Gluckson, JillOverview
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Most widely held works by
Jill Gluckson
Friends 1
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3 editions published in 2003 in English and Multiple languages and held by 353 libraries worldwide Features teenage girl Niki and her energetic muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes use humor, physical action and music to appeal to children while introducing sentence structure for questions and answers, and useful everyday vocabulary. Uses both live action and animation.
Toys, games & sports 1
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3 editions published in 2003 in Multiple languages and English and held by 340 libraries worldwide Features teenage girl Niki and her energetic muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes use humor, physical action and music to appeal to children while introducing sentence structure for questions and answers, and useful everyday vocabulary. Uses both live action and animation.
Weather, seasons & time 2
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3 editions published in 2003 in Multiple languages and English and held by 336 libraries worldwide Features teenage girl Niki and her energetic muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes use humor, physical action and music to appeal to children while introducing sentence structure for questions and answers, and useful everyday vocabulary. Uses both live action and animation.
Weather, seasons & time 1
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2 editions published in 2003 in Multiple languages and English and held by 333 libraries worldwide Features teenage girl Niki and her energetic muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes use humor, physical action and music to appeal to children while introducing sentence structure for questions and answers, and useful everyday vocabulary. Uses both live action and animation.
Animals & pets 2
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3 editions published in 2003 in English and Multiple languages and held by 329 libraries worldwide Features teenage Niki and her muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes emphasize animals, sentence structure for questions and answers, and useful everyday vocabulary. Uses both live action and animation.
Toys, games & sports 2
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4 editions published in 2003 in Multiple languages and English and held by 316 libraries worldwide Features teenage girl Niki and her energetic muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes use humor, physical action, and music to appeal to children while introducing sentence structure for questions and answers, and useful everyday vocabulary. Uses both live action and animation.
Friends 2
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3 editions published in 2003 in English and Multiple languages and held by 312 libraries worldwide Features teenage girl Niki and her energetic muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes use humor, physical action and music to appeal to children while introducing sentence structure for questions and answers, and useful everyday vocabulary. Uses both live action and animation.
Friends 3
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3 editions published in 2003 in Multiple languages and English and held by 310 libraries worldwide Features teenage girl Niki and her energetic muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes use humor, physical action and music to appeal to children while introducing sentence structure for questions and answers, and useful everyday vocabulary. Uses both live action and animation.
Food & eating 1
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2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 290 libraries worldwide Features teenage Niki and her muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes emphasize food and drink, numbers, and phrases for feelings. Uses both live action and animation.
Tar beach
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3 editions published between 1992 and 2007 in English and held by 282 libraries worldwide Host LeVar Burton introduces the book "Tar beach" by Faith Ringgold about a young girl's dream of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Also includes discussions about other activities on the rooftops of New York City, a suspension bridge in the city, and booktalks about "I'm flying" by Alan Wade, "To sleep" by James Sage, and "On Grandma's roof" by Erica Silverman.
Food & eating 2
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2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 249 libraries worldwide Features teenage Niki and her muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes emphasize food and drink, numbers, and phrases for feelings. Uses both live action and animation.
Mrs. Katz and Tush
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4 editions published between 1993 and 2007 in English and held by 240 libraries worldwide A discussion of relationships that transcend age and cultural differences leads to the reading of "Mrs. Katz and Tush" by Patricia Polacco. LeVar's relationship with his "bubbie" shows another example.
Amazing Grace
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1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 224 libraries worldwide A reading of the book, "Amazing Grace" by Mary Hoffman leads into a discussion of stereotyping. LeVar interviews Whoppi Goldberg, where the topic of pursuing your own dreams is discussed.
My shadow
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2 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 99 libraries worldwide Host LeVar Burton introduces the book My shadow, by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Ted Rand, which is an illustrated version of the poem in which a child describes her relationship with her shadow. Also discussed are light and shadow, shadow plays, and shadows in photography. Reviewed books are "Shadows and reflections" by Tana Hoban, "I have a friend" by Keiko Narahashi, and "Shadowgraphs anyone can make" by Phila H. Webb and Jane Corby.
Brush
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3 editions published between 1988 and 2004 in English and held by 88 libraries worldwide In the story "Brush" a little boy adopts a large brush to replace his banished dog, the brush surprises him by coming to life and actually behaving like a dog. Viewers see animators at work and visit the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade warehouse. Review books are "Egg-carton zoo" by Rudi Hass and Hans Blohm, "What the mailman brought" by Carolyn Craven, and "Jumanji" by Chris Van Allsburg.
Someplace else
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2 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 73 libraries worldwide In Someplace else, Mrs. Tilby sets off to explore life in other places, from the hustle of the big city to the quiet of a lakeside cabin. LeVar then shares his love of traveling as he takes viewers from one end of the country to the other.
Family & home 1
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 66 libraries worldwide Features teenage Niki and her muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes emphasize conventional conversational phrases. Uses both live action and animation.
Weather, seasons & time 1
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1 edition published in 2003 in Multiple languages and held by 57 libraries worldwide Features teenage girl Niki and her energetic muppet pal Tingo in simple stories which teach basic English expressions, vocabulary, and sentence structures. These two episodes use humor, physical action and music to appeal to children while introducing sentence structure for questions and answers, and useful everyday vocabulary. Uses both live action and animation.
Humphrey the lost whale a true story
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2 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 47 libraries worldwide The feature book, written by Wendy Tokuda and Richard Hall, and illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama, is based on the journey of a California humpback whale. It follows the amazing journey of "wrong-way" Humphrey as he finds his way back to the sea with the help of some friends. Read by Jane Pauley, the story moves Le Var to spend a day at sea where he uncovers some of the mysteries of the majestic whale. Naturalist Cindy Belt takes us whale watching as she tells us about whale behavior. Then, Greg Early, rescue lead, tells about 3 young pilot whales that were beached and eventually rescued. Includes film clips of the real Humphrey the lost whale, who swam up the Sacramento river in California, and film clips of whales and the sounds they make.
Fly away home
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1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 32 libraries worldwide Presentation of the book Fly away home by Eve Bunting. Touching story of a homeless young boy and his father. LeVar Burton talks with homeless children and their families, and highlights young people who are working to make a difference in the fight against homelessness. more
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