TM Books & Video has been producing film and video since 1974. Their shows have appeared on network TV, PBS, and cable stations around the country. TM is currently licensed by John Deere, Boeing Aircraft, Lionel, and Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry to make educational children's videos. TM has produced shows on big machines, airplanes, tractors, trains, and cowboys. Their best-selling series, I Love Toy Trains, has sold almost three million copies, the most ever for an independently produced children's series. Awards include the prestigious Parents' Choice Award. People Magazine chose Great Toy Train Layouts of America as one of the top ten videos of the year.

TM released their first John Deere DVD in October 2005. Since then, TM has produced eight more DVDs based on the iconic tractor manufacture and sales are approaching one million units. TM is currently working on their ninth John Deere DVD, Made in the USA: The John Deere Harvester Works, Moline, IL.