Movies and TvShows featuring "reading" theme.
Sesame Street is an educational TV show set in an inner-city neighborhood. Through a combination of live-action, puppetry, and animation, the show teaches children valuable lessons about reading, counting, and personal development. With a diverse cast of characters, including the iconic Big Bird and the lovable monsters, Sesame Street promotes multiculturalism and offers educational content with fun and entertainment.
In the Night Garden takes children on a magical journey through a dream-like garden, filled with colorful characters and imaginative adventures. This surreal and educational show captivates young viewers with its enchanting storytelling and unique blend of puppetry and animation. Join the ragdoll Igglepiggle, the Tombliboos, the Pontipines, and all their friends as they explore the wonders of the Night Garden.
Between the Lions is an educational TV show that follows a family of lions who run a library. They teach children about reading and literacy through various adventures and stories.
Daria is a misanthropic teenage girl who navigates her way through high school, dealing with the challenges of teenage life in the 90s. With her sarcastic wit and outsider perspective, she stands out from her peers and forms unique relationships along the way.
Kino's Storytime, also known as Storytime, is a children's reading television series aired on Public Broadcasting Service Public television from June 6, 1994 to September 16, 1997. On each episode, adults and young people, often celebrities, read quality children's books aloud to children in the audience and viewers at home.
Ghostwriter follows a group of kids who team up with a friendly ghost to solve mysteries and uncover the truth. Through their adventures, they learn the power of teamwork, diversity, and problem-solving.
Reading Rainbow is an educational TV show that promotes literacy and a love for reading among children. Each episode features a different book and explores its themes and lessons. Host LeVar Burton takes young viewers on imaginative journeys through storytelling, introducing them to diverse cultures, interesting places, and fascinating people.
The Electric Company is a comedy TV show that aired from 1971 to 1977. It features a mix of live-action sketches, animations, and songs to teach children the basics of reading and literacy. The show is known for its unique blend of comedy and education, making it a popular choice for children and their families.
HaShminiya is a television series that was broadcast on the Israeli channel Arutz HaYeladim in HOT. Although the show was designated for children and teenagers, it was also popular with adults.
Chobits is a story about Hideki, a college student who finds a humanoid computer (known as a Persocom) in the trash. The Persocom, named Chi, appears to be unlike any other Persocom. Hideki soon discovers that Chi is a Chobit, a type of Persocom rumored to have human-like emotions and free will.
Join a host of different celebrities for a different story read each night just before bedtime.
Flowers of Evil follows the story of Takao Kasuga, a troubled teenage boy who becomes entangled in sinister encounters after stealing the gym clothes of his crush. As he navigates through guilt, remorse, and strange behavior, Takao finds himself drawn into a dangerous world of secrets and psychological manipulation.
Read All About It! was a Canadian educational television series that was produced from 1979 to 1983 by TVOntario that aired during the early to mid-1980s; It also aired in repeats in the 1990s. It starred David Craig Collard as Chris, Lydia Zajc as Lynne, Stacey Arnold as Samantha, and Sean Hewitt as Duneedon, ruler of the galaxy Trialviron. In the second season Michael Dwyer joined the cast as Alex. The main goal of the show was to educate viewers in reading, writing and history. Each episode ran for approximately 15 minutes. Eric Robertson composed the music for the show.
The story of bookshop owner, Dog and his best friend, Pug. Whenever they have a problem or a question, they look for the answer in one of their beloved books.
Evan Treborn, who suffers from blackouts, discovers a way to remember these lost memories and alter his life by reading his journal. As he travels back in time and makes changes, he faces consequences that affect his present life. Evan's main goal is to save his childhood sweetheart from being molested by her father and tormented by her brother. However, he soon realizes that his attempts to alter the past only lead to unforeseen consequences. Eventually, he decides to scare his childhood sweetheart away and destroy all his memories to save her life. The film ends with Evan and his childhood sweetheart crossing paths after he successfully saves her life.
The show follows the lives of Konstantinos and Eleni, a couple who navigate their daily lives filled with hilarity and mishaps. From their eccentric neighbors to their quirky friends, they find themselves in various comedic situations that challenge their relationship.
Whisper of the Heart follows Shizuku, a high school student who discovers a hidden world of creativity and self-discovery when she meets a mysterious cat.
In a post-apocalyptic America, a drifter named Eli fights his way across the country while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity's salvation. Along his journey, he encounters a power-hungry man named Carnegie who seeks to control the book's power. Eli befriends a young woman named Solara and together they face numerous challenges and dangers. Eventually, they find sanctuary in a group of survivors on Alcatraz. Despite facing betrayal and death, Eli's mission to preserve the book and deliver its message is fulfilled.
Tales from the Neverending Story is a TV show that follows the adventures of a young boy named Bastian Balthazar Bux as he enters the magical world of Fantasia through a book. In Fantasia, Bastian encounters various creatures and embarks on exciting quests to save the realm from an evil force. Along the way, he learns the power of imagination and the importance of stories.
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent. Ben Cash, his wife Leslie and their six children live in the Washington wilderness. Ben and Leslie are former anarchist activists disillusioned with capitalism and American life, and chose to instill survivalist skills, left-wing politics, and philosophy in their children - educating them to think critically, training them to be self-reliant, physically fit and athletic, guiding them without technology, demonstrating the beauty of coexisting with nature and celebrating 'Noam Chomsky Day' instead of Christmas. Leslie is hospitalized for bipolar disorder and eventually dies by suicide. Ben learns that Leslie's father Jack plans to hold a traditional funeral and burial, even though Leslie wished to be cremated. They argue over the phone and Jack threatens to have Ben arrested if he attends the funeral. He initially decides not to go and prevents his children from doing so, but then changes his mind, leading his children on a road trip into life outside the wilderness. The family briefly stays at his sister Harper's house. She and her husband try to convince Ben that his children should attend school to receive a traditional education; Ben argues that his children are better educated than Harper's own children. Ben arrives at Leslie's funeral with his children and reads her will, which instructs her family to cremate her and flush her ashes down the toilet. In response, Jack has Ben forcibly removed. Ben's children also start doubting their father and his parenting skills. His son Rellian accuses Ben of failing to treat Leslie's mental health. His son Bodevan accuses his father of failing to equip them for the real world by setting them up for a rude awakening when they grow up and shows him college acceptance letters from Ivy League schools for which Leslie had helped him apply. Rellian wants to live with his grandparents, who want to take custody of them. When Vespyr tries to climb into a window to 'free' Rellian from his grandparents, she falls from the roof and narrowly avoids breaking her neck. Ben, shocked and guilty, allows Jack to take his children. Although they have bonded with their grandparents, the children decide to follow Ben again when he departs. The children honour Leslie's wish and convince Ben to help them, exhuming her corpse, burning it in a self-made pyre and flushing her ashes down an airport toilet. Bodevan then leaves the family to travel through Namibia, while the rest settle on a farm. The final scene is the family around the kitchen table with their father, waiting for the school bus to arrive.