Scaredy Squirrel finds an almost perfect friend in a slightly germy, drooling dog in this animated film from Weston Woods based on Melanie Watts’s picture book, Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend.
Pick of the Day: Yellow Star
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Tavia Gilbert’s spot-on narration brings all of the characters to life in Jennifer Roy’s Yellow Star, a story-in-verse offering a glimpse of the experiences of her aunt in the Lodz Ghetto during World War II. Be sure to read the starred audiobook review of the personal account of a young girl.
Pick of the Day: What’s on MyPlate (DVD)
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Teach your students how to use the MyPlate concept to develop healthy eating habits with Learning ZoneXpress’s What’s on MyPlate, an excellent DVD for middle and high school students.
Pick of the Day: What Came from the Stars (AUDIO)
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Graham Winton’s narration brings to life Gary Schmidt’s beautiful fantasy, What Came form the Stars, about healing and forgiveness. Check out the starred review of this must-have audiobook for middle school students.
Pick of the Day: Curious George Swings into Spring (DVD)
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Celebrate spring with Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat in Curious George Swings into Spring, an upbeat celebration on DVD that’s sure to please kids.
Pick of the Day: Shadow on the Mountain (AUDIO)
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Margi Preus’s Shadow on the Mountain is set in Norway during the Nazi occupation and expertly narrated by Jeff Woodman who gives perfect voices to all the characters. Don’t miss the starred review of this audiobook about a lesser-known part of World War II history.
Pick of the Day: Julian Bond (DVD)
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African-American activist Julian Bond relates his family’s struggle for equality in the starred DVD review of Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement from Filmakers Library.
Pick of the Day: An Original DUCKumentary (DVD)
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Meet a variety of ducks and learn all about them via breathtaking visuals and spot-on narration in PBS’s starred DVD production, An Original DUCKumentary..
Book/Multimedia Review Stars List | May 2013
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May, a month of “ducky” stars.
Multimedia Reviews | May 2013
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Be sure to check out May’s starred reviews for two DVDs and five audiobooks that are must-haves for you collection.
Teens Review OneRepublic’s ‘Native’ and New Kids’ ’10′ | Music Reviews
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“The boys” still have their stuff on New Kids on the Block’s ’10′, the follow-up to their 2008 ‘Greatest Hits’ reunion album, while OneRepublic has continued to add polish and range on their highly collaborative new album, ‘Native’.
Pick of the Day: Moonbird (AUDIO)
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Phillip Hoose describes a year in the life of a rufa red knot in the audiobook Moonbird and does a superb job of narrating the text.
Pick of the Day: Marching to the Mountaintop (Audio)
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Ann Bausum explores the connections between the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike and Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Marching to the Mountaintop. Check out the review for this wonderful audiobook for listeners in middle school and above.
Pick of the Day: Growing Up in Coal Country (Audio)
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In Growing Up in Coal Country, Susan Campbell Bartoletti recounts life in Northeastern Pennsylvania coal country around the turn of the 19th century utilizing oral history and archival documents and focusing primarily on the lives of children. Don’t miss the starred review of this audiobook narrated by Suzanne Toren.
Pick of the Day: You’re Not a Little Kid Anymore! Personal Hygiene (DVD)
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You’re Not a Little Kid Anymore! Personal Hygiene covers the basics that all elementary school kids should know. Check out this starred review.
Pick of the Day: Courage Has No Color (Audio)
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Learn about the Triple Nickles, a group of unsung African-American soldiers who became part of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion during World War II in the starred audiobook review of Courage Has No Color, written by Tanya Lee Stone and narrated by JD Jackson.
Music and Game Reviews from Young Adults: Justin Timberlake, Son Volt, ‘Tomb Raider’
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Timberlake’s performance during the Grammy Awards earlier this year may have been panned, but our reviewer finds his efforts on The 20/20 Experience laudable. If you’ve never heard of Son Volt, it may be time to give their latest album, Honky Tonk, a listen. Been missing Lara Croft? She’s back in Tomb Raider, a prequel to the wildly successful franchise that first launched in 1996.
Pick of the Day: Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists–Faith Ringgold (DVD)
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Introduce young viewers to Faith Ringgold, an amazing and influential African-American artist, in Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists: Faith Ringgold. Be sure to check out the starred review of this DVD.
Pick of the Day: Ready Set Go (Audio)
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The Happy Racers’ latest album, Ready Set Go, embraces all the fun and wonders of childhood. Here’s the starred review of the CD.
Pick of the Day: Bone Wind Fire (DVD)
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Learn about the art and lives of three female artists—Georgia O’Keefe, Emily Carr, and Frida Kahlo—in Bone Wind Fire, a visually stunning production from National Film Board of Canada. Don’t miss this starred review.
