WonderWorks, the Glossary
WonderWorks is a U.S. children's anthology television series which ran from 1984 to 1992 for eight years.[1]
Table of Contents
46 relations: A Little Princess, A Waltz Through the Hills, All Summer in a Day, American Civil War, Angela Goethals, Anne of Green Gables (1985 film), Anthology series, Bridge to Terabithia (1985 film), Caddie Woodlawn, Charles S. Dutton, Children's literature, Children's television series, Clowning Around, Cookie Jar Group, Disney Channel, DVD, Elizabeth Van Lew, Frog (film), Harris Yulin, How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days, Jacob Have I Loved, KCET, KERA-TV, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mary Kay Place, Miracle at Moreaux, PBS, Questar Entertainment, Richmond, Virginia, South Carolina Educational Television, Stephen Manes, Sweet 15, Television film, The Box of Delights (TV series), The Boy Who Loved Trolls, The Canterville Ghost (1985 film), The Chronicles of Narnia (TV series), The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, The House of Dies Drear, Twin Cities PBS, Variety (magazine), VHS, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, WETA-TV, WHRO-TV, WQED (TV).
A Little Princess
A Little Princess is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published as a book in 1905.
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A Waltz Through the Hills
A Waltz Through The Hills is a 1988 Australian-American made-for-television adventure drama film based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Glaskin.
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All Summer in a Day
"All Summer in a Day" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in March 1954 for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
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Angela Goethals
Angela Bethany Goethals is an American film, television and stage actress.
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Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)
Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 Canadian made-for-television drama film based on the 1908 novel of the same name by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, and is the first in a series of four films.
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Anthology series
An anthology series is a written series, radio, television, film, or video game series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short.
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Bridge to Terabithia (1985 film)
Bridge to Terabithia is a 1985 Canadian made-for-television fantasy drama film produced for the PBS series WonderWorks, starring Annette O'Toole, Julian Coutts, and Julie Beaulieu.
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Caddie Woodlawn
Caddie Woodlawn is a children's historical fiction novel by Carol Ryrie Brink that received the Newbery Medal in 1936 and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958.
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Charles S. Dutton
Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is a retired American actor and director.
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Children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children.
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Children's television series
Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television programs designed specifically for children.
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Clowning Around
Clowning Around is a 1991 Australian children's series later edited into a family film that was shot on location in Perth, Western Australia and Paris, France. WonderWorks and Clowning Around are PBS original programming.
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Cookie Jar Group
DHX Cookie Jar Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group, originally known as CINAR, formerly known as Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc., or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media, production, animation studio, and distribution company owned by DHX Media.
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Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company.
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DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.
Elizabeth Van Lew
Elizabeth Van Lew (October 12, 1818 – September 25, 1900) was an American abolitionist and philanthropist who built and operated an extensive spy ring for the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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Frog (film)
Frog is a 1987 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film produced for the PBS series WonderWorks, starring Scott Grimes, Shelley Duvall, and Elliott Gould.
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Harris Yulin
Harris Yulin (born November 5, 1937) is an American actor who has appeared in over a hundred film and television series roles, such as Scarface (1983), Ghostbusters II (1989), Clear and Present Danger (1994), Looking for Richard (1996), The Hurricane (1999), Training Day (2001), and Frasier which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1996.
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How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days is a 1984 American television family comedy film directed by Joan Micklin Silver and written by Bruce Harmon, based on the 1982 children's book Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes. WonderWorks and How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days are PBS original programming.
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Jacob Have I Loved
Jacob Have I Loved is a 1980 coming of age novel for teenagers and young adults by Katherine Paterson.
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KCET
KCET (channel 28) is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States.
KERA-TV
KERA-TV (channel 13) is a PBS member television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables.
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Mary Kay Place
Mary Kay Place (born September 23, 1947) is an American actress.
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Miracle at Moreaux
Miracle at Moreaux is a 1985 Canadian made-for-television drama film based on the novel Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop.
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PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.
Questar Entertainment
Questar, Inc. (Questar Entertainment) is a Chicago-based digital, streaming OTT, production, acquisition and distribution company.
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Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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South Carolina Educational Television
South Carolina Educational Television (branded South Carolina ETV, SCETV or simply ETV) is a state network of PBS member television stations serving the U.S. state of South Carolina.
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Stephen Manes
Stephen Manes (born January 8, 1949) is an American author, magazine columnist, and screenwriter known for the 2011 nonfiction book Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet. Its subject, the workings of a ballet company, marked a significant departure for an author best known for his journalism on technology and his books for children.
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Sweet 15
Sweet 15 is a 1990 American made-for-television family drama film directed by Victoria Hochberg and starring Karla Montana, Panchito Gómez, Jerry Stiller, and Tony Plana.
Television film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats.
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The Box of Delights (TV series)
The Box of Delights is a BBC Television adaptation of John Masefield's 1935 children's fantasy novel The Box of Delights starring Devin Stanfield, Patrick Troughton and Robert Stephens.
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The Boy Who Loved Trolls
The Boy Who Loved Trolls is a 1984 American made-for-television fantasy-adventure film produced for the PBS series WonderWorks.
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The Canterville Ghost (1985 film)
The Canterville Ghost is a 1985 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film.
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The Chronicles of Narnia (TV series)
The Chronicles of Narnia is a British BBC-produced television series that was aired from 13 November 1988 to 23 December 1990 and is based on four books of C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series.
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The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency is a 1977 children's book by Daniel and Jill Pinkwater.
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The House of Dies Drear
The House of Dies Drear is a children's mystery novel by Virginia Hamilton, with sinister goings-on in a reputedly haunted house.
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Twin Cities PBS
Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. (abbreviated TPT, doing business as Twin Cities PBS) is a nonprofit organization based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, that operates the Twin Cities' two PBS member television stations, KTCA-TV (channel 2.1) and KTCI-TV (channel 2.3), both licensed to Saint Paul.
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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VHS
The VHS (Video Home System) is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes, introduced in 1976 by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC).
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. (doing business as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) is the home entertainment distribution arm of the Walt Disney Company.
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WETA-TV
WETA-TV (channel 26) is the primary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. Owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, it is a sister station to NPR member WETA (90.9 FM).
WHRO-TV
WHRO-TV (channel 15) is a PBS member television station licensed to both Hampton and Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
WQED (TV)
WQED (channel 13) is a PBS member television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.