| Description |
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Series |
Classroom collection
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| Note |
Subtitle from box. |
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Three stories based on three children's books: Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch (New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1991) ; Brave Irene by William Steig (New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1986) ; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas (Adelaide, Australia : Omnibus Books, c1984). |
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"Video library." |
| Contents |
Amazing Grace (Iconographic) (8 min.) -- Brave Irene (Animated) (13 min.) -- Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (Iconographic) (9 min.) |
| Credits |
Music, Ernest V. Troost (Amazing Grace) ; producer/director, Paul R. Gagne (Amazing Grace) ; music, Jeremy Steig, Lee Ann Ledgerwood-Steig (Brave Irene) ; animation, Roger Mejia, Daniel Ivanick (Brave Irene) ; producer, Paul R. Gagne (Brave Irene) ; director, Daniel Ivanick (Brave Irene) ; music, Ernest V. Troost (Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge) ; producers, Paul R. Gagne, Melissa Reilly (Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge) ; director, Melissa Reilly (Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge). |
| Performer |
Alfre Woodard (Amazing Grace), Lindsay Crouse (Brave Irene), Mem Fox (Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge), narrators. |
| Summary |
"Amazing Grace. Even though her classmates discourage Grave (i.e. Grace) from trying out for Peter Pan in the school play because she is black and a girl, Grace wins the part and proves that she can be anything she wants to be. Brave Irene. Irene summons up all her courage in the face of a fierce snowstorm when her mother falls ill and Irene must deliver a ball gown to the duchess. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. A small boy helps an old friend remember, when her memory is not as sharp as it used to be"--Box. |
| System Details |
VHS. |
| Subject |
African American children -- Juvenile films.
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Self-esteem -- Juvenile films.
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Courage -- Juvenile films.
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Blizzards -- Juvenile films.
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Memory -- Juvenile films.
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Old age -- Juvenile films.
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Children -- Juvenile films.
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Character -- Juvenile films.
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Children's films.
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Animated films.
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| Added Author |
Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
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Crouse, Lindsay.
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Fox, Mem, 1946-
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Troost, Ernest V., 1953-
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Gagne, Paul R., 1956-
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Steig, Jeremy.
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Ledgerwood-Steig, Lee Ann.
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Mejia, Roger.
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Ivanick, Daniel.
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Reilly, Melissa.
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Binch, Caroline.
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Vivas, Julie, 1947-
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Hoffman, Mary, 1945-
Amazing Grace.
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Steig, William, 1907-2003.
Brave Irene.
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Fox, Mem, 1946-
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge.
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Weston Woods Studios.
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Scholastic Inc.
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| ISBN |
0439324718 |
| Standard No. |
9790439324716 |
| Music No. |
T604V Weston Woods Studios |
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