Distributor:New Dimension Media, Inc.Age Level:7 and older Inspired by the traditional folktale, “The Magic Seed,” a young boy wants desperately to be worthy of a dying storyteller's legacy. Live…
From Australia to South Korea
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People have lived in the world for millions of years. Today, 6.3 billion people live on the earth.The world's population grows by 100 million each year. Some 950 million people in the world are…
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(Encyclopedia) Frankfurter, Felix, 1882–1965, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939–62), b. Vienna, Austria. He emigrated to the United States as a boy and later received…
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Sherwood, 1876–1941, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Camden, Ohio. After serving briefly in the Spanish-American War, he became a successful advertising man and…
(Encyclopedia) Gates, Robert Michael, 1943–, American government official, U.S. secretary of defense (2006–11), b. Wichita, Kans. A circumspect and pragmatic career intelligence officer, he joined (…
(Encyclopedia) Mo Yan, 1955–, Chinese novelist, pen name of Guan Moye, b. Shandong prov. Mo is one of contemporary China's most prolific and popular writers. He left school in the fifth grade and did…
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