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Explore the world of building with LEGO bricks and more!
(K-5th Grade)
Thursdays; 4:30 p.m. at Roy and Helen Hall Library (Hall)
1) Bridges
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
What enables a simple arch bridge to support such great weight? What holds up a suspension bridge? Bridge the world with award-winning author-illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay, and meet the brilliant designers who dared to extend roads and railways with ingenious but sometimes flawed designs. From the Golden Gate Bridge to some of the world's groundbreaking spans, you'll explore dozens of monumental engineering feats through...
2) Skyscrapers
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Why was New York's most famous skyscraper dubbed the "Empty State Building"? How big is Japan's planned "supertower"? Tour the world's most incredible skylines with award-winning author/illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay, and trace the amazing stories of skyscrapers. From France's Gothic cathedrals to Malaysia's record-breaking Petronas Towers, this video introduces courageous creators, recounts little-known history, and reveals...
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
The Sweet family in Weston-super-Mare are happy and truly inspirational in their close-knit community. Louisa (14), Max (11) and Harry (6) were born healthy, and family life was good until Harry was diagnosed with a genetic condition called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. He is significantly hypermobile and suffers terrible pain in his joints, unsettled sleep and chronic constipation as part of his condition. He is also being assessed for autism. The family...
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Prepare for spades of community spirit, bucket loads of tear-jerking moments and the chance to witness Nick Knowles in a wet suit. It's surf's up when DIY SOS descends on Caswell Bay, South Wales, to build a stunning surf centre for the BBC Children in Need funded charity, Surfability - the country's first fully-inclusive surf school, who teach disabled children and young people the joy of surfing. While the DIY team and hundreds of local trades and...
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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In Plymouth, the team help the Morfey family: Chris and Tara, 24-year-old Ben, 25-year-old Josh, twins Jess and Yazz (15) and their little brother Vinny (9). Both Ben and Josh suffer from cerebral palsy, and after struggling in a multi-level home in Plymouth - and without enough funds to make it disabled friendly - the family have sold up and bought a cheap, old iron forge that, when renovated, will provide single-storey living in the Plymouth countryside....
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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In Torquay, the DIY SOS team and local kind volunteers step up to help single dad Stuart, who has suffered with progressive multiple sclerosis since his 15-year-old daughter Lauren was born. Stuart - who is 6 7? tall - lives and sleeps in a chair in the living room. His primary carer is his mum, Grandma Lin, who is completely blind, and has been since her 20s. Amazingly, Lin has been walking across town from her rented flat to Stuart's house, seven...
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