1. My America 2. The Three Billy Goats Gruff 3. KittyKam 36 4. Satchel Paige: Don't Look Back 5. How to Live Forever
3rd Sat at 4:30 PM : BCAT 35/68 4:30 PM Sat, Oct 20 BCAT http://www.bcat.tv ch 2
BrooklynBlowback is a cable access TV show for children & YA of all ages produced live-to-tape in a ministudio in Brooklyn, NY. We narrate picture books, songs, fairy tales, biographies, and add music, puppets, pictures and a surveillance KittyKam mini-episode. We've reached more than 500,000 homes every month since August 2002! New episodes air on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 4:30 PM on BCAT Ch. 35/68 & streams on http://www.bcat.tv Ch 2. The world in a snowball. We Get Naked with the Truth.
An abandoned Fireboat was a hero during the rescue mission from 9/11. Beautifully illustrated and imaginative true story by Maira Kalman. CHeck Out Maira's NYTimes blog at http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com
4. Satchel Paige: Don't Look Back by David A. Adler. Summary: Satchel Paige could throw a baseball like no one else. But when he began his career in the 1920s, even the best African American players were kept out of the major leagues. Paige rose to stardom in the Negro Baseball Leagues--and he waited for his chance to play in the "big show." Finally, at an age when most players retire, Paige proved that staying in the game pays off.. [1. Sex role-Fiction. 2. Baseball-Fiction. 3. Grandmothers-Fiction. 4. African Americans-Fiction.]
3. KittyKam 35:
1. My America by Jan Spivey Gilchrist and Ashley Bryan Summary: In this stunning tribute to our country, Coretta Scott King Award winners Ashley Bryan and Jan Spivey Gilchrist remind us that America's strength and beauty come from the diversity of its people, wildlife, and landscape. [1. Polar bears-Fiction. 2. Bear's-Fiction. 3. Social skills-Fiction.
4. Zoos-FIction. 5. Humorous stories]
Brooklyn Blowback Credits:
Executive Producer/Narrator: David Kay
Music Director/Musician: Tom Siler (aka Mr. Yesterday)
2. The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone. Summary: The three goat brothers brave the terrible troll in a colorful version of the classic tale. "The large, lively, double-page spreads are sure to win a responsive audience at story hour." 1. Nursery rhymes. [1. Children's poetry. 2. Nursery rhymes.]
How to Live Forever by Colin Thompson. Readers of his new picture book are plunged into a realm of boundless imagination, a library where, after hours, the shelves come to life. Rows of books become rows of townhouses with cozily lit windows, and walkways through the stacks become canals full of bustling traffic. The story centers on Peter, whose home is a cookbook, and who is searching high and low for a missing tome entitled "How to Live Forever." He eventually finds it, of course, but after considering the advice of an odd creature called the Ancient Child,
