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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Sometimes the messiest stuff and the biggest mistakes can take you someplace wonderful. With the help of their hit TV show, Fixer Upper, the husband and wife team of Chip and Joanna Gaines have transformed the seemingly everyday work of renovating homes and flipping houses in Waco, Texas, into something much more. With their fun personalities, good humor, strong love of family, and unique design style, they've managed to capture the hearts of Americans...
Description
Louisiana's bearded, camouflaged millionaires gather to celebrate as only they can. Some of the men don their holiday sweaters, while Phil trims the tree with a chainsaw. Willie plays Santa Claus at the local church, only to have Uncle Si crash the party dressed as an elf. But when the Christmas lights are finally up and dinner's on the table, everyone's happy, happy, happy.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like pays tribute to the beloved Fred Rogers and the nearly 900 episodes of the landmark children's television program first seen in 1968 on PBS. In this 60-minute retrospective hosted by award-winning actor Michael Keaton, enjoy memorable segments including visits with Koko the Gorilla and the iconic trip to the Crayola crayon factory.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Welcome to the groundbreaking series from National Geographic, where you're invited to probe the inner workings of one of the most fascinating, intricate instruments known to science: the human brain. Through revealing experiments using sensory illusion and even magic tricks, some of the world's leading experts help us understand how we do things like solve puzzles, recognize faces and store memories. Narrated by Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris,...
6) Your brain
Series
Pub. Date
[2023].
Description
"How does your brain create your reality? Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Discover the surprising answers based on the latest research in this journey into the human brain with neuroscientist Heather Berlin. Your brain - for centuries a black box - is slowly giving up its secrets to modern neuroscience, shedding light on big questions that go to the very heart of who you are." --container.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
A special one hour long compilation of classic entertainment including Dean's celebrity guests over the years. The show features: Michael Landon, Bill Cosby, Don Rickles, Rosemary Clooney, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, Jimmy Stewart, Petula Clark, Buddy Hackett, Goldie Hawn, Rowan & Martin, and Frank Sinatra.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
A special one hour long compilation of classic entertainment including Dean's celebrity guests over the years. The show features: Ann-Margaret, Goldie Hawn, Jack Benny, Bob Newhart, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Stewart, Victor Borge, Dom De Luise, Orson Welles, and Frank Sinatra.
14) Casa Susanna
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
In the 1950s and '60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place for them to express their true selves and live for a few days as they had always dreamed of dressing as women without fear of being incarcerated or institutionalized for their self-expression. Told through the memories of those whose visits...
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
A fascinating BBC Natural History series that follows host and wildlife expert Iolo Williams as he explores the behaviour of birds. This ground breaking series reveals every aspect of their lives from surviving harsh winters to avoiding deadly predators. Offering a visual treat of stunning landscapes and captivating wildlife behaviour, this series provides perfect family entertainment educating and enthralling in equal measure.
17) Making Stuff
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Step behind the headlines as Making Stuff dramatizes the human stories woven into the current wave of hi-tech breakthroughs. Hosted by the New York Times' lively technology correspondent David Pogue, each hour in this four-part series explores the talent, luck, and determination that can turn a wild idea into a cutting-edge material or high-tech breakthrough.
Description
Experience why America has fallen in love with Terry Fator's irresistible combination of humor and music and his hilarious cast of characters! The million-dollar winner of America's Got Talent, Terry and his endearing puppets, including cowboy Walter, Emma Taylor and Winston the Impersonating Turtle, deliver spot-on performances in the styles of such favorite singers as Louis Armstrong, Roy Orbison, Elvis, Etta James, Brooks & Dunn and many more....
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Meet the Robertsons, who run Duck Commander, a homegrown mom-and-pop turned sporting empire selling top-of-the-line duck calls and decoys out of salvaged swamp wood. Dressed in camouflage and bandanas, this crew shows the world how a family can work together and be a success at the same time. Their booming business employs half the neighborhood, and each day brings a new set of challenges, but this clan meets them with a special brand of Southern...