The a-r Song

This video segment from Between the Lions is a music video featuring Fonix singing about the joys of the “ar” sound.

ABCD Watermelon

In this interactive game from Between the Lions, Leona lets you practice the order of the alphabet and letter identification.

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.

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The Amazing Adventures of Equiano

This online book from the International Children's Digital Library traces the journey of Equiano, a young African boy of the Ibo tribe, from his capture by Africans to his life in the Americas. It describes his arduous adventure from slavery to becoming a free man.

Amazing Trampolini Brothers: brave

In this video segment from Between the Lions, a trio of animated circus performers demonstrates the comparative and superlative adjectives brave, braver, and bravest.

Amazing Trampolini Brothers: good

In this video segment from Between the Lions, a trio of animated circus performers demonstrates the comparative and superlative adjectives good, better, and best.

Amazing Trampolini Brothers: noisy

In this video segment from Between the Lions, a trio of animated circus performers demonstrates the comparative and superlative adjectives noisy, noisier, noisiest.

Amazing Trampolini Brothers: tasty

In this video segment from Between the Lions, a trio of animated circus performers demonstrates the comparative and superlative adjectives tasty, tastier, tastiest.

American Stories: Teens and Immigration

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students explore the experience of four teen immigrants to the United States.

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."

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Are You a Snail?

This story from Between the Lions looks at the world of snails.

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Artistic Interpretation in The Little Mermaid

This video from Great Performances: The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet features a scene from the first act of the ballet in which The Poet (a role based on the real life author Hans Christian Andersen) exits the real-world and enters a watery paradise under the sea.

Artistic Interpretation of a Classic: The Author’s Role

This lesson uses video segments from Great Performances: The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet to help students explore the role of the author in relation to his/her work.

Arty Smartypants: snail/nail

In this video segment from Between the Lions, Arty takes an “s” from snail to make a nail. He uses props to illustrate words.

At the Library

This video segment from Between the Lions is a song about things that you find or do at the library and notes items starting with each letter of the alphabet.

Axle the Freeway Cat

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a lonely cat meets a new friend in a traffic jam.

Baseball and Social Change: The Story of Roberto Clemente

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students explore how a culture changes as new groups of people enter it, focusing on the experiences of baseball player Roberto Clemente and the influence of Latino culture in the United States.

Bee-bim Bop

In this video from Between the Lions, a girl describes how to make the Korean dish called Bee-bim Bop.

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Black Ear, Blond Ear

In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, relations between the blonde cats and the black cats, who live on different sides of the river, learn about each other when they exchange ears.

Blending Bowl: Dine

In this video segment from Between the Lions, two football teams, "d" and "ine," crash together to make the word "dine."