Susie Berneis

Innkeeper Judith is touched to hear that forty-something couple Rodney and Millie are in town to visit family. Rodney is especially eager to see his long-lost mother, who he insists is Judith. Judith is shocked to meet an alleged son she's sure she never had, and Rodney is seeking compensation for Judith's so-called abandonment of him.

While attending a birthday party for Grace, the retired founder of a major video game corporation who has turned her Lake Tahoe mansion into a giant fun house, San Francisco rare books and antiquities expert Brooklyn Wainwright tries to catch a killer.

This is Jane Goodall, the great observer of chimpanzees. Follow Jane from her childhood in London watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the African forests of Gombe, Tanzania, invited by brilliant scientist Louis Leakey to observe chimps, to her worldwide crusade to save these primates who are now in danger of extinction, and their habitat. Young animal lovers and Winter's many fans will welcome this fascinating and moving portrait of...

"All politicians adopt a public persona that they believe contributes to electoral success. Although those personas might reflect the character of the politician, they reveal only a part of the man: we know far less about the characteristics politicians reveal when they are out of the public eye, and Winston Churchill is no exception. Although much has been written about Churchill and the important world leaders, politicians, and high-ranking military...

One woman's brave actions set a milestone on the road toward ending slavery in the United States. Everybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But the founders weren't the only ones who believed that everyone had a right to freedom. Mumbet, a Massachusetts slave, believed it too. She longed to be free, but how? Would anyone help her in her fight for freedom? Could she win against her owner, the richest man...

Evy is so focused on watching her garden grow that she misses all the silliness going on around her - pigs DANCING, donkeys FLYING, and sheep HAVING A PICNIC. But after Evy's spent all year taking care of her garden, everyone's invited to pumpkin time!

"Poor Groundhog just can't sleep. He tosses. He turns. Finally, he gets out of bed and goes exploring. Outside his burrow he finds amazing sights he has never seen before: glowing jack-o'-lanterns, gobbling turkeys, and sparkling holiday lights. But shouldn't Groundhog be in bed? With no sleep how will he be able to get up for his big day?"--Container.

A crucial lesson is delivered in this gentle tale about the importance of not letting strangers into the school, even if that stranger is just a furry puppy!

In 1938 Berlin, Germany, a cat sees Rosenstrasse change from a peaceful neighborhood of Jews and Gentiles to an unfriendly place where, one November night, men in brown shirts destroy Jewish-owned businesses and arrest or kill Jewish people.

Introducing young viewers to the four March sisters and their adventures, this video contains engaging illustrations that revisit the era and expand the story.