Tomes & Talismans

Lesson: Overview of a library As humanity prepares its final evacuation to the White Crystal Solar System, librarian Ms. Bookhart desperately searche...

Lesson: Categories of books; Fiction, Nonfiction, and Biography A century after humanity’s evacuation, the Users study Earth artifacts in search of a...

Lesson: Sections of a book; Cover, Title page, Copyright page, Table of Contents, Foreword, Preface, Index, Glossary, and Bibliography When they find...

Lesson: Finding a certain book through the card catalog based on Title, Subject, or Author of the book Outside the User base, Colonel Holon makes con...

Lesson: Grouping books based on the Dewey Decimal system Colonel Holon encounters the Universal Being, who gives him a document. The User children mu...

Lesson: Finding information through the Encyclopedia As Colonel Holon evades a pursuing Wiper patrol he encounters horses, which frighten the the Wip...

Lesson: Learning the meaning of a word though the Dictionary and Thesaurus The User children continue to use the library's dictionary and thesaurus t...

Lesson: Looking up a specific subject through Reference books Using more-specialized references to further decipher the document, the User children b...

Lesson: Finding locations through Maps and Almanacs The User children and Ms. Bookhart continue to guide Colonel Holon to their location using maps a...

Lesson: Speed reading by skimming and scanning a book After escaping a patrol, a reunited Abakas and Colonel Holon make their way to the library, hop...

Lesson: Finding recent information through Periodicals; Magazines and Newspapers When the User children, Colonel Holon, and Ms. Bookhart determine th...

Lesson: Audiovisual information: Films and Videotapes The User children, Colonel Holon, and Ms. Bookhart prepare two plans: the hologram they intend...

Lesson: Finalizing everything researched When the projections successfully scare the Wipers away and the User base is freed, the Users and Ms. Bookha...