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Bedtime Books
How To Bring a Book to Life- Spring/Summer 2025
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
How To Bring a Book to Life- Spring/Summer 2025
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air. Includes a retrospective on the careers of Brown and Hurd as well as details of the publication and success of Goodnight moon.
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1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln’s war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Episode Two begins with the political infighting that threatened to swamp Lincoln’s administration and then follows Union General George McClellan’s ill-fated campaign on the Virginia Peninsula, where his huge army meets a smaller but infinitely more resourceful Confederate force. During this episode we witness...
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Peter Sellers returns as the hapless Inspector Clouseau in this hysterical comedy which introduces Herbert Lom as the long-suffering Dreyfus, and Burt Kwouk as Cato. Mistakenly assigned to a high-profile case, Clouseau finds himself falling for the prime suspect -- a beautiful maid named Maria (Elke Sommer), whose talent for being in the wrong place at the wrong time rivals Clouseau's. But as the body count grows higher, Clouseau must find the real...
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One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 80s, this uplifting love story garnered four **Oscar** nominations and a Best Actress **Oscar** for Marlee Matlin. Based on the hit Broadway play, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD tells the story of John Leeds (William Hurt), an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah (Marlee Matlin). At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their teacher/student relationship...
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This paperback edition, accompanied by the supplemental video content available on the Gallaudet University Press YouTube channel, presents the first empirical study that verifies Black ASL as a distinct variety of American Sign Language. This volume includes an updated foreword, a new preface that reflects on the impact of this research, and an extended list of references and resources on Black ASL.
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Since idioms and phrases are important parts of daily conversations among deaf/hard of hearing students, ASL teachers, parents, and professionals, it is normal to encounter difficulties interpreting and/or translating these expressions into ASL and English. This DVD series presents over 250 idioms and phrases in five volumes about all facets of everyday life using a format that allows the viewer to learn and use these expressions in complete English...
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Cranky Scrooge learns the error of his unkind ways and is taught the true meaning of the holidays when he is visited by the ghost of his late business partner and the spirits of Christmas past, present, and future. Alastair Sims's performance as the ultimate miser Ebenezer Scrooge has made this beloved 1951 version of Charles Dickens's story into one of the best-loved Christmas films of all time. This two DVD set includes the original 1935 B&W...
15) Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University: thirteen life-changing lessons. Lesson 6, buyer beware
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In Financial Peace University, Dave Ramsey attempts to bust the myths about debt and discusses how individuals can take control of their income. He also presents a complete unit on insurance, investments, retirement, and college planning. The project is formatted in two volumes.
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Includes Goodnight Moon, faithfully adapted from the original book, everyone says good night to the moon; A Creature Was Stirring (seen through the eyes of a child, a new adaptation of the classic Christmas poem); and Gladys Goes Out to Lunch (Gladys the gorilla smells something delicious and leaves the zoo to find out what it is)
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When deaf-mute John Singer moves to a sleepy Southern town to be near his hospitalized friend, a brain-damaged man-child, Singer's silent kindness draws to him others broken in body and spirit.
"John Singer, who is deaf . . . moves from a small town in order to be close to his institutionalized friend Antonapoulos, who is deaf and mentally impaired. Singer rents a room with a family whose father, Mr. Kelly, is unable to earn a living due to a serious...
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This DVD was designed to assist interpreters who are seeking to interpret effectively in educational settings. This DVD will enable interpreters to practice interpretation skills from "spoken English (teacher discourse to sign language (for students)" and from "sign language (student discourse) to spoken English." The DVD is an authentic resource that will complement the professional development plans for interpreters of all skill levels. DVDs contain...
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