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logo for Wishbone™ TV series [1995-98] and merchandise
won Peabody Award in 1997  "Wishbone" children's TV series [Big Feats! Ent. 1995-98]
Wishbone is a Jack Russell terrier dog who can read and imagines himself in adventures based on classic works of literature and folklore; viewers can hear him think,
in the imaginary adventures, humans and animals can hear him talk. Stories take place in the fictional town of Oakdale, U.S.A.; Wishbone lives with Joe, whose middle-school
pals include Samantha (Sam) and David • series credits at IMDbseries entry at Wikipedialist of episodes at Wikipedia

Production company Big Feats! Entertainment is a division of Lyrick Studios, which are based near Dallas, Texas. Key personnel include creator/exec producer Rick Duffield;
dog work is directed by Jackie Martin Kaptan; Wishbone is portrayed by Soccer the Dog, with voice-over by Larry Brantley; series was awarded four Emmys and a Peabody.
The official 'World Wide Wishbone' website offers 50 half-hour television episodes, 55 Big Red Chair & Little Red Chair books, a handful of videos & DVDs, games & other merchandise.

'Sniffing the Gauntlet' episode of the 'Wishbone' TV series  "Sniffing The Gauntlet" episode #13 [July 1995]
Samantha has an allergic reaction to some coconut, removing her from the spelling bee; David is asked to substitute; Wishbone fantasizes being Ivanhoe.
not available on VHS/DVD/Blu-ray • episode credits at IMDb
watch full episode #13 [27:32] online at YouTube
"Ivanhoe (Wishbone Classics #12)" [ages 9 & up; 1996] Retold by Joanne Mattern
HarperEntertainment 7½x5¼ pb [1/97] out of print/many used
'Paw Prints of Thieves' episode of the 'Wishbone' TV series  "Paw Prints of Thieves" episode #24 [Nov 1995]
Joe might be suspended from school for an act of generosity, which triggers Wishbone's reverie inspired by the story of Robin Hood and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. Directed by Ben Vaughn
30-minute Lionsgate / HiT Ent. color DVD [6/2004] for $9.98
episode credits at IMDbwatch full episode [29:14] online at YouTube
"The Adventures of Robin Hood (Wishbone Classics #6)" [ages 9 & up; 1996]
Retold by Joanne Mattern

HarperEntertainment 7½x5¼ pb [7/96] out of print/many used
HarperEntertainment 7½x5¼ pb [7/96] out of print/used

"A Tail In Twain" episodes #1 & #2 [March 1995 & repeat April 1997] based on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" [1876]
Wishbone and the kids explore Jackson Park, where they discover a man digging up the 'No Name Grave'.

"Bark To The Future" episode #23 [Nov 1995] based on "The Time Machine" [1895] by H.G. Wells

"Salty Dog" episode #28 [Nov 1995] based on "Treasure Island" [1883] by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Wishbone Channel [est. 9/2014] on Youtube = 45 episodes online

Wishbone 4-episode DVD  "Wishbone: The Little Dog With A Big Imagination" on DVD [2011]
Lionsgate / HiT Ent. color DVD [2/2011] out of prodn/used
contains four half-hour episodes: "The Impawssible Dream (Don Quixote)" [#11], "Hunchdog of Notre Dame" [#14], "Hot Diggety Dog" [#18], and "Paw Prints of Thieves" [#24]

The Wishbone Library of Big Red Chair and Little Red Chair books includes 26 Adventures and 24 Mysteries, as well as five books for younger readers.
browse Wishbone Classics Dept. at Amazon


Golden Films Enchanted Tales
Golden Films "Enchanted Tales" children's video releases [est. 1986]
A series of ½-hour or longer color animated tales based on the popular Golden Books and released on video as either "Favorite Fairy Tales" or "Enchanted Tales";
later product includes "Anastasia", "Pocahantas", "Treasure Island" and such; distribution has been taken over by Sony
Golden Films credits at IMDbofficial Golden Films Media websiteGolden Films Media entry at Wikipedia

"Aladdin" [1992] 49 min /tt0827990/
Directors: Masakazu Higuchi, Chinami Namba | Stars: Jeff Bennett, Corey Burton, Cam Clarke, Candi Milo

"Beauty and The Beast" [1992] 49 min /tt0791071/
"Beauty and The Beast" [1997] 49 min /tt5311842/
Director: Diane Eskenazi | Stars: Michael Gough, John Rafter Lee, Charles Martinet, Daran Norris

"The Christmas Elves" [1995] 48 min /tt1125861/ directors: Chris Bartleman, Diane Eskenazi
Based on the classic tale of the Shoemaker and the Elves, Hans the shoemaker is helped by a group of mismatched elves who want to work for Santa Claus.

"Cinderella" [1990] 26 min /tt1075311/
sing Cinderella in the Style of Vince Gill: Stingray Karaoke Country, 80'S & 90'S, 1987, English, Key D.

"Jack and The Beanstalk" [1990] 25 min /tt0251148/
Director: Jim Simon | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Will Ryan

"The Jungle Book" [1990] 28 min /tt1075333/

"Little Angels: The Brightest Christmas" [2004] 42 min /tt5343450/
Directors: Masakazu Higuchi, Chinami Namba | Stars: Cam Clarke, Charles Martinet

"The Little Mermaid" [1992] 50 min /tt0216882/ Star: Jeff Bennett
A young mermaid princess risks being turned forever into sea-foam in order to fulfill her dreams of marrying her true love.

"The Nuttiest Nutcracker" [1999] 48 min /tt0205297/
The timeless story of "The Nutcracker" told from the perspective of vegetables.
Director: Harold Harris | Stars: Jim Belushi, Phyllis Diller, Cheech Marin, Cam Clarke

"Pinocchio" [1992] 49 min /tt0818692/
Stars: Cam Clarke, Jim Cummings, Jeannie Elias, Frank Welker

"The Red Shoes" [2000] 48 min /tt2572216/ director: Diane Eskenazi
A gypsy girl tries to became a dancer, and in doing so she finds love.

"Sinbad" [1992] 50 min /tt0249960/ Stars: Tony Ail, Nathan Aswell, Gregg Berger, Corey Burton

"Sleeping Beauty" [1991] 26 min /tt1075398/ director: Jim Simon

"Snow White" video short [1986] /tt0413281/
Produced & directed by Diane Paloma Eskenazi; voices of Cam Clarke, Jeff Bennett, Susan Blu
http://www.amazon.com/White-Diane-Eskenazi-Carter-Crocker/dp/B07NRKDZB5/
http://www.amazon.com/Snow-White-Diane-Paloma-Eskenazi/dp/B009AHNYWU/
http://www.amazon.com/Enchanted-Tales-White-Princess-Castle/dp/B00DT55P3K/ double

"Snow White" [1990] 49 min /tt1075399/
Director: Diane Eskenazi | Stars: Cam Clarke, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Kath Soucie

"The Three Musketeers" [] (II) (1992 Video) G | 50 min /tt0831399/
Stars: Jeff Bennett, Cam Clarke, Susan Silo

"Thumbelina" [1992] 49 min /tt0135000/

"The Treasure of Jamaica Reef" [1974] 96 min /tt0074504/
A suspense filled adventure-drama about the search for a treasure-laden Spanish Galleon that sank over 200 years ago.
Director: Virginia L. Stone | Stars: Stephen Boyd, David Ladd, Chuck Woolery, Roosevelt Grier

"The Wizard of Oz" [1991] 25 min /tt0103277/
Stars: Jim Cummings, Terri Hawkes http://goldenfilmsmedia.com/enchanted-tales/play.html


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Family  Movies  Multi-Packs

You're Only Young Twice / Children's Literature & Film book by Tim Morris  
"You're Only Young Twice: Children's Literature and Film" [2000]
by Tim Morris

Univ Illinois Press 9x6¼ hardcover [1/2000] for $37.80

Family Favorites 4 Movie Collection DVD box set  "Family Favorites 4-Movie Collection" DVD Box Set [2007]
Universal Studios Franchise Collection color DVD set [3/2007] 2 disks for $9.75
contains 4 feature films (NOT TV episodes): "The Little Rascals" [Aug 1994]; "Casper"
[May 1995] starring Bill Pullman & Christina Ricci; "Flipper" [May 1996] starring Elijah
Wood, Paul Hogan & Flipper the Dolphin; and "Leave It To Beaver" [Aug 1997]

Essential Family Television DVD box set  "Essential Family Television" 150-episode DVD Box Set [2008]
Mill Creek Ent. b&w/color DVD set [7/2008] 12 disks for $14.97
includes 150 episodes from: "The Adventures of Hiram Holiday" [1956-57] 6 episodes; "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" [1952+] 20 episodes; "The Bob Cummings Show" [1955-59] 7 episodes; "The Buster Keaton Show" [1950-51] 2 episodes; "The Dennis Day Show" [1952-53] 2 episodes; "The Dennis O'Keefe Show" [1959-60] 4 episodes; "The Dick Van Dyke Show" [1961-66] 4 episodes; "The Ed Wynn Show"
[1958] 5 episodes; "The Eddie Fisher Show" [1957-58]; "The Edgar Bergen Show" [1958]; "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" [1950-58] 6 episodes; "The Howdy Doody Show" [1947-60]; "I Married Joan" [1952-55] 6 episodes; "The Jack Benny Program" [1950-65] 10 epi-sodes; "The Jim Backus Show" [1960-61] 2 episodes; "Lassie" [1954+] 2 episodes; "The Liberace Show" [1952+] 4 episodes; "The Life of Riley" [1953-58] 2 episodes; "Life With Elizabeth" [1952-55] 6 episodes starring Betty White; "The Lucy Show" [1962-68] 20 episodes;
"Make Room For Daddy" [1953-65] 5 episodes starring Danny Thomas; "The Mickey Rooney Show" [1954-55] 5 epi-sodes; "The Milton Berle Show" [1958-62] 5 episodes; "Mister Ed" [1958-66] starring Alan Young; "Our Miss Brooks" [1952-56] 2 episodes starring Eve Arden; "Petticoat Junction" [1963-70] 6 episodes starring Edgar Buchanan; "Phil Silvers Special" [1959?]; "Private Secretary" [1953-57] 3 episodes starring Ann Sothern; "Sea Hunt" [1958-61] starring Lloyd Bridges; "Sky King" [1951-62] 4 episodes starring Kirby Grant; and "The Trouble With Father" [1950-55] 6 episodes starring Stuart Erwin

10-Movie Kid's Pack, Volume 1 DVD box set  "10-Movie Kid's Pack, Volume 1" DVD Box Set [2011]
Echo Bridge Home Ent. DVD set [4/2011] 2 disks for $4.99
contains ten color feature films: "Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter" 88-minute video [1994]; "The Power Within" 97-minute video [1995] starring Ted Jan Roberts; "Earth Minus Zero" 81-minute video [1997] starring Pat Morita; "Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home" 93-minute TV movie [1997] starring Joseph S. Griffo; "The Phoenix & The Carpet" 93-minute movie edited from a 6-episode TV mini-series [BBC/Miramax 1997] starring David Suchet; "The Impossible Elephant" 95-minute movie [2001] starring Mark Rendall & Mia Sara; "The Lil' River Rats and The Lost Treasure" 80-minute movie [2003] starring Molly Hall; "When Zachary Beaver Came To Town" 85-minute movie [2003]; "EZ Money" 86-minute movie [2005] starring Molly Hall; and "Bailey's Billion$" 90-minute movie [2005]
CAVEAT: Do not expect high quality, this is 10 color feature films compressed onto two disks

10-Movie Kid's Pack, Volume 2 DVD box set  "10-Movie Kid's Pack, Volume 2" DVD Box Set [2011]
Echo Bridge Home Ent. DVD set [6/2011] 2 disks for $10.87
contains ten color feature films: NOTE: SIX FILMS ARE DUPLICATED ON VOLUMES 1 & 3 - "Bigfoot" video [1994]; "Little Bigfoot 2" TV movie [1997]; "Undercover Angel" video [1999]; "When Zachary Beaver Came To Town" movie [2003]; "The Lil' River Rats and The Lost Treasure" movie [2003]; and "EZ Money" movie [2005]; THE FOUR FILMS NOT DUPLICATED ARE - "Baker's Hawk" 105-minute Western feature [1976] starring Clint Walker; "Pony Express Rider" 100-minute Western feature [1976]; "Hollywood Safari" 99-minute feature [1997]; and "Secret of The Andes" 95-minute feature [Argentina 1999]
CAVEAT: Do not expect high quality, this is 10 color feature films compressed onto two disks

