McKinney Library Kid's Catalog

Four animated cartoons and two live action segments.

Join world renowned artist and stage performer Oistein Kristiansen as he introduces the various approaches to creative drawing. Imaginative, fun and educational, The Orange Halves It will help develop the imagination and creative thinking of children and adults through drawing. Simple and quick, this program is characterized with fun shapes, bright colors and high energy.

An animated education series for 9-10 year olds. Matt Matics enlists the mathematical skills of young special agents to thwart the dastardly plots of arch enemy Dr Strangeglove. Now the highly sucessfully 10 minute quiz format that pupils have been listening to on school radio tape comes to TV! Providing lively and interesting problem solving contexts, the programs situate maths clearly in the real world. Children's confidence and enjoyment will grow...

An Egyptian crocodile who catches the fancy of the esteemed Emperor Napoleon becomes an instant celebrity in a fancy fountain in Paris. But when someone in the kitchen starts singing the praises of crocodile pie, the resourceful and very hungry reptile escapes by sewer. Narrated by Tim Curry. AudioFile: "Tim Curry's narration is exemplary - a glorious example of the perfect melding of all parts of an audio recording. The musical background is...

Today Opera Easy zeroes in on one of the most fascinating and intriguing operas in all of operatic history," says host Natalie Choquette. "The composer of today's featured work was born in Germany in 1819 but became a naturalized Frenchman. He was called the King of the Operetta, having written over 90 popular and hilarious operettas for the Parisian stage during the Second Republic. Yet Jacques Offenbach's dream was to write an opera. When the opera...

Bear buys a neat detective kit. Franklin, hoping to earn enough money to buy one like it, decides to strike a bargain with Dad to get it by doing an extra chore. Franklin finds it difficult to keep his end of the bargain once he has the coveted toy.

Journey to the supermarket on a counting adventure from 1 to 20! Count the number of oranges, pineapples, steaks and much more that you put into your shopping cart. This program teaches the important concept that numbers can be used to count and sort objects by grouping them and what better place to do that than at the supermarket. Light-hearted, kid-friendly illustrations bring grocery items to life which makes counting them all the more fun....

Caillou and his friends have a lot of fun participating in sports together! With patience and practice, Caillou becomes more confident as he gets better and stronger. When Caillou realizes that winning isn't the most important part of playing the game, he develops a healthy love of sports.

After being told he could not play in any Reindeer Games due to his glowing nose, Rudolph sets out on a fantastic journey where he meets Hermey the elf, prospector Yukon Cornelius and a host of Misfit Toys, all while trying to hide from the Abominable Snow Monster. It's a race against time as his family and Clarice try to find him during a big snowstorm that threatens to cancel Christmas.

Five high-spirited young friends rely on their vivid imaginations to embark on amazing adventures. Robin Hood the clean (Pablo) sets out to free the villagers of Filthingham from the rule of Mayor Austin Stinkypants. Musketeers Pablo and Tyrone escape the clutches of the Empress and receive help from a stranger who also wants to be a musketeer. Librarian Uniqua turns into the Masked Retriever to get back an overdue library book from Don Austin. Professors...