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Reviewed on March 15, 2011
In this beautiful, heartrending, yet horrifying film, North Koreans tell their stories of imprisonment, sexual slavery, torture, murder, and escape to China or South Korea during the nearly 50-year regime of Kim Il Sung (1912–94). The interviews are illustrated through the interspersion of dance sequences, archi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2011 | Video/DVD
PreS-Gr 2—This collection of 14 appealing children's picture books is read aloud by a group of diverse youngsters ages five to eight. The backgrounds are colorful and well-chosen: a homey front porch, a decorative bedroom, a flowery back yard. Of the books featured, three readings are quite good: Bad Frogs by Thatcher Hurd, Quiet Bunny by Lisa McCue, and Miss Mary Mack by Mary Ann Hoberman. The sing-along duet of giggling girls on the well-known jump-rope rhyme, Miss Mary Mack, far surpasses in quality anything else on the DVD. Among the other books...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
