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2) Loggerheads
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According to myth, they ruled the sea a thousand years ago: daring seafarers, bloodthirsty savages, pillagers, and mighty men of courage and passion. Bjorn and Gissur are two vain and cunning Vikings who battle for supremacy as chief of the village of Loggerheads, home to a truly breathtaking collection of misfits. This fast-moving and funny animated series follow their fights and feuds, business and love affairs, struggles between opposite sexes,...
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A young girl learns she may have to sell her beloved pet pig, Elvis, to a local farmer to save the family farm. Unbeknownst to her, the pig is in real danger, the farmer is planning a pig roast and not a forever home. The whole family bands together to save Elvis, uniting to reclaim their farm, proving that love is worth more than money.
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Chicken run: They are prisoners fearing for their very lives and dreaming only of escape. They're the inmates of Tweedy's Chicken Farm where any chicken who doesn't put breakfast on the table can wind up as dinner, but Ginger and her flock are determined to escape.
Flushed away: The story of Roddy, an upper-crust 'society mouse' who is rather rudely evicted from his Kensington flat when he is flushed down into Ratropolis, the bustling sewer world...
8) Wind dancer
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When a riding accident leaves a young girl unable to walk, her widowed father seeks help from a renowned and beautiful therapist who used animals to help people. But the girl must first learn to trust the doctor and so must her father.
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When shy, artistic Anna moves to the seaside to live with her aunt and uncle, she stumbles upon an old mansion surrounded by marshes, and the mysterious young girl, Marnie, who lives there. The two girls instantly form a unique connection and friendship that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality. As the days go by, a nearly magnetic pull draws Anna back to the Marsh house again and again, and she begins to piece together the truth surrounding...
10) Bright star
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In this heartbreakingly beautiful story, a gentle but empowering voice encourages a fawn to face her fears when she comes across an obstacle blocking her path.
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An American family moves to England, to the infamous Canterville Chase, the ancestral home that2s been haunted for 300 years by the ghost, of Sir Simon de Canterville. When Sir Simon and the family2s teenage daughter Virginia start plotting together to get her family back to New York, she discovers that Sir Simon has been cursed to be bound to the estate. After she uncovers the beautiful and tragic love story of Sir Simon2s beloved wife, Virginia...
17) Hair story
Description
With rhythmic, rhyming verse, this story follows two girls, one non-Black Puerto Rican, one Black, as they discover the stories their hair can tell.
Description
What happens when a child outgrows his trusty Imaginary Friend, the pal that stuck with him through all of the highs and lows of growing up? Well, these creations pack up and head for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends! Foster's is a one-of-a-kind Victorian mansion filled with hundreds of unique characters from all over the world, thought up by completely different children for completely different reasons. These creatures all live together in this...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1201
Formats
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A classic tale is reborn through the inspired imagination of cinematic dream-weaver Guillermo del Toro, directing alongside Mark Gustafson. Realized through boundary-pushing, breathtakingly intricate stop-motion animation, this dark rendering of the fable of the puppet boy and his maker, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, daringly transfers the story to Fascist Italy, where the irrepressible Pinocchio gradually learns what it means...
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