avery

Nickelodeon Network, 1999

Great video
My 2 year old got this for his birthday in March. We watch it ALL of the time. He sings all of the songs and does the little hand motions that Steve does when singing. He knows all of the planets in the solar system and when he sees something that resembles saturn ...

A Family Circus Christmas

Anne Costello, Bob Kaliban

Family Home/Discovery Video, 1992

A Gentler Time
The star for the top of the Christmas tree can't be found! As you move thru the story, grandpa (who has recently deceased) 'connects' with Billy and shows him where the long, lost star is. It evokes feelings of love, family and home. No harsh language, only a sweet ...

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Hal Holbrook, Adam Arkin

Pbs Home Video, 1998

Ken Burns is the best
As someone who's working on a novel about western 19th century America, this documentary is amazing. The questions it leaves us with are one's of wonder--how did they survive? They traipsed across the country in a boat, in horseback, and by foot. And back. They ...

People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe

Pandora Clifford, Flo

Discovery Channel, 1998

great entertainment
This amusingly narrated movie about the life of a troop of chimpanzees is one of my favorite movies of all time. You can watch this over and over again. While I'm sure this production is guilty of a touch of anthropomorphization, it's nonetheless a good buy. I'm ...

Merry Mirthworm Christmas

Miki Mathioudakis, Jerry Reynolds

Family Home/Discovery Video, 1991

A Friend Is the Best Thing You Can Have...
This delightful special centers around the adorable new resident of Wormingham, Burt Worm. I saw this video for the first time when I was a child and ever since then had been searching every video store for my very own copy. This is a terrific video for anyone, be ...

Ira Sleeps over

Ira Sleeps Over

Family Home/Discovery Video, 1993

Good Educational Product
I am a teacher and purchased this video to show to my class after we had done a unit on the book. It is really the only video of this story so if you are looking for the Ira Sleeps Over movie this is your only selection. The kids liked it for class but I don't think ...

Oscar Wilde's The Selfish Giant

Paul Hecht, Charles Aznavour

Family Home/Discovery Video, 1992

Selfish Giant a fantastic film
I saw this film as a child and it has stayed with me all my life (38 now). It was run on TV in Canada along with 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Little Mermaid' -- all multi-tissues viewing for sure. I believe they were all made by the same animation studio. I did a ...

The Moyers Collection: Amazing Grace with Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers

Pacific Arts Video, 1993

Truly Amazing
Amazing Grace with Bill Moyers is almost as inspiring as the song itself. The interviews with people from all backgrounds, races, genders and ages are a testament to this song and its overwhelming and widespread effect on all who hear it. It will make you laugh, make ...

A Special Valentine with the Family Circus
Family Circus

Family Home/Discovery Video, 1992

Great Castles of Europe 3 Tape Box Set: France & Spain, Germany& Romania, British Isles [ Orig 1994 Release: ...

Discovery Channel, 1994

Unique!
I grew up within spitting distance of one of these castles, the Marksburg on the Rhine. The series is fascinating because it fills the places with life, something you don't get to see when you visit. But it's not over the top and sappy. Many local areas experience a ...

Nursery Rhymes

Isla St Clair, Martin Carthy

Family Home/Discovery Video, 1991

Nursery Rhymes VHS
I have taught for eighteen years and I have a special love for this video as a teacher of children. This video brings to life the old world nursery rhymes. The format is that of a pop-up book opening up it's pages for the different rhymes. Super-imposed real children ...

Happy Prince

Christopher Plummer, Glynis Johns

Family Home/Discovery Video/Reader's Digest, 1992

Oscar Wilde's Classic Fairy Tales
I was hunting for this animated classic along with the Selfish Giant on video for some time, all I could find was through private sellers. Until I chanced upon a compilation of both these heart warming tales on one video, entitled "Classic Fairy Tales". I immediately ...

Promised Land:Strong Men Keep a Comin
Promised Land Vol.3

Discovery Channel Video, 1995

Promised Land:Take ME to Chicago
Promised Land Vol.1

Discovery Channel Video, 1995

Tuck Everlasting

Margaret Chamberlain, Paul Flessa

Family Home/Discovery Video, 1994

Joy Everlasting
I've seen both this and the remake. This is by far the better. The acting is better, the characterizations more believable, and some of the dialogue I would put in a class with Shakespeare and Lois Bujold. The remake merely has a bigger budget, so the picture ...