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Abiyoyo In this video segment from Between the Lions stars Theo the Lion reading aloud the story of Abiyoyo, a South African tale packed with suspense, heroic characters, and new words. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
After Love, by Maxime Kumin In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Maxine Kumin reads her poem, “After Love”, which describes a quiet moment after love-making shared by two people in a long marriage. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
After Making Love We Hear Footsteps, by Galway Kinnell In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Galway Kinnell reads his poem, “After Making Love We Hear Footsteps”, which depicts the magic of love and family connection. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
American Smooth, by Rita Dove In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Rita Dove reads her poem, “American Smooth”, which describes the effort a couple makes to complete a ballroom dance, and the lyrical state of being they achieve. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
American Wedding, by Joseph Millar In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Joseph Millar reads his poem, “American Wedding”, in which he feels the significance of embarking on a marriage as he heads to his daughter’s wedding reception. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
The Ants and the Grasshopper This video segment from Between the Lions emphasizes "m" words through an original, animated retelling of the classic Aesop's fable "The Ants and the Grasshopper." Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Are You a Snail? This story from Between the Lions looks at the world of snails. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Aunties, by Kevin Young In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Kevin Young reads his poem, "Aunties", in which he gives life to memories steeped in the Deep South. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Bee-bim Bop In this video from Between the Lions, a girl describes how to make the Korean dish called Bee-bim Bop. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Belle Isle, 1949, by Philip Levine In Philip Levine's post-war poem, "Belle Isle, 1949," two strangers meet, swim, and part, exploring themes of connection, boundaries, and where we come from. This video segment comes from Poetry Breaks. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Blackbottom, by Toi Derricotte In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Toi Derricotte reads her poem, “Blackbottom”, which describes a black American family’s drive through their old, segregated neighborhood, left behind when they moved to the suburbs. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Brian, Age 7, by Mark Doty In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Mark Doty reads his poem, "Brian, Age 7", which was inspired by a drawing taped to a drugstore window. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Busterfield Library A-Z This video segment from Between the Lions uses an alphabet song to review the ABCs, matching each letter with the name of a character from the show. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Calling him back from layoff, by Bob Hicok In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Bob Hicok reads his poem “Calling him back from layoff,” which describes the emotionally fraught phone conversation between a manager and a laid-off worker. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
The Camel Dances This video from Between the Lions, tells the story of a camel who decides to pursue her dream of becoming a dancer. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Cheesybreadville In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cleo Lion reads aloud Cheesybreadville, a rhyming, lyrical story set in Puerto Rico about how the love of a husband and wife created cheesy bread. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
City Mouse and Country Mouse This video segment from Between the Lions places emphasis on "c" words as it retells an original version of Aesop’s fable. A city mouse and a country mouse trade living spaces only to discover there’s no place like home. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Daddy Long Legs, by Ted Kooser In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Ted Kooser reads his poem, "Daddy Long Legs", in which he contemplates a spider he sees scurrying across the basement floor. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
The Dancing, by Gerald Stern In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Gerald Stern reads his poem, "The Dancing", which moves from pleasant memories of the poet’s childhood to the horror of World War II. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Deep in the Swamp This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated version of the trade book “Deep in the Swamp” set to music. It focuses on numbers and animal vocabulary words. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
The Diary of Anne Frank This resource featuring three video segments from “The Diary of Anne Frank” dramatizes several moments in Anne’s life in hiding from the Nazis during World War II, as described in her diary. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Dust, by Dorianne Laux In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Dorianne Laux reads her poem, “Dust”, which explores the classic conundrum of “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
An Egg Is Quiet In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cleo reads to Lionel and Leona to find out about different kinds of eggs and why they’re quiet. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Elephants Can Paint Too! This video segment from Between the Lions is based on an edited version of the published book “Elephants Can Paint Too!” and compares the art done by elephants with art done by real kids in Thailand. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Facing It, by Yusef Komunyakaa See the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial wall in Washington D.C. through the eyes of war veteran and contemporary poet Yusef Komunyakaa. In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Komunyakaa reads his poem "Facing It." Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
