I have looked for this information for 33 years and now I have found it! YouTube has episodes too! Awesome!
3 Reviews
A WONDERFUL GRADESCHOOL MEMORY!
mercedesman-0296628 August 2019
The post-apocalyptic library education show
sonuta10 March 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Quite possibly the finest post-apocalyptic educational series about library science ever produced by Mississippi Public Television.
In 2123 humanity is evacuating Earth for the White Crystal Solar System, due to pollution and an attack carried out by the nefarious Wiper race, a group of aliens that are determined to interfere with communication and data technology. The One World Order is preparing a complete library of all Human knowledge which is hidden underground. A desperate search for an important missing volume of recent history begins in the library in the outskirts of the city. The library team leader, Ms. Bookhart, is stranded in her bookmobile and is suddenly metabolically suspended for 100 years by a being known only as "The Universal Being".
She awakens in a world under the control of the Wipers having been discovered and awoken by four children-Aphos, Abakas, Varian, and Lidar-members of another group of pacifistic, tech-savvy extraterrestrials known as "The Users". The children, along with Ms. Bookhart, rediscover the hidden library, and in the course of the series she teaches them how to use it. When the Wipers lay siege to the User base with an entrapping shield and plan an attack, the kids and Ms. Bookhart (later assisted by Colonel Holon, the father of Aphos and Abakas) must decipher a cryptic message from the Universal Being to find a way to defeat the Wipers and save their people. Yes, the world is saved through mastery of library science.
Made in 1985 as a 13-episode serial drama, and (obviously) intended to teach children about various library and research concepts, Tomes & Talismans is now extremely dated and clearly had a rather limited budget, but it gets the job done and remains surprisingly entertaining and even intriguing throughout, less because of the educational segments and more because of the ongoing mystery that must be solved.
In 2123 humanity is evacuating Earth for the White Crystal Solar System, due to pollution and an attack carried out by the nefarious Wiper race, a group of aliens that are determined to interfere with communication and data technology. The One World Order is preparing a complete library of all Human knowledge which is hidden underground. A desperate search for an important missing volume of recent history begins in the library in the outskirts of the city. The library team leader, Ms. Bookhart, is stranded in her bookmobile and is suddenly metabolically suspended for 100 years by a being known only as "The Universal Being".
She awakens in a world under the control of the Wipers having been discovered and awoken by four children-Aphos, Abakas, Varian, and Lidar-members of another group of pacifistic, tech-savvy extraterrestrials known as "The Users". The children, along with Ms. Bookhart, rediscover the hidden library, and in the course of the series she teaches them how to use it. When the Wipers lay siege to the User base with an entrapping shield and plan an attack, the kids and Ms. Bookhart (later assisted by Colonel Holon, the father of Aphos and Abakas) must decipher a cryptic message from the Universal Being to find a way to defeat the Wipers and save their people. Yes, the world is saved through mastery of library science.
Made in 1985 as a 13-episode serial drama, and (obviously) intended to teach children about various library and research concepts, Tomes & Talismans is now extremely dated and clearly had a rather limited budget, but it gets the job done and remains surprisingly entertaining and even intriguing throughout, less because of the educational segments and more because of the ongoing mystery that must be solved.
Acting on a level of Doctor Who, but its a kids program
billsoccer1 August 2022
IMDB has scant info on this old series but a tremendously high rating so when I found it on YouTube, I just had to try it. Was struck at the amateurish level of (over) acting, till I realized it was a kids program, and one that - apparently - was from the perspective of a librarian.
May be interesting to some kids, but I discourage adults from looking it up unless they know what they're getting into.
May be interesting to some kids, but I discourage adults from looking it up unless they know what they're getting into.
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