10-Movie Kid's Pack, Volume 3 DVD box set  "10-Movie Kid's Pack, Volume 3" DVD Box Set [2011]
Echo Bridge Home Ent. DVD set [8/2011] 2 disks for $4.99
contains eight feature films, 4 TV episodes, and three short films: three "Our Gang" b&w comedy shorts [1931, 1932 & 1940]; "The Little Princess" 93-minute movie [1939] starring Shirley Temple; four episodes of "The Adventures of The Black Stallion" half-hour TV series [1990-93] starring Mickey Rooney & Richard Ian Cox; "Alligator Pie" 48-minute video [1991]; "The Kid" 90-minute video [1997] young teen boxing drama with Rod Steiger; "Jungle Boy" 89-minute video [1998]; "Nico The Unicorn" 95-minute video [1998]; "Undercover Angel" 92-minute video [1999] starring Emily Mae Young; "The Derby Stallion" 98-minute movie [2005] starring Zac Efron & Bill Cobbs; and "The Ron Clark Story" 91-minute TV movie [T.N.T. 2006] directed by Randa Haines, starring Matthew Perry
CAVEAT: Do not expect high quality, this is 8 features and 7 shorts compressed onto two disks

10-Movie Kid's Pack, Volume 4 DVD box set  "10-Movie Kid's Pack, Volume 4" DVD Box Set [2011]
Echo Bridge Home Ent. DVD set [9/2011] 2 disks for $4.99
contains two live-action feature films, four animated feature films, and episodes from four animated TV series: "Arabian Knight" 72-minute animated video [Miramax 1993]; "Jungle Creature Hugo (Jungledyret)" 73-minute animated movie [Denmark 1993]; "The Neverending Story III" 95-minute live-action movie [Germany 1994]; "Hugo The Movie Star (Jungledyret 2)" 72-minute animated movie [Denmark 1996]; "Pirates" animated TV series episodes [Canada 1999-2000]; "The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina" 75-minute animated video [2002]; "Connie The Cow (La Vaca Connie)" animated TV series episodes [Spain 2002]; "Henry's World" animated TV series episodes [2002-2006]; "A Wrinkle In Time" 128-minute TV movie [2003]; and "Lunar Jim" animated TV series episodes [2006-2008]
CAVEAT: Do not expect high quality, this is 6 color feature films and several TV episodes compressed onto two disks

10-Movie Family Pack Collection DVD box set  "10-Movie Family Pack Collection" DVD Box Set [2011]
Echo Bridge Home Ent. color DVD set [8/2011] 2 disks for $8.42
contains 10 feature-length films: "Baker's Hawk" [1976] starring Clint Walker, Burl Ives, Diane Baker; "Little Girl Lost" TV movie [ABC-TV 1988] starring Tess Harper & Frederic Forrest; "Following Her Heart" TV movie [1994] directed by Lee Grant, starring Ann-Margret, George Segal, Brenda Vaccaro; "Hidden In Silence" TV movie [Lifetime 1996] starring Kellie Martin; "The Inheritance" TV movie [CBS-TV 1997]; "Where There's A Will" TV movie [Hallmark Channel 2004] starring Marion Ross, Keith Carradine; "Fielder's Choice" TV movie [Hallmark Ent. 2005]; "Thicker Than Water" TV movie [Hallmark Ent. 2005] starring Melissa Gilbert & Lindsay Wagner; "Ordinary Miracles" TV movie [Hallmark Ent. 2005] starring Jaclyn Smith & Lyndsy Fonseca; and "Uncross The Stars" video [2009] starring Barbara Hershey & Ron Perlman
CAVEAT: Do not expect high quality, this is 10 feature-length color films compressed onto two disks

10-Movie Family Adventure Pack Volume 1 DVD box set  "10-Movie Adventure Pack, Volume 1" DVD Box Set [2011]
Echo Bridge Home Ent. DVD set [8/2011] 2 disks for $4.99
contains 10 color feature films: NOTE: TWO FILMS ARE DUPLICATED ON "KID'S PACK" SETS ABOVE - "Hollywood Safari" 99-minute feature [1997]; and "Secret of The Andes" 95-minute feature [Argentina 1999]; THE FILMS NOT DUPLICATED ARE - "Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book" 105-minute Technicolor™ movie [1942] starring Sabu; "The Painted Hills" 68-minute Technicolor™ movie [1951] starring Lassie the Dog; "The Proud Rebel" 103-minute Western movie [1958] directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Alan Ladd; "Spirit of The Eagle" 93-minute video [1991] starring Dan Haggerty; "Sign of The Otter: The Little Patriot" 90-minute video [1995] starring Dan Haggerty; "Owd Bob" 92-minute video [1998] starring James Cromwell; "Simon and The Spirit Bear" 47-minute documentary [2002]; and "River's End" 97-minute video [2005]
CAVEAT: Do not expect high quality, this is 10 feature films compressed onto two disks