A Fellow Named Sig This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated limerick, which exemplifies the kind of wordplay that prepares children for early reading and spelling. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Fighting on MySpace This video segment from FRONTLINE: "digital_nation" tells the dramatic story of a confrontation that began on the pages of MySpace and escalated into a physical fight for all to see. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Floral Apron, by Marilyn Chin In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Marilyn Chin reads her poem “The Floral Apron”, which describes an old woman teaching young girls traditional Chinese cooking in their new home in America. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	7-12	Video
Forgetfulness, by Billy Collins In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Billy Collins reads his poem, "Forgetfulness", in which he tackles the subject of aging by taking us on a journey through the loss of memory. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
For What Binds Us, by Jane Hirshfield In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Jane Hirshfield reads her poem "For What Binds Us," which uses the images of forces that bring things together, whether nails rusting into a wall, or the connections between people—as a way to examine love. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	7-12	Video
Fred Says: rocket This video segment from Between the Lions shows the practice of sounding out the word "rocket" part by part, blending sounds together to form a word. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
The Gate, by Marie Howe Explore themes of death and birth in this autobiographical poem by Marie Howe. In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Howe reads her poem "The Gate," written after her brother's death. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Gawain’s Word: box This video segment from Between the Lions features the Knights of Blending Fields demonstrating an important element of phonemic awareness: blending word parts to make a word. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Getting an Education This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his time to earn a Ph.D. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Great Expectations 1: Setting the Scene This video excerpt is the dramatic opening scene from the MASTERPIECE adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Great Expectations 2: Becoming a Gentleman Pip's rapid transformation into a gentleman affects more than his outward appearance, as seen in this video excerpt from the MASTERPIECE adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Great Expectations 3: Happily Ever After? This video excerpt is the moving, final scene from the MASTERPIECE adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Hard "c" Words This video segment from Between the Lions uses an animated road sign to illustrate and spell familiar words that begin with the /k/ sound that the letter "c" makes. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Hop ‘Til You Drop This video segment from Between the Lions uses a cheer—"Hop 'Til You Drop"—to build letter knowledge, and to demonstrate how movement and letter chanting can illustrate the words being spelled. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
How Jonathan Met Kitten This video segment from FRONTLINE: "digital_nation" shows how a powerful and long-lasting friendship developed online. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
How to Be In this video from Between the Lions, a brother and sister act out the various animals’ special traits, many of which are also important qualities for being a person. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
How to Be a Good Dog In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cat teaches Bobo how to be a good dog. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
I Love My Family In this video segment from Between the Lions, children talk about activities they love to do with family members, and all text appears on screen. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
I started Early—Took my Dog, by Emily Dickinson See an animated version of Emily Dickinson's poem "I started Early—Took my Dog." This video segment from Poetry Everywhere uses animation to illustrate Dickinson's poem about the sea. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Jamaica Louise James This video from Between the Lions is the story of an eight-year-old girl who loves to draw and paint. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Jane Eyre 1: First Impressions In this excerpt from the 2007 MASTERPIECE adaptation of Jane Eyre, a young and clever Jane first meets Mr. Brocklehurst, the cruel master of Lowood School. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Jane Eyre 2: Meeting Mr. Rochester In a pivotal scene excerpted from the 2007 MASTERPIECE adaptation of Jane Eyre, Jane meets Mr. Rochester for the first time. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Jane Eyre 3: The Governess In this excerpt from the MASTERPIECE adaptation of Jane Eyre, Jane’s status as a lowly governess is underscored when she overhears a conversation at a fancy dress party. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Lake Echo, Dear, by C. D. Wright In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, C. D. Wright reads her poem “Lake Echo, Dear”, which presents familiar people and items through an unfamiliar lens, almost like they are appearing in a dream. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	7-12	Video
