Cranston Public Library

"The Great Smoky Mountains National Park rests in the geographic province known as the Blue Ridge Mountains, named for their distinctive blue appearance when seen from a distance. The park covers over 500,000 acres of breath-taking beauty, filled with lush highland meadows, glorious waterfalls, pristine mountain streams, the highest mountain tops in the Appalachians and, to crown it all, it encompasses one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems...

Put on your dancing shoes! Dora and Boots need you to dance, spin, shake, wiggle, jump, and toe-tap along as they set off on an epic dance adventure!

Ride to the rescue and share a love of reading books along the way with Lady Knight Dora, in these two knightly adventures, featuring the legendary Don Quixote!

Ever since embarking on his first expedition to Mt. Ararat, Bob Cornuke, a biblical investigator and real life Indiana Jones, has had a passion shared by only a select group of explorers. In Search for Noah's Ark: The Lost Mountains of Noah, follow Cornuke as he brings this adventure to life and tries to be the one who makes the greatest archaeological discovery in human history -- finding the remains of Noah's ark. As part of the Bible Explorer Series,...

A collection of television programs aired on PBS covering the Battle of Gettysburg, a biography of John Brown, the history and ongoing recovery of the Monitor, the Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry and the post war era of reconstruction.

Explore the world famous Carlsbad Caverns National Park, experience the spectacle as thousands of bats leave the cave complex at dusk, and ride a paddle boat on the Pecos River.

Visual tour of the Grand Canyon and its wonders. "The Grand Canyon, the eighth wonder of the world, commonly called the four corners region, it contains more national parks and monuments than anywhere else in the world... [This DVD will take] an exploration uncovering the geology and the forces that have shaped this marvelous landscape."--Container.

Enjoy breathtaking aerial views and amazing tours with park rangers. Discover the wonder and awe of the Black Hills and the Badlands, which are brought together by shared geology and history.

Following Columbus's initial voyages of exploration, Spain established a pattern of conquest and settlement in the New World, fueled by a desire for wealth and colonies. In the name of Spain, many adventurers set out to explore and conquer the remainder of the unclaimed and uncharted Americas. Join our young hosts as they discover the world of the conquistadors who, in their exploration for a shorter path to the East, found personal wealth and an...

"In the early 1800s, President Thomas Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the land beyond the western boundaries of the United States. Their goals: to search for the elusive Northwest Passage through North America, to open communications with Native American cultures, to claim and clarify new borders and territories, and to return with maps and detailed observations of the natural resources that they sighted along the way....