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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
A historical novel, based on a real-life event, follows the lives of two characters, a newly orphaned girl in 1629 who was shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia, and a lonely boy in 1989 who, over three hundred years later, arrives on the same island, discovering the story of an infamous shipwreck.
Description
When Saoirse and Ben's mother mysteriously disappears into the ocean, the two children go on an epic journey to find out the truth about her, and in the process, discover mystical secrets about both their mother and Saoirse herself. The film takes inspiration from the mythological Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land.
8) Aladdin
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Formats
Description
Climb aboard for a magical carpet ride with nonstop laughs, action-packed adventure and Academy Award(R)-winning music that will make your heart soar (1992: Best Music, Original Song, "A Whole New World," Original Score). Now for the first time ever, a whole new world of Disney's ALADDIN is revealed in a whole new way on Blu-ray and Digital HD -- with never-before-seen bonus! With the help of a hysterically funny, shape-shifting, 10,000-year-old Genie,...
10) Puss in boots
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
A dying mill owner divides his meager wealth between his sons, leaving only his beloved cat, Puss, to his youngest son, Corin. Initially disappointed with his four-legged bounty, Corin soon discovers that Puss is no average kitty.
Description
Present day Scotland. A tale is told to a couple of American tourists by a kindly gentleman in a pub. Angus is a lonely boy who pines for his father, who is serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his sister and mother, live on an estate that has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. The troop's commander has an eye for mom, is suspicious about a mysterious handyman, Lewis, who is also a war...
Description
Rapunzel had the most beautiful, radiant hair the world had ever seen. But Rapunzel's life was far from wonderful. She lived as a servant of Gothel, a jealous, scheming witch who kept her hidden deep in a forbidding forest, guarded by the enormous dragon Hugo and surrounded by an enchanted glass wall. Rapunzel's discovery of a magic paintbrush leads her on a journey that will unravel a web of deception, and bring peace to two feuding kingdoms.
13) Urban legend
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
When New England college student Natalie finds herself at the center of a series of sadistic murders seemingly inspired by urban legends, she resolves to find the truth about Pendleton's own legend--a twenty-five-year-old story of a student massacre at the hands of an abnormal Psych professor.
15) Candyman
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Oscar winner Jordan Peele and filmmaker Nia DaCosta unleash a fresh take on the blood-chilling urban legend: Candyman. For decades, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural, hook handed killer. In present day, an artist (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) begins to explore the macabre history of Candyman, not knowing it would unravel his sanity and unleash a terrifying wave of violence that puts him...
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
"Charlie needs a cloak" when Charlie's old cloak becomes torn and tattered, he spins a new one, showing how cloth is made from wool. "Strega Nona" Big Anthony finds himself knee deep in trouble - and pasta - when he uses Strega Nona's magic pasta pot without her permission. "Clown of God" Giovanni, a once famous juggler now old and penniless, gives one last, unforgettable performance on Christmas Eve.
Pub. Date
p2006 2003
Description
Does the Holy Grail really exist ? Could it have survived for so long ? There are five chalices spread across the globe which claim to be the one, true Grail, but are they ? Documentarian Bruce Burgess follows the clues of this story, one of the history's great mysteries.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Five beautifully adapted stories that encourage a love for reading for the pre- or early reader. In the beloved classic The Napping House, Granny and all the critters in her house pile on her bed for a nap ... until a little flea causes a big stir. Somebody's got an itch! Other stories include Each Peach Pear Plum; Drummer Hoff; Bear Snores On; Wild About Books.
19) After midnight
Pub. Date
[2005], c1989
Description
According to Professor Edward Derek, the only way to truly understand the psychology of fear is to be afraid...very afraid! So he invites his class home for a night of three spine-chilling stories: First, a married couple loses their heads in a haunted house; next, ravenous guard dogs prowl for cute coeds; and, finally, a psychopathic killer stalks a terrified telephone operator. But as the frightened freshman get a hands-on lesson in real fear, the...
20) Candyman
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A graduate student researching modern folklore discovers the spirit of a bitter slave.
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