A Language Immersion Story This video from Media That Matters: Immersion tells the fictional story of Moises, a young immigrant to the United States with limited English, as he struggles to do well in school. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
The Lanyard, by Billy Collins Explore the power of memory, irony, and ordinary objects. In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Billy Collins reads his humorous poem, "The Lanyard," about a childhood gift he made for his mother. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Lions Laughing This video segment from Between the Lions uses a line of laughing Lions to help build vocabulary and illustrate the meaning of words that typically challenge young children. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Little Big Mouse This video segment from Between the Lions features Aesop's fable, The Lion and the Mouse, and illustrates how children can learn by talking about a book as it is read aloud. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Look It Up This video segment from Between the Lions features a catchy song that celebrates an important function of literacy: access to information. It also shows the wide world of print, and all of the knowledge that can be gained from it. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Martha and Skits In this video from MARTHA SPEAKS, a new puppy joins Martha's household, bursting with energy and the desire to chew everything. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Martha to the Rescue In this video from MARTHA SPEAKS, Martha wants to be just like her favorite TV star, Courageous Collie Carlo. Can Martha prove that she can also be a brave doggy hero? Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Firedog Martha In this video from MARTHA SPEAKS, Martha’s dream has come true: she is going to be a firedog! Maybe she can slide down a fire pole and use a fire hose! Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Martha in Charge In this video from MARTHA SPEAKS, Mom is out and Helen is sick in bed, so Martha is in charge. She wants to find a cure for Helen. Maybe candy and pizza can help! Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Martha Walks the Dog In this video from MARTHA SPEAKS, there’s a new dog in town and he is loud and mean! Even though nothing seems to calm him down, Martha is determined to make friends. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Martha Calling In this video from MARTHA SPEAKS, Martha has won a trip to the Come-On-Inn. There’s only one problem: the rule at the inn is: “no pets allowed.” Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
There Goes the Neighborhood In this video from MARTHA SPEAKS, Martha is annoyed that Helen and Alice are making such a fuss about a little kitten. Martha thinks kittens are not to be tolerated—but could this kitten be different? Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Dog Fight In this video from MARTHA SPEAKS, Martha and Skits don’t want to share their toy. Now T.D. and Alice are bickering, too. Can’t they all just get along? Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Martha Says It with Flowers In this video from MARTHA SPEAKS, Martha wants to do something for Grandma Lucille’s birthday. What would be a truly thoughtful gift? Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Maui and the Creation of the Islands This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays a dramatic telling of the story, "Maui and the Creation of the Islands." Accessibility features: Caption	4-6	Video
Mole and the Baby Bird This video from Between the Lions tells the story of Mole, who discovers the best way to help a baby bird that has fallen out of its nest. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Mother's Day, by Daisy Zamora In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Daisy Zamora reads her poem "Mother’s Day," which she addresses to her three children. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash This segment from Between the Lions features a funny rhyming story, reading aloud, and children learning through talking about stories as they are being read. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated version of the published book My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks. A girl creates portraits of all her family members using a variety of objects that describe their personality traits. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Night Shift This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated and edited version of the trade-book Night Shift that explores the world of people who work through the night. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Oh, Yes, It Can! This video segment from Between the Lions features an African tale full of surprises and new words. Master storyteller Karen Kandel models the power of storytelling, the mesmerizing effects of language, and how stories can help build vocabulary and background knowledge. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
One Boy's Online Tragedy This video segment from FRONTLINE: "digital_nation" tells the story of Ryan Halligan who, after being tormented both at school and online, eventually took his own life. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
One Boy Told Me, by Naomi Shihab Nye In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Naomi Shihab Nye reads her poem "One Boy Told Me." A "found poem," "One Boy Told Me" is a collection of things that her son said to her when he was two and three years old. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Online, All the Time In this video segment from FRONTLINE: "digital_nation," meet 17-year-old Greg and his parents, who describe the time he spends online. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Oral Traditions This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, illustrates how Native people preserve history and tradition through art, music, and dance. Accessibility features: Caption	4-6	Video
A Partial History of My Stupidity, by Edward Hirsch In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Edward Hirsch reads his poem "A Partial History of My Stupidity," in which the narrator of the poem having "rushed out into the evening”, as he does “most nights”, finds himself wrestling with his demons. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
A Passage to India, by Walt Whitman In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, the playwright Tony Kushner reads an excerpt from "A Passage to India," celebrating the 1869 opening of the Suez Canal and the opportunity it presented to connect civilizations. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Pigs in Hiding This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated version of the published book Pigs in Hiding in which pigs play a game of hide-and-seek. It features relational vocabulary and food words. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Baby Chick This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated poem about a baby chick hatching from an egg. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Big Snow This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated poem about snow. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Brush Dance This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated poem about painting techniques with a paintbrush. These techniques are the featured vocabulary. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Cats This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated and rhyming poem about cats. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Four Seasons In this video segment from Between the Lions, the Lions recite a poem about the seasons. All words are shown on screen. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: I Like It When It’s Mizzly This video segment from Between the Lions recites a poem about mizzly, rainy weather. The poem features many words that end with "y" and all text appears on screen. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Ode to the Washing Machine In this video segment from Between the Lions, a poem about a washing machine is recited and animated. It features vocabulary words and all text appears on screen. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: Tuning Up This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated poem about tuning instruments that are displayed along with the words of the poem. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Poem: You Never Hear the Garden Grow This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated poem about gardens by Lilian Moore that is rich with vocabulary. All text appears on screen. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
The Raven Story This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays one telling of the story, "How Raven Gave Light to the World." Accessibility features: Caption	4-6	Video
Read the Signs In this video segment from Between the Lions, Sloppy Pop's song "Read the Signs" spotlights the letters and words we see on signs every day, encouraging children to be aware of print in their environment. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Reasons to Read In this video segment from Between the Lions, country music stars Patty Loveless and Buddy Jewel perform a kid-friendly song that spotlights some of the important reasons to read. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Reasons to Write This video segment from Between the Lions features a motivating, kid-friendly song that celebrates the reasons to write in everyday life. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
The Rise of Social Networking In this video segment from FRONTLINE: "digital_nation," teens talk about why they use social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Rocket-Doodle-Doo This video segment from Between the Lions presents an animated rhyming song to help tune the listener’s ear to language sounds, and it incorporates strategies for building vocabulary and fluency in reading. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Ruby Sings the Blues This video segment from Between the Lions shows an animated story about a little girl who is always very loud but learns how to control the volume of her voice through singing. All words are seen on screen. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Selected Haiku by Issa Learn more about the Japanese form of poetry known as haiku. In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, the poet Robert Hass reads a short collection of amusing, often ironic haiku by Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Seven Selfish Shellfish This video segment from Between the Lions features a classic tongue twister—a type of wordplay that helps children tune their ears to language and the sounds within words. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Sloppy Pop (o) In this video segment from Between the Lions, Sloppy Pop and his band sing to passersby in the street about the letters "o" and "p." Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Slow Dance, by Matthew Dickman In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Matthew Dickman reads his poem “Slow Dance,” describing a moment of intimacy at the end of a party and the train of thought it unleashes in the narrator. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Soft "c" Words This video segment from Between the Lions focuses on letter knowledge, showing several words that begin with the letter “c" and, in these examples, the /s/ sound that it makes. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Spicy Hot Colors This video segment from Between the Lions illustrates colors with a variety of interesting items. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
A Splendid Friend, Indeed A Splendid Friend, Indeed written and illustrated by Suzanne Bloom is Pennsylvania’s One Book, Every Young Child 2007 choice. Goose pesters his friend Polar Bear as he tries to read and write. Finally Bear realizes what a good friend Goose is and hugs him. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-3	Video