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Series
Animated hero classics volume 1
Publisher
Family Entertainment Network
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Animated depiction of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus.
5) Pocahontas
Series
Publisher
Living History Productions
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
If it hadn't been for the courage of a young Native American woman named Pocahontas, the English settlers at Jamestown in the early seventeenth century would have died from starvation and exposure. Her brave intervention both saved the settlers' lives and brought peace between two very different peoples.
7) Beethoven
Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Animated biography of Beethoven.
Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Formats
Description
While the whole world sailed east on the path to find China, Colmbus believed it could be reached in two weeks...by sailing west! Finally, after securing the support of Queen Isabella of Spain, Columbus set sail. After three weeks of sailing and no sight of land, his crew threatened mutiny. At the moment when all seemed lost and Columbus considered turning back, land was discovered. Columbus realized his dream and America was discovered.
11) Galileo
Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Animated biography of Galileo.
13) Harriet Tubman
Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Animated biography of Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people, who helped more than 300 slaves escape to freedom in the North.
14) Helen Keller
Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Animated biography of Helen Keller, the blind and deaf woman who with the help of teacher Anne Sullivan overcomes her obstacles and ends her isolation in a dark and silent world.
15) Joan of Arc
Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Joan of Arc who leads the battle to protect the French city of Orleans from the English invaders and is later kidnapped and burned at the stake by the English.
17) Louis Pasteur
Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Animated biography of Louis Pasteur.
Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Journey to Palestine of the second century B.C., where Antiochus, a Syrian-Greek king, rules over the people of Israel, confronting them with a trying test of their faith. They must bow down and accept the Greek gods or die! Some submit but not the Maccabees, a small group true to the faith of their fathers. The spirit and determination of the Maccabees lives today in the celebration of Hanukkah, the Feast of Lights.
19) Marco Polo
Series
Publisher
Nest Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An animated biography of Marco Polo. Shows a life of this Venetian explorer focusing on the highlights of his travels to India, China and other many exotic lands in the thirteenth-century.
20) Marie Curie
Series
Publisher
Nest Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005.+]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The animated story of Marie Curie, the Polish-born scientist. Her shared research with her husband Pierre gave the world the theory of radioactivity, the discovery of plutonium, and the isolation of radium. She was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes.