TED-Ed
Where Do New Words Come From?
Gadzooks! Where do new words come from? Who decides what a word means? What about memes? Young etymologists will be fascinated by a short video all about words, words, words.
Curated Video
Anansi and the Pot of Beans
Why don't spiders have hair? Anansi and the Pot of Beans tells the story of Anansi visiting his grandmother and her irresistible pot of beans that Anansi can't help but taste. FInd out what happens next!
DJC Kids
Traditional ABC Song with a Twist
Think Dr. Seuss meets Sandra Boynton! Learn your ABCs but watch out for those sneaky numbers!
Little Baby Bum
Solomon Grundy Song: Days of The Week
Solomon Grundy is friendly mouse going about his week in a music video that details his daily activities from Monday to Sunday.
Little Baby Bum
ABC Song: Alphabet Party!
Come join the party! Watch and sing along to a music video featuring a host of friendly characters that carry letter balloons and float to a party in the clouds while the alphabet song is sung.
The School of Life
James Joyce
James Joyce was not the first writer to use stream of consciousness, but the sensory experience in such novels as Ulysses and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was revolutionary in the literary world. Learn more...
The School of Life
Charles Dickens
How much do you know about the life of Charles Dickens? A thorough video discusses the author's professional successes and private failures with engaging animation and informative narration.
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Marcel Proust
What is the meaning and purpose of life? Find out in a short video that summarizes the key ideas in Marcel Proust's A la recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time), that at two million words, just happens to be the longest...
The School of Life
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Iiyich. Ah, the novels of Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, aka Leo Tolstoy. Introduce the writings of this famous social reformer with a video that details his life and major works.
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Gustave Flaubert
How is it possible that an author can create sympathy in the minds of readers for characters who behave in ways that we disdain? Gustave Flaubert was able to accomplish such a goal with Madame Bovary. Introduce readers to this...
Little Baby Bum
Numbers Song: Counting Five Little Ducks
Reinforce counting skills with a music video featuring the song, Counting Five Little Ducks. Five ducklings swim in their pond, hiding and seeking, as they count to five.
Little Baby Bum
Numbers Song—Number 2
Number 2 is star of a music video featuring a friendly duo that points out pairs of objects—gloves, ears, shoes, and more!
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
While Fyodor Dostoyevsky experienced more difficulty and suffering than he did happiness, his point of view reveals aspects of humanity that are essential to the way we relate to each other now. A thorough and rich video...
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen wrote about strong women, social boundaries, and relationship dynamics in the early 19th century to educate her readers about the state of humanity. Learn more about the themes woven throughout her works,...
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Voltaire
Fascinated with the concept of good and evil, Voltaire formed his main character from the eponymous Candide, the most widely read text of the European Enlightenment. Learn more about Voltaire's life, beliefs, writing, and influence...
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Goethe
No need to bargain with learners to investigate the life and works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe! Young philosophers view a short video that introduces them to his fascinating life and works.
ABCmouse
Sing the Alphabet
A is for apple, B is for ball! Sing along as two small children sing the alphabet song in an engaging music video created to reinforce reading foundational skills.
ABCmouse
The Backwards Alphabet Song
Enthusiastic cartoon characters sing the alphabet backwards as letters dance across the screen.
ABCmouse
A Week Is Seven Days
Tap your toes to a jazzy tune featuring the seven days of the week. Captivating graphics make up a music video that sings about the fun activities awaiting each day of the week.
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Virginia Woolf
Libraries may have been locked to women for centuries, but writers like Virginia Woolf were instrumental in opening the doors for other female authors. Learn more about Woolf's place in the modernist age and her voice in the literary...
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Franz Kafka
Feeling powerless in front of authority, feeling out of control, feeling bullied? Feeling Kafkaesque? A short video about Franz Kafka gives viewers insight into the family forces that shaped the life of this famous author.
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George Orwell
Ordinary people, ordinary jobs, ordinary life. According to George Orwell it's the ordinary that should be the focus of literature. Introduce readers to this extraordinary writer with a short video that details how his life experiences...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pantheist, romanticist, transciendentalist. Introduce young philosophers to the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson with a video that details his life, his ideas, and his essays.
ABCmouse
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Sing along to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star with a music video featuring two children on a camping trip and the friendly animals that enjoy watching the night sky.