La Porte County Public Library System

Animated depiction of the life of Helen Keller, a remarkable woman who overcame deafness and blindness to lead a full life and speak for the handicapped.

Animated biography of Alexander Graham Bell. Portrays how Bell's work in creating a device to amplify sound for the deaf lead to his landmark invention of the telephone.

An animated biography of Benjamin Franklin focusing on his roles as scientist and inventor and on his experiments with electricity.

Animated biography of Florence Nightingale, whose efforts during the Crimean War changed the science and practice of nursing.

Animated biography of Leonardo da Vinci, master painter, celebrated artist, and brilliant inventor.

Journey to Palestine of the second century B.C., where Antiochus, a Syrian-Greek king, rules over the people of Israel, confronting them with a trying test of their faith. They must bow down and accept the Greek gods or die! Some submit but not the Maccabees, a small group true to the faith of their fathers. The spirit and determination of the Maccabees lives today in the celebration of Hanukkah, the Feast of Lights.

The animated story of Marie Curie, the Polish-born scientist. Her shared research with her husband Pierre gave the world the theory of radioactivity, the discovery of plutonium, and the isolation of radium. She was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes.

This bird's eye view of Edison's legendary career takes you behind the scenes to reveal the hard work and sheer excitement of daily discoveries with "the Wizard of Menlo Park."

Profiles the first American president from his childhood to his leadership of a new nation.