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McGee and Me! deals with issues such as honesty ("The Big Lie"), bullying ("Skate Expectations"), and faith in God ("Twister and Shout"). Premise His father, David, is a newspaper journalist while his mother, Elizabeth, works at a counseling center.
The series centered on two best friends: 10-year-old Annie Redfeather, who is Native American, and 11-year-old Zach Nichols, who is white. In each episode of the series, one of them commits an act contrary to that day's chosen virtue (loyalty, compassion, courage, moderation, honesty, etc.) and suffers pain as a result (be it physical or moral).
A spin-off from 1993's The Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Virtues collects 31 passages previously featured in the original. [3] Selections from Aesop's Fables, [3] Robert Frost, [3] Frank Crane, [4] and African and Native American folklore [3] are represented in this volume; the legend of George Washington's cherry tree (as related to Mason Locke Weems) [5] makes an encore appearance. [6]
In the story, Mr. Nezzer is the owner of a toy company who, via television commercial, is spreading the word of his newest toyline, "Buzz-Saw Louie", with a working buzz saw built into his right arm and a trigger in his nose that makes him tell kids to get more toys (though due to the collapse of a bridge, delivery isn't available in Puggslyville).
The Cokeville Miracle is a 2015 drama film written & directed by T. C. Christensen [2] and starring Jasen Wade, Sarah Kent and Kimball Stinger. The film was based on the 1986 Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis [3] and the book The Cokeville Miracle: When Angels Intervene by Hartt Wixom and Judene Wixom.
It has been republished several times in the United States and is increasingly read in middle schools throughout the country. The Road from Home has received numerous awards and recognitions including: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (1979) [14] Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1979) [4] National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist (1980 ...
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is an animated direct-to-video film series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that tells of three young adventurers who travel back in time to watch biblical events take place. [1] Thirteen videos were released between 1985 and 1992.
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is a 2016 American live-action/animated family comedy film directed by Steve Carr and written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer and Kara Holden, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts.