Arcadia Public Library

Tells the story of the bear who wants to give the moon a birthday present. He travels to the top of a mountain where he believes his echoing voice to be the moon answering his questions. Animated.

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin: A lone trombone playing solo is joined by a trumpet in a duet until a French horn makes it a trio, and so on, as ten instruments, one by one, gather together for a joyous musical performance. Musical Max: When the neighbors start complaining, Max a hippo, stops practicing his trombone, bass, xylophone, flute, harmonica, cymbals and synthesizer, until everyone starts to miss the noise. Patrick: The countryside comes alive with...

Describes the silent wonder of a city snow and little Peter's delight as he slides down snowy mountains, makes snow angels and snowballs, and looks forward to going outside again.

A little boy is surprised and pleased when one of the dinosaurs from the museum agrees to play with him.

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.

On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.

Roy Clark reads the featured book Barn dance about a magical time when animals hold a hoedown in the barn. Host LeVar Burton goes to an old-fashioned barn dance, learns how a fiddle is made and learns something about clogging. The reviewed books are The old banjo by Dennis Haseley, I like the music by Leah Komaiko, and Half a moon and one whole star by Crescent Dragonwagon.

Includes the classic children's story that teaches youngsters to count and features four other stories by Eric Carle.

In this classic children's story of triumph over adversity, a girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, still manages to meet her prince with the help of a fairy godmother, and a little glass slipper.