Oprah Winfrey
21) The Star
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.
22) Life
Description
Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.
23) The Color Purple
Description
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
24) Charlotte's web
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
A young pig depends on a rat, spider, and a little girl to prove that as a runt he's still special. As his days become numbered, it will take a miracle to save his life.
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Oprah Winfrey and Bob Greene tell you exactly what to do every day, physically and mentally, to start looking and feeling fantastic. Oprah shares personal stories of her own weight loss battles and together she and Bob provide loads of encouragement and advice as they walk you through their ten simple steps towards a healthier and happier existence.
26) Belief
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Belief explores humankind's ongoing search to connect with something greater than ourselves by inviting viewers to witness some of the world's religious and spiritual journeys through the eyes of believers.
27) Life
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Explores the variety of tactics plants and animals use to survive in their environments.
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Some of us start over willingly, and others are forced by circumstance-but everyone who finds herself back at square one could use a dose of courage and comfort. Readers will discover both in O's Little Guide to Starting Over, a collection of stirring pieces on the topic of beginning again"--Amazon.com
29) Serving life
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Takes viewers inside Louisiana's maximum security prison at Angola, where the average sentence is more than 90 years. It documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for their dying fellow inmates. In doing so, they embark on a journey that may end in personal rehabilitation.
31) For one more day
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Chick Benetto, a broken-down former baseball player who has collapsed into alcoholism and despair, returns one night to his small hometown with plans to take his life. At the final moment, he is magically granted one more day with his departed mother, Posey Benetto, who illuminates the secrets of both their lives and shows him a way to redemption.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
An artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to '70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics, and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature
Pub. Date
2018
Formats
Description
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him
"...doesn't detract from the emotional resonance that shines throughout."--Toronto Star
"As a clarion call for young people rising up against the forces of cynicism, corruption and wanton cruelty..."--Washington Post
"What holds A Wrinkle in Time together...is the strength of family feeling at its center."--Boston...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Appears on list
Description
New Orleans. Arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana cross paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician. Tiana follows suit when she decides to kiss the amphibian royalty. With the help of a trumpet-playing alligator, a Cajun firefly, and an old blind lady who lives in a boat in a tree, Naveen and Tiana must race to break the spell and fulfill their dreams.
35) Tina
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Profiles the life and career of Tina Turner, featuring her personal reflections, archival interviews, and contributions from others.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Ante la mirada de un mundo sobrecogido tras la invasin̤ del Capitolio de los Estados Unidos, Amanda Gorman tom l̤a palabra a continuacin̤ del presidente Joe Biden. Era la poeta ms̀ joven que recitaba en una ceremonia de investidura, como antes lo hicieron Robert Frost o Maya Angelou, y cautiv a̤ millones de personas que vea̕n en ella la luz de una esperanza, y en los versos de La colina que ascendemos la inauguracin̤ de una nueva era."--
"On...
37) Life
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Collects footage, narrated by Oprah Winfrey, of a wide variety of plants and animals from around the world, covering their adaptability and survival tactics.
38) Selma
Pub. Date
[2015]
Appears on list
Description
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historical struggle to secure voting rights for all people. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1964.
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Formats
Description
Although he has been missing for several years and the entire town thinks her father has abandoned her family, Meg steadfastly believes the best and protects her younger brother, Charles Wallace, from the brunt of the rumors and taunting. It is he, however, who convinces her to join him, the school sports star Calvin, and three unusual women on an interplanetary voyage to rescue their father from a vast evil.
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