1. Liberty Street 2. Martin's Big Words 3. KittyKam 39
4. HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX
5. MARC CHAGALL: Dreamer
from the Village
3rd Sat at 4:30 PM : BCAT 35/68 4:30 PM Sat, March 15 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
3. KittyKam 39:
1. LIBERTY STREET by Candice Ransom; Ills by Eric Velasquez. Summary: Young Keziah is a slave, living in 19th-century Fredericksburg, VA, until her mother helps her escape. [1. Slavery--Fiction. 2. African Americans--Fiction. 3. Underground railroad--Fiction. 4. Fredericksburg (Va.)--History--19th century--Fiction.]
Brooklyn Blowback Credits:
Executive Producer/Narrator: David Kay
Music Director/Musician: Tom Siler (aka Mr. Yesterday)
4. HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine; Ills by Kadir Nelson . Summary: A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
[1. Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816--Fiction. 2. Slavery--Fiction. 3. African Americans--Fiction. 4. Underground railroad--Fiction.]
2. MARTIN'S BIG WORDS: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport; Ills by Bryan Collier. Summary: Picture book illustrating the significance of profound words heard and used by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [1. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. 2. Civil rights workers. 3. Clergy. 4. Afro-Americans--Biography.]
5. DREAMER FROM THE VILLAGE: The True Story of Marc Chagall by Emily Lisker; Ills by Michelle Markel .
Summary: Chronicles the life of Marc Chagall, a celebrated 20th century who was born in a village in Russia. [1. Chagall, Marc, 1887- 2. Artists.]
6. GORDON PARKS: No Excuses by Ann Parr; Photographs by Gordon Parks .
Summary: Chronicles the life of Gordon Parks, a celebrated 20th century African American photographer, novelist, director, screenwriter and music composer who learned from his mother he could do anything-- no excuses. [1. Parks, Gordon, , 1912- 2. African American photographers-- Biography--Juvenile literature. 3. Photographers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.]
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