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Joey Runs Away

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JOEY RUNS AWAY is the story of a little kangaroo who lives in his mother’s pouch. The pouch is referred to as "Joey’s room," furnished and filled with all of Joey’s belongings.

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Primary
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00:08
Joey Runs Away

Officer Buckle and Gloria

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Officer Buckle travels from school to school, giving children tips and advice on how to keep safe. The trouble with Officer Buckle’s speeches is that they are just too boring!

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Primary
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00:12
Officer Buckle and Gloria

Nouns (2003, 2004)

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'People, places and things' emerge as our young editors' theme for the next issue of their literary magazine, launching them on a mission to identify and learn all about nouns. In Nouns, young viewers will enjoy following along with the Wordswork team as they discover that nouns can be common or proper, singular or plural.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Nouns

Verbs (2003, 2004)

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The Wordswork staff decides on an action theme as they prepare the latest issue of their literary magazine, and that can mean only one special group of words: verbs.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Verbs

Sentences (2003, 2004)

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The Wordswork staff is on a quest to fill their magazine with those groups of words we all know and love: sentences. Their job sounds simple enough, but little do they know that a sentence isn't just any old group of words. To be considered a sentence, those words must convey a complete thought and contain both a subject and a predicate.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Sentences

Punctuation (2003, 2004)

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The Wordswork staff is on a mission to tackle those tiny symbols that help make our writing more clear: punctuation! The team digs through the writing samples submitted to their literary magazine to uncover the rules of punctuation.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Punctuation

Descriptive Words & Phrases (2003, 2004)

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Choosing stories for the next issue of their magazine, the Wordswork staff decides to focus on words that tell us more about other words.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Descriptive Words & Phrases

Creating a Tall Tale (2006)

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What are the ingredients of a tall tale? Like any story, a tall tale includes characters, a setting, a problem and a solution. But in a tall tale, ordinary characters -- whether fictional or based on real people or occupations -- may face extraordinary challenges and prevail with outlandish solutions, or may conquer ordinary problems in inventive ways.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Creating a Tall Tale

Pecos Bill (2006)

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Meet Pecos Bill. Raised by coyotes in dusty Texas, he grew up to be the roughest, toughest cowboy who ever lived. Whether riding a tornado, inventing the original cowboy song or conquering a gang of outlaw cowboys, Pecos Bill is a man of many talents.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Pecos Bill

Johnny Appleseed (2006)

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Meet John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Living in harmony with nature, he fulfills his dream of traveling west to plant apple orchards across the frontier to aid pioneers on their arduous journeys.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Johnny Appleseed

Davy Crockett (2006)

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Meet Davy Crockett -- a legendary hunter, politician and avid storyteller who tames the wild frontier with sharpshooting, cleverness and plenty of humor. Battling bears and panthers, dislodging the sun from between two icebergs and whipping a destructive comet back into space are all in a day's work for Davy.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Davy Crockett

Regional Tall Tales (2006)

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From sea to shining sea, the United States is a country full of tall tales! Take the story of Mike Fink and Annie Christmas, legendary keel boat captains who battle with strength and skill on the waters of the mighty Mississippi River.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Regional Tall Tales

Annie Oakley (2006)

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Meet Phoebe Ann Moses, better known as Annie Oakley. In the world of champion shooters, nobody stands taller. Born into poverty, things change for Annie and her family when she discovers her unique talent for sharpshooting.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Annie Oakley

Mose Humphreys (2006)

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Meet Mose Humphreys, the toughest firefighter in the nation's toughest neighborhood -- the Bowery in New York City. As a boy, Mose's great size, speed and strength makes him one of the best fire company runners of all time, but he longs for the day when he can become a full-fledged firefighter.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Mose Humphreys

Old Stormalong (2006)

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Meet Alfred Bulltop Stormalong, better known as Old Stomalong. Born in the briny waters of Cape Cod, he is a sea dog at heart. His enormous size and stature isolates and saddens Stormy, but doesn't stop him from proving himself as a first-rate shipboard lookout and navigator.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Old Stormalong

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