Reviews of Video, Audio and More from School Library Journal
Multimedia Review Editor Phyllis Levy Mandell - 12/01/2008
Video/DVD Art Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Mary Cassatt . DVD. approx. 22 min. (closed captioned). Getting to Know . 2008. $29.95. Gr 2–8—This informative, entertaining entry in the series based on Mike Venezia's books features original animation, art reproductions, and vintage photographs and illustrations.
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Multimedia Review Editor, Phyllis Levy Mandell - 11/01/2008
Video/DVD Art Instruction Drawing Power! with Michael Moodoo, Vol. 4: Safari Animal Drawing . DVD. 50 min. Moodoo Prods . 2008. ISBN 978-0-9762454-7-6 . $29.99. K-Gr 6—Artist Michael Moodoo (Michael Dowell), a former elementary school art teacher, offers budding young artists step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions using "secret" and basic shapes to create 3-D drawings of safari and r...
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Multimedia Review Editor, Phyllis Levy Mandell - 10/01/2008
Video/DVD Art Instruction Tissue Paper Creations . video or DVD. 22:25 min. Crystal Prods. 2008. video: ISBN 978-1-56290-578-1 , DVD: ISBN 978-1-56290-579-8 . $29.95. Gr 7 Up—Artist/teacher Peggy Flores demonstrates how tissue paper can be used to create works of art. The appropriate tools and supplies are shown.
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Multimedia Review Editor, Phyllis Levy Mandell - 09/01/2008
MULTIMEDIA STARS—Beginning with this issue, exceptional titles reviewed in the Multimedia Review section will be eligible for stars. Reviewers' recommendations are a deciding factor in assigning stars, with the final decision to be made by the editors. DVD/video, audio, and CD-ROM titles that receive a star are considered to be outstanding in relation to others on the same subject or in t...
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Multimedia Review Editor Phyllis Levy - 08/01/2008
Video/DVD Art Instruction Creating with Crayons . video or DVD. 20 min. Crystal Prods. 2008. video: ISBN 978-1-56290-580-4 , DVD: 978-1-56290-581-1 . $29.95. Gr 6 Up—Artist/teacher Peggy Flores uses crayons and simple techniques to inspire young artists. In the introduction, she examines different crayons that can be used including plastic, glitter, metallic, gemstone, blended, fabric,...
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Multimedia Review Editor, Phyllis Levy Mandell - 07/01/2008
Advertising, the Media and Your Health . video or DVD. 19 min. (closed captioned). with tchr's. guide, worksheets. Human Relations Media . 2007. ISBN 978-1-55548-719-5 . $139.95. Gr 7 Up—A number of controversial issues concerning young people and the media are highlighted in this lively, fast-paced production.
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Multimedia Review Editor Phyllis Levy Mandell - 06/01/2008
Video/DVD Consumer Education Say Goodbye to Granddad's Retirement . video or DVD. 60 min. Prod. by Perfecting Your Walk Prods. Dist. by Landmark Media . 2007. $195. Gr 10 Up—Retirement specialist Tony Walker introduces the basics of retirement and encourages young people to begin thinking about and planning for their eventual retirement.
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PreS-K–A five-year-old (rabbit) awakes one morning to discover that there will be no school, no daddy flying home today, and no going outside–until the snow stops.
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The staff of Salinas Public Library (CA), aka The John Steinbeck Public Library, pose with Lewis Buzbee, author of Steinbeck's Ghost, a middle-grade novel that centers around the threat of the library's closing in 2004. After a difficult struggle, the library remains open and has just extended its hours to seven days a week.
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