Owl moon: On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. Mirette on the high wire: Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear. Drummer Hoff: Told in lively folk verse, several soldiers each bring a different part for a cannon, but only...

Children can sing and dance to songs by the Wiggles as they perform classic nursery rhymes set to music.

A mix of lyrical animation, poems on screen, and live-action scenes, featuring some of the world's greatest poets, from William Shakespeare to Langston Hughes. It also includes recitations of poems by real-life kids, who offer their own insights on the place that poetry plays in their lives.