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Stories coming to life

One of my favorite, favorite DVD series to show my kids is the outstanding selection of stories produced by Scholastic. You see, my affinity for these short little films goes way back. Way back — to the early 80s when I was in grade school. Our county library was just short walk down the hill behind our school, so one Wednesday a month, this is where we trekked. We sat on the floor in the A/V room and the librarians put filmstrips on for us — Scholastic stories animated and narrated, brought to life before our eyes. I forgot about these films for many years — but when I had my first child, I began to seek them out and collect them for him to watch.

Scholastic carries a wide realm of DVD selections….but standing out among them are these I’m talking about, the Storybook Treasures Collection. These DVDs have dramatizations and animations of familiar, well-loved stories grouped together according to a similar theme.

We were recently able to preview two of their newest DVDs from their collection: Harry the Dirty Dog (and more playful puppy stories) and Make Way for Ducklings (and more delightful duck stories).

These two newest titles are out this week! — two delightful additions to your child’s DVD collection for sure. The titles on each disc include:

Harry the Dirty Dog (and more playful puppy stories) also with

- No Roses for Harry
- Officer Buckle and Gloria
- Dot the Fire Dog
- I Want a Dog (my kids’ personal favorite!)
- Angus Lost (a live-action goodie!)

Make Way for Ducklings (and more delightful duck stories) also with:

- The Story About Ping
- The Ugly Duckling
- Angus and the Ducks
- Cat and Canary
- Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens

You can purchase them for just $14.95 each — either at NewVideo’s online store, Amazon, or many retailers nationwide!

AND — If you’d like a chance to win them here, just leave me a comment telling me one other story that Scholastic has showcased on a DVD. One comment per person, and U.S. entries only, please. The contest will end at 11pm EST next Thursday, October 2nd, 2008. I’ll announce the winner the next morning. Good luck!

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Is Your Mama a Llama is another dvd. Thanks for the chance!

Clifford’s Doggie Detectives- love clifford

Is Your Mama A Llama? which is a book my kids adore.
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There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. (That song used to drive me crazy!)

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They also have Goodnight Gorilla and Click Clack Moo. My personal favorites.

CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM (By Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, Illustrated by Lois Ehlert, Performed by Crystal Taliefero) The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Is there enough room for them all?

My daughter would love Curious George Rides a Bike!

Clifford’s Doggie Detectives. my sons love clifford

We love the ones that come with a book to read along like There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bell.

We love The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Great giveaway for two classics!

Clifford! I love Clifford! thanks for the review and giveaway!

Corduroy-I love love love this book, it is so sweet. Now my little can watch it and read the book.

Chicka Chicka boom boom is one of our family favorites!

Giggle, Giggle, Quack and other funny favorites! Love those books!! m_huston(at)hotmail(dot)com

Goodnight Gorilla!

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. My mom used to sing that story to me!

Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type looks amusing to ME! =)

i love goodnight gorilla, i share it with my son before bedtime

My two daughters favorite book: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Goodnight Gorilla
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Another one is Harold and the Purple crayon!!

Diary of a Spider is another DVD that Scholastic makes

Harold and the Purple Crayon.

Corduroy! I loved that bear as a child, and now my daughter does too.. it’s great how that works out!

Clifford Saves the Day DVD

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Harold and the purple crayon is another one.

Clifford’s Doggie Detectives!

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Is Your Mama a Llama? That cracks me up.

Chicka Boom Boom. I loved all these books when I was a kid and to watch them with my kid… Awesome!!

Clifford’s Doggie Detectives – my daughter is a Clifford fanatic! Thanks!

Clifford Saves the Day

Thanks for the contest.

We all love Where the Wild Things Are. Also, anything in the Clifford series.

Clifford, and we love all things Clifford. I’ve had the Clifford theme song in my head for days at a time. Thanks for the great contest!

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Where the Wild Things Are. I loved that book.

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Click clack moo is our favorite

We have and love both the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Click Clack Moo dvds and we love them!

harold and the purple crayon…which I love!

Corduroy is one of our favorites!!

Blessings!!

Gotta love Clifford!

These look super! They also have a huge selection of other DVD’s~one being: The Very Hungry Catepillar.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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My son has Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! He loves that DVD.

Where the Wild Things Are. We’ve seen a couple of these DVD’s at the library but would love some for ourselves.

Where the wild things are! Thank you so much for the chance to win such a great prze!! Awesome

my daughter would love for me to win this giveaway! another scholastic dvd: there was an old lady who swallowed a fly(this makes my daughter laugh!) thanks!-ashley m

Knuffle Bunny…and more great childhood adventure stories! THANKS

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of our favorite stories- we also wish they would make his Grouchy Ladybug into a movie-that would be funny! Thanks!
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I absolutely love Scholastic. Another book that has been featured on a DVD is Chrysanthemum. Thanks for the great giveaway

I would love the Corduroy DVD—Corduroy is a real favorite of mine and I love sharing it with my grandchild…I have the hard copy book and a small plush Corduroy so that would complete my set. (Of course there are many others on that website that are WONDERFUL children’s books also!)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a favorite!

I could name several, having 7 grandchildren, but they all love Clifford.

Wow, there are so many! Where the Wild Things Are is a classic. Also, Harold and the Purple Crayon…love it! Thanks for the giveaway.

We would also love the clifford’s doggy detectives dvd.

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Love the box set with Curious George, The WHeels on the Buse, Corduroy, etc. thanks!

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!

Chicka Chicka boom boom is one of our family favorites! Thank you!!

Curious George Rides a Bike

Clifford’s Doggie Detectives

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curios george my kids cant get enough of it they love it

Is Your Mama a Llama is another dvd.

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary is another story brought vividly to life on DVD. However I have to say my daughter, who is now almost 36, loved Harry the