10-Movie Family Adventure Pack Volume 2 DVD box set  "10-Movie Adventure Pack, Volume 2" DVD Box Set [2011]
Echo Bridge Home Ent. DVD set [11/2011] 2 disks for $4.99
contains 9 color feature films and two TV episodes: "The Red Fury" 105-minute video [1984]; "Touch The Sun: Devil's Hill" 95-minute TV movie [Australia 1988]; "Captain Johnno" 96-minute TV movie [Australia 1988] won Intl. Emmy Award; "Tom Alone (Last Train Home)" 92-minute TV Western movie [CBC-TV 1990]; "Touch The Sun: The Journey" 46-minute TV movie [Australia 1990]; "Lost In The Barrens" TV movie [Disney Channel 1990] won several awards;
2 episodes of "Jack London's White Fang" TV series [1993]; "Snowbound: The Jim & Jennifer Stolpa Story" 92-minute TV docudrama [CBS-TV 1994] starring Neil Patrick Harris & Kelli Williams; "Rugged Gold" 95-minute TV docudrama [1994]; and "To Brave Alaska" 89-minute TV docudrama [ABC-TV 1996] starring Alyssa Milano & Cameron Bancroft

CAVEAT: Do not expect high quality, this is 9 feature films & 2 TV episodes compressed onto two disks

10-Movie Family Adventure Pack Volume 3 DVD box set  "10-Movie Family Adventure Pack, Volume 3" DVD Box Set [2012]
Echo Bridge Home Ent. DVD set [7/2012] 2 disks for $10.40
contains 10 feature-length color films: NOTE: ONE FILM IS DUPLICATED ON "KID'S PACK" SETS ABOVE - "Baker's Hawk" [1976]; AND SEVEN FILMS ARE DUPLICATED ON "FAMILY ADVENTURES" SETS ABOVE - "Lassie: The Painted Hills" [1951]; "The Red Fury" [1984]; "Touch The Sun: Devil's Hill" [1988]; "Captain Johnno"
[1988]; "Touch The Sun: The Journey" [1990]; "Snowbound" [1994]; "River's End" [2005]; THE TWO FILMS NOT DUPLICATED ARE - "Castle Rock" video [2000]; and "Against A Crooked Sky" 89-minute Western movie [1975] starring Richard Boone

CAVEAT: Do not expect high quality, this is 10 feature films compressed onto two disks

8-Movie Family Adventure Pack, Volume 4 DVD box set  "8-Movie Family Adventure Pack, Volume 4" DVD Box Set [2013]
Platinum Disc Home Ent. DVD set [10/2013] 2 disks for $13.49
contains 8 feature-length films: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" [which one?]; "Where The Red Fern Grows" [1974] starring James Whit-more; "The Little Kidnappers" TV movie [1990] starring Charlton Heston; "Lost In The Barrens" TV movie [Disney Channel 1990] {also above}; "Tom Alone (Last Train Home)" TV Western movie [CBC-TV 1990] {also above}; "Legend of Wolf Mountain" [1992]; "Sign of The Otter: The Little Patriot" video [1995] starring Dan Haggerty {also above}; and "Simon and The Spirit Bear" documentary [Canada 2002]
CAVEAT: Do not expect high quality, this is 8 feature films compressed onto two disks

16-film Animated Classics Collection DVD box set  "Animated Classics Collection" DVD Box Set [2011]
Gaiam Ent. color DVD set [8/2011] 4 disks for $9.85
contains 16 animated short & feature-length films: "Aladdin", "Alice In Wonderland", "Beauty and The Beast", "Black Beauty", "Cinderella", "Heidi", "Hercules", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Jungle Book", "Leo The Lion", "The Little Mermaid", "Pinocchio", "Pocahontas", "Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White", and "Thumbelina"

Children's Holiday Collection ten Claymation shorts on DVD  "10-Movie Children's Holiday Collection" [2011]
247-minute Echo Bridge Home Ent. DVD [11/2011] for $8.59
contains ten Claymation shorts: six short films from Billy Budd's Clay Classics: "The First Christmas" [1998] narrated by Christopher Plummer; "The Chimes" [1999] narrated by Derek Jacobi; "The Velveteen Rabbit" [2012] based on the story by Margery Williams, narrated by Jennifer Shapiro; "The Star Child" [2012] based on a story by Oscar Wilde; "God's Trombones" [2012] three African poems read by James Earl Jones; "Michael The Visitor" [2012] narrated by Stockard Channing, based on a story by Leo Tolstoy; and four short films from Will Vinton: "Martin The Cobbler" [1977]; "Rip Van Winkle" [1978] narrated by Will Geer; "The Little Prince" [1979] narrated by Cliff Robertson; and "A Christmas Gift" [1980]

Animated Classics 8-Pack DVD set  "Animated Collectible Classics 8-Film Collection, Volume 1" on DVD [2012]
Gaiam Ent. color DVD set [8/2012] 2 disks for $5.00
contains 8 animated films: "Aladdin", "Alice In Wonderland", "Beauty & The Beast", "Cinderella",
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Leo The Lion", "The Little Mermaid", and "Pinocchio"

"Animated Collectible Classics 8-Film Collection, Volume 2" on DVD [2012]
Gaiam Ent. color DVD set [8/2012] 2 disks for $5.00
contains 8 animated films: "Black Beauty", "Heidi", "Hercules", "Jungle Book", "Pocahontas",
"Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White", and "Thumbelina"

'Original All-American Family Classics' volume 2  "Original All-American Family Classics, Volume 1" DVD Box Set [2012]
Echo Bridge Home Ent. color DVD set [4/2012] 2 disks for $8.63
contains 6 feature films (compressed onto two disks): "Against A Crooked Sky", "Baker's Hawk", "Lassie: The Painted Hills", "The Proud Rebel", "The Red Fury", and Jack London's "White Fang"
"Original All-American Family Classics, Volume 2" DVD Box Set [2013]
Echo Bridge Home Ent. color DVD set [5/2013] for $8.99
contains 4 feature films (compressed onto one disk): "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "Huckleberry Finn", "Lassie: The Painted Hills" {duplicate to Volume 1}, and "Where The Red Fern Grows"

Animated Family Tales 20 Movie Collection DVD box set  "Animated Family Tales - 20 Movie Collection" DVD Box Set [2013]
Mill Creek Ent color DVD set [12/2013] 4 disks for $5.89
These are shorter versions of the original movies (1,009 minutes ÷ 20 = 50 minutes each); contains 20 feature-length films: "Aladdin", "Alice In Wonderland", "Beauty and The Beast", "Black Beauty", Jack London's "The Call of The Wild", "Cinderella", "Hercules", Kipling's "Jungle Book", "Leo The Lion: King of The Jungle", "The Little Mermaid", "The Little Princess", ""Peter Pan", "Pinocchio", "Pocahontas", "Robin Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White", "The Three Musketeers", "Thumbelina", and Jack London's "White Fang"


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Magic Lantern's Animation Pages

Spirit of America's 'A History of Aviation' Pages

Native Americans Pages at 'Readers of The Purple Sage'
Native American Film Festival at 'Readers of the Purple Sage'

Spirit of America's 'Pirates of The Americas' Page
Magic Lantern's Pirate Film Festival

Spirit of America's U.S. Presidents Pages

Spirit of America's American Railroads Pages
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Spirit of America's Railroad Fiction Pages / Young Railfans Dept.

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Spirit of America's U.S. History Books Dept.

The Children's Book of America edited by William J. Bennett  "The Children's Book of America" [grades 3-6; 1998]
Edited by William J. Bennett, Illustrated by Michael Hague

Chapters/topics include: the songs "America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)", "America The Beautiful", "The Erie Canal", "Home On The Range", "The Star Spangled Banner", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", and "Yankee Doodle"; folk heroes Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan & John Henry; the poems "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus and "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman; also: the Grand Canyon; The Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving (1621); Father Junipero Serra; Abigail Adams; Lewis and Clark; inventor Thomas Edison; Martin Luther King; Abraham Lincoln; The Alamo (1836); Robert E. Lee; Margaret Haughery of New Orleans; and the moon landing (1969)
Scholastic, Inc. 11¾x8¾ pb [2002] out of print/used
Scholastic, Inc. 12x9 pb [11/98] out of print/50+ used
Simon & Schuster 12¼x9¼ hardcover [11/98] out of print/70+ used


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Science

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Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Page at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore

Stephen W. Hawking [1942-2018] Page at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore

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