Eleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...

Fifth-grader Scotty Smalls has just moved into town with his parents. The local kids call him a Dork because he can't even throw a baseball. That changes when the leader of the neighborhood gang recruits him to play on the nearby sandlot field. It's the beginning of a magical summer of baseball, wild adventures, first kisses, and fearsome confrontations with the dreaded Beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence. Soon nine boys have...

The true story of a passionate and innovative teacher who left his small town to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. To get his students to open up to their potential he uses unconventional methods, including ground-breaking classroom rules.

A schoolgirl named Shizuku, who longs to discover her true talents, meets the mysterious Seiji, a boy who is determined to follow his dreams, and The Baron, a magical cat who helps her listen to the whispers in her heart.

Eleven-year-old Billy's run-in with a bully on his first day of school forces him to accept a dare to eat ten worms in one day.

Features all 80 shorts of the lovable gang of kids, restored and uncut.

When Henry fails yet again to hand in his homework, he inadvertently sets off an unexpected and curious chain of events. He forms an unlikely alliance with Moody Margaret, the infuriating girl next door, outwits corrupt School Inspectors, topples an evil Headmaster, wins a talent contest, and stands up to his ultimate nemesis. With each antic crazier than the last, Henry finds himself inexplicably trying to save the very school which he has always...

The adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl: Max dreams of a world far away from his own called Planet Drool. One day the heroes of Planet Drool, Shark Boy and Lava Girl, materialize on earth needing Max's help. All is not well in his dream world, an alien intelligence threatens his dream planet. Max takes off on a wild and dangerous journey with Shark Boy and Lava Girl to save Planet Drool. Dora and the lost city of gold: Having spent most of her life...

"Join Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny as these four animated tykes take on the supernatural, the extraordinary and the insane. For them, it's all part of growing up in South Park."--from container.

Head off to school with Brother and Sister! Find out what happens when Brother is home from school sick and neglects to do his homework. Then, watch Sister learn that starting third grade is nothing to worry about, while Brother helps a new student named Ferdy Factual get settled at school.