Fly away home [videorecording (DVD)] / produced by Lancit Media Productions, Ltd., a production of GPN/Nebraska ETV Network and WNED-TV Buffalo ; produced by Jill Gluckson ; written by Ronnie Krauss ; executive producers, Twila C. Liggett, Tony Buttino, LeVar Burton ; directed by Mark Mannucci.
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Publisher:
Distributed by GPN Educational Media,
Copyright Date:
2003
Description:
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Based on the book: Fly away home / by Eve Bunting ; illustrations by Ronald Himler : New York : Clarion Books, c1991. Includes short reviews by children of the following books: Home: a collaboration of authors & illustrators to aid the homeless by Michael J. Rosen ; The homeless hibernating bear by Kids Livin Life ; Uncle Willie and the soup kitchen by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan. Hosted by LeVar Burton ; book read by Daniel Saltzman.
Contents:
Fly away home -- Views from the street -- Losing your home -- Community help -- Review books.
Summary:
Fly away home is a story of a homeless boy and his father who live in an airport. Other segments include: Views from the street: which features homeless children ; Losing your home: children left homeless from a fire express their feeling about homelessness ; Community help: describes the work of an organization called Common Sense, whose members collect pennies and use them to buy items for homeless shelters. Also features a teenager describing why he volunteers at a food distribution organizaton called City Harvest.
Series:
Reading rainbow ; 116
OCLC:
(OCoLC)54104298
Locations:
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
FOPB224 -- McGregor Public Library (McGregor) — DVD #471
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.