Literature
140 title(s) found.Adeena Karasick: Heart of a Poet, Season 2
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM46Performance artist, professor and Jewish cultural theorist, Adeena Karasick explores the ephemeral...
Aesop's Fables Series
Educational Voice 992000Aesop's Fables is a collection of tales by the Greek storyteller Aesop. Fables are a beautiful way...
Alexandre Dumas, le flamboyant (52 Minutes)
Illégitime Défense F269-011AAlexandre Dumas est l’un des écrivains les plus prolifiques de son temps, au sens romanesque...
Alexandre Dumas, le flamboyant (90 Minutes)
Illégitime Défense F269-011BAlexandre Dumas est l’un des écrivains les plus prolifiques de son temps, au sens romanesque...
Alexandre Dumas, The Flamboyant (52 Minute Version)
Illégitime Défense A269-011AAlexandre Dumas is one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century. With a great sense of...
Alexandre Dumas, The Flamboyant (90 Minute Version)
Illégitime Défense A269-011BAlexandre Dumas is one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century. With a great sense of...
Amaqqut Nunaat: The Country of Wolves
Taqqut Productions TPI000In this traditional Inuit story, two young brothers on a hunting trip for seal find themselves...
American Masters: Flannery
PBS Video 041966Explore the life and work of author Flannery O’Connor, whose distinctive Southern Gothic style...
American Masters: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
PBS Video 041860Distinctly referred to as "a redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture," icon Maya Angelou...
Andrea Thompson: Heart of a Poet, Season 1
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM23After finding her writer’s voice in Vancouver, Andrea Thompson takes her poetry to the streets of...
Anne Morrow Lindbergh: You'll Have the Sky
PBS Video 041883Anne Morrow Lindbergh: You'll Have The Sky brings one of the 20th century's best-loved writers out...
Anne Simpson: Heart of a Poet, Season 2
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM42Griffin Poetry Prize winner Anne Simpson shares her lyrical vision of the world as she delves into...
Badge of Courage: Tales from the Neverending Story Series, Ep. 9
MUSE Entertainment MUSE59Connor, a bully in Bastian's class challenges Bastian to a fight and bastian decides to accept the...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 1): Narrative, Plot, Tone, Mood...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0067Explore essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature. What is a...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 2): Point of View: Literature Kids...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0068Explore essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature. What is 1st, 2nd...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 3): Metaphor, Simile, Allusion...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0132Explore essential literary terms, such as metaphor, simile, allusion, personification and...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 4): Symbolism, Allegory...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0066Explore essential literary terms, such as symbolism, allegory, onomatopoeia, paradox and pun, while...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 5): Theme, Atmosphere, Foreshadowing...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0131Explore essential literary terms, such as theme, atmosphere, foreshadowing, diction and anaphora...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 6): Understanding Poetry - Rhythm...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0064Explore the history of poetry, its essential components, and its role in early...
Basic Literary Terms (Vol. 7): Understanding Poetry -...
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0065In this program, we continue exploring both the history and the essential components of poetry...
Ben Hur Series
MUSE Entertainment MUSE00A young Jewish prince, Ben Hur seeks revenge after an old friend wrongly imprisons him and his...
Ben Hur: Part 1
MUSE Entertainment MUSE01Lavish biblical adventure of betrayal and revenge. Two former friends are pitted against each other...
Between the Stones and the Ocean: A Portrait of Rudy Wiebe
Reel Girls Media REEL17Rudy Wiebe is one of Canada’s most cherished and acclaimed writers and renowned for giving a...
Bill Bissett: Heart of a Poet, Season 1
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM31One of the country's pre-eminent poets, two-time Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner and Milton...
Capturing Cooperman: A Not So Private Investigation of Howard...
Reel Girls Media REEL18Howard Engel is the creator of Canada’s most enduring crime fiction series and private eye, Benny...
Catherine Kidd: Heart of a Poet, Season 2
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM41Catherine Kidd takes us on a high-flying ride through her enigmatic imagination, in her...
Charles Dickens: Great Authors Series
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0034In this program, meet Charles Dickens. What were the significant events of Charles Dickens...
Christian Bök: Heart of a Poet, Season 1
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM22Griffin Prize winner and University of Calgary English Professor Christian Bök is the series...
Christopher Plummer: A Man for All Stages
GAPC Productions GAP018In a career that spans more than half a century, Christopher Plummer has played a thousand parts...
Chrystine Brouillet: L'auteure émerveillée
PVP Films F303-S01-06Figure dominante du milieu littéraire québécois, la romancière Chrystine Brouillet se passionne...
Daphne Marlatt: Heart of a Poet, Season 2
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM39Order of Canada recipient, university instructor and language-based poet Daphne Marlatt takes us on...
Deleting Mr. Blank: Tales from the Neverending Story Series, Ep...
MUSE Entertainment MUSE54After Bastian hands in a rough draft of his original report to prove to Mr. Blank he is not a...
Deus Ex Machina: Tales from the Neverending Story Series, Ep. 10
MUSE Entertainment MUSE60Bastian and Connor both are put on detention for a week because of their fight. During the week...
Do Unto Otters
Weston Woods WW832by Laurie Keller (Henry Holt) When the Otters move in next door to Mr. Rabbit, he does not know...
Dr. Seuss: Great Authors Series
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0035In this program, meet author Ted Geisel better known by his pen name "Dr. Seuss." What were the...
E.B. White: Great Authors Series
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0036In this program, meet E.B. White. What were the significant events of E.B. White's life? What...
Emperor's New Clothes
Weston Woods WW314by Hans Christian Andersen, retold & illus. by Nadine Westcott Even with his closets full of...
Expedition Greenland - Solveig’s Strength and Auðr’s...
MacLeod 9 Productions 300170GNThis story is inspired by Erik the Red’s and the Greenlanders Sagas, the Norse expansion west...
Famous Author Documentaries - Volume 1
Weston Woods WW660Includes the documentaries “Sendak” and “Getting to Know William Steig”.
Famous Author Documentaries - Volume II
Weston Woods WW826Collection includes ROBERT McCLOSKEY and MR. SHEPARD AND MR. MILNE. DVD features easy-to-use...
Finding Babel
Video Project, Inc. TVP020Finding Babel follows the grandson of famed Russian-Jewish author Isaac Babel as he searches for...
Four Women
Creatorland Inc. CLI000An elegantly-told story that follows the lives of Dawn, Jamie, Rehab and Shery, each one of them...
George Elliott Clarke: Heart of a Poet, Season 2
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM45Governor General’s Award winning poet, librettist, and Professor George Elliott Clarke chronicles...
Getting to Know Simms Taback
Weston Woods WW684The Caldecott-winning children's book creator shares stories about his work and life in this 2005...
Going Storytelling: Going Native Series, Season 1
Animiki See Distribution Inc. AS0675Author and playwriter Drew Hayden Taylor explores the role of indigenous storytelling in...
Great Authors Series
Wonderscape Entertainment WE0033This series introduces some of the world’s most renowned authors that are integral to school...
Heart of a Poet, Season 1
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM21Heart of a Poet is a documentary ‘television series in 13 verses’, with each episode profiling...
Heart of a Poet: Season 2
Makin Movies Inc. MJMM35Heart of a Poet is a documentary ‘television series in 12 verses’, with each episode profiling...
Heart of Stone: Tales from the NeverEnding Story Series, Ep.1
MUSE Entertainment MUSE51After Bastian's mother Laura is mortally injured in a car accident, Bastian finds a magical book...
Hemingway: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
PBS Video 041963Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's six-hour documentary series, HEMINGWAY, examines the visionary work and...