Jael

Describes the childhood of Chuck Ealey, who dreamed of becoming a football quarterback despite the prejudices he faced as an African American.

When the kind and imaginative seven-year-old Sara Crewe reaches Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies with her papa, she doesn't quite like it. "'I don't like it, papa," she said. "But then I dare say soldiers--even brave ones-- don't really like going into battle." The apple of her father's eye, Sara has all the privileges at the seminary and is treated with special care. Soon enough, she befriends her classmates and is nicknamed a 'princess',...

Takes a look at some of the remarkable creatures that inhabit the planet, including vampire bats, killer bees, the archer fish, and others, and recounts the stories of pets and other animals that seem to read minds or know what is about to happen.

As a young girl spends time at her grandmother's apartment, she is treated to traditional Jewish tales, including "Bavsi's Feast, " "The Golden Shoes, " "The Garden of Talking Flowers, " and "A Phantom at the Wedding."