Cañon City Public Library

Eight stories that help children laugh and learn abut hurt feelings, taking responsibility, listening carefully, taking turns, and more.

After years of humiliation and failed attempts to win the Pirate of the Year Award, Pirate Captain and his oddball crew go on a race to pillage the most booty. They soon cross paths with scientist Charles Darwin, who persuades the Captain that the crew's 'parrot, ' Polly, could be the answer to the riches they are searching for.

After years of humiliation and failed attempts to win the Pirate of the Year Award, Pirate Captain and his oddball crew go on a race to pillage the most booty. They soon cross paths with scientist Charles Darwin, who persuades the Captain that the crew's 'parrot,' Polly, could be the answer to the riches they are searching for.

In San Francisco, there are at least two flocks of largely wild parrots who flock around the city. This film focuses on the flock of cherry-headed conures (and a lonely blue-headed one named Connor) who flock around the Telegraph Hill region of the city and their closest human companion, Mark Bittner . Through his own words, we learn of his life as a frustrated, homeless musician and how he came to live in the area where he decided to explore the...

Mouse hunt (98 min.): Two brothers inherit a dilapidated million-dollar mansion battle with its single, stubborn occupant, a tiny and tenacious mouse. Paulie (92 min.): An intelligent talking parrot relates the story of his struggle to return home to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected. Dreamer (106 min.): Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with...