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1) Flying ant
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Distributed by NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
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Targets preschool-age children, with the main goal being to inspire a love of reading. The theme revolves around WordFriends and WordThings characters and items comprising the letters that spell them in the correct order.
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Distributed by NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
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Kangaroo's mail train is rusing toward a broken train track!; Bear wants to play cowboys with Pig, Dog and Duck, but she's terrible with rope tricks; Sheep and Bear get lost in the jungle - and it's almost dark; The rest of WordWorld is trying to sleep, but Bear is keeping everyone awake with her all-nigh racket. Targets preschool-age children, with the main goal being to inspire a love of reading. The theme revolves around WordFriends and WordThings...
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PBS for Kids
Pub. Date
c2015
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It's the night before Christmas and Frog needs a Star to hang on his Christmas Tree. Duck tries to lasso one out of the sky for him. Then, it's Christmas morning and the WordFriends are excited by the presents Santa has brought for them! But not all of the letters for Dog's present came down his chimney--all he has is a B-A-L. Can the WordFriends find a way to build Dog a Ball?
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WordWorld volume 6
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Pies, Pies, Pies! - Pig promises to make a pie for everyone in Word World. /Waterlogged - Frog must stay with Pig when his Log sinks.
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WordWorld volume 1
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Runaway O - Sheep and Bear open Cat's box of Os and one rolls away. / Happy Birthday, Dog! - It's Dog's birthday and all his friends are planning a surprise party.
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WordWorld volume 4
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The Mystery of the Disappearing Pie - Pig's pie for Bear goes missing. / Duck's Family Reunion - Duck mistakes Truck for a long-lost relative!
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WordWorld volume 7
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Dog's Camping Adventure - Pig and Frog take Dog on his first camping trip. When they lose one of the letters to their TENT, it's Dog who overcomes his fear and finds it in the dark forest?along with a monster! / V is for Vacation - The weather is turning colder, and Duck is ready for his yearly vacation (migration). He's not sure, however, how to go. When Bird tells him he just needs to "find the 'V,'" Duck is off and running on what seems, at first,...
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WordWorld volume 5
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Sh-Sh-Shark! - Shark is misunderstood. Everyone is afraid of him and won't even give him a chance to prove he's friendly. / Dog Wants to Play Ball - Dog wants to play ball, but he's having trouble communicating with his friends because they won't stop and listen to him.
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WordWorld volume 10
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A Kooky Spooky Halloween - The WordFriends get their share of scares the night before Halloween, when Pig sleepwalks and everyone thinks he's a ghost! / Sheep's Halloween Costume - Sheep likes nothing more than to dress up, so she always goes out of her way to make herself a special costume.
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WordWorld volume 9
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The Christmas Star - It's the night before Christmas and Frog needs a star to hang on his Christmas tree. / A Christmas Present for Dog - It's Christmas morning, and all the WordFriends are excited by the presents Santa has brought for them!
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WordWorld volume 3
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Rocket to the Moon - Frog rescues the Little Piggies from the moon. / The Birds - Sheep discovers a large egg.
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WordWorld volume 2
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There's an Ant in Every Giant - Ant grows tired of being the smallest WordFriend in Word World. /Chef Sheep - When Pig gets a bowl stuck on his face, Sheep must take over his cooking show.
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WordWorld volume 8
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Snug as a Bug - Frog helps insomniac Bug figure out the end of a rhyme. /Nightlight - The rest of Word World is trying to sleep, but Bear is keeping everyone awake.
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Biblical theologian, Terence E. Fretheim, weaves key insights from Scripture with theological reflections on the nature and activity of God, God's relationship to the world, and the natural order. Relational language and images fill the various forms of communication that ministry leaders must use to speak about God and God's presence and activity in the world. Fretheim shows the importance of using this kind of language to speak to the realities...
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Rural contexts are often over-looked, treated as "flyover land." But, because everyone must eat, rural communities and their work in food production are important to the whole of society. Mark Yackel-Juleen spent many years in rural ministry and is the founder and executive director of Shalom Hill Farm. He offers valuable insight on the present issues of food production and environmental sustainability, and connects it in profound and practical ways...
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Author Anna M. Madsen's book is a fresh and challenging look at the legacy of Martin Luther and the new reformation that is calling people of faith to action today.
This book is born out of the conviction that at least two gods are currently competing for our collective trust: nationalism (and its many sub-manifestations) and quietism. Both make a case for and a claim on our allegiance, each by way of different motivations of self and institutional...
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Riding the age wave with grace
In this inspiring book, Roland D. Martinson draws on the folk wisdom and experience of over fifty persons between the ages of sixty-two and ninety-seven. He puts this wisdom in conversation with scriptural and theological understandings of elders in the last third of life and sets forth perspectives on aging for individuals, groups, civic organizations, and congregations to utilize in developing a vital, resilient,...
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In Future Faith: Ten Challenges Reshaping the Practice of Christianity, author Wesley Granberg-Michaelson provides a lucid view of how the top ten winds of change blowing through global Christian faith are reshaping the practice of Christianity today. He is uniquely qualified to identify and interpret connection points between global Christian trends and the American church.
Drawing on the stories, examples, and personalities of pastors and congregations...
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In Today Everything Is Different Dirk Lange does not fail to deliver the "unexpected" in helping readers gain both a greater understanding of Christian spirituality and a path to it. On this adventure, an adventure of both the mind and heart, the reader will explore the foundational underpinnings of baptism, the impact of prayer in many forms-especially in community-and the insights of giants like Luther and Bonhoeffer. The great beauty of the book,...
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In Journeying in the Wilderness, author Terri Martinson Elton observes that faith formation in the church setting is contextual, and multiple forces are coming together today to create seismic contextual changes at record speed. These changes are disrupting aspects of our lives, challenging assumptions, and dislodging personal and communal practices. For the church to take seriously its call to form faith in each generation, it must be attentive to...
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