Caldecott collection, Vol. II

Resource Information

The work Caldecott collection, Vol. II represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Caldecott collection, Vol. II

Title number

Vol. II

Statement of responsibility

Scholastic, Weston Woods presents

Title variation

• Caldecott collection
• Caldecott collection

Contributor

• Weston Woods Studios
• Astin, Sean
• Pryce, Jonathan
• Troost, Ernest V
• Wong, B. D
• Scholastic Inc

Subject

• Animated films
• Bentley, W. A., (Wilson Alwyn), 1865-1931
• Caldecott Medal
• Children's films
• Dinosaurs -- Models | History -- 19th century
• Grandfathers
• Homesickness -- Fiction
• Japan
• Japanese Americans
• Meteorologists -- Biography
• Modelmakers -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Nature photography
• Photographers -- Biography
• Snowflakes
• Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878
• United States -- Description and travel
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Voyages and travels

Genre

• Biography
• Children's films
• Fiction
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Animated films

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

• A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries
• The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like
• The story of Wilson Bentley, the first known photographer of snowflakes

Member of

• Weston Woods DVD library

Cataloging source

JAI

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music by Ernest Troost

Dewey number

398.2

Intended audience

• Ages: 5-10 (Grandfather's journey); 7-10 (The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins); 5-9 (Snowflake Bentley)
• K-5
• AD650L
• AD550L
• AD830L

Intended audience source

• Lexile (Grandfather's journey)
• Lexile (The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins)
• Lexile(Snowflake Bentley)

Language note

English dialogue; English subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PZ8.1

LC item number

.C35 2017

PerformerNote

Narrated by B.D. Wong (Grandfather's journey); Jonathan Pryce (The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins); Sean Astin (Snowflake Bentley)

Runtime

51

Series statement

Story collection DVD

Target audience

juvenile

Technique

animation