A short story by Margaret Wise Brown which encourages young readers to expect a rewarding experience from reading and to write a story themselves from casual incidents in their own lives. The theme of the film, the dead bird, also lends itself to discussion about the naturalness of death, leading to an appraisal of the essential values in living
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
002696
Language
English
Subject categories
Childrens Films → Children 6-12
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Death
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Reading (Elementary)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Death
Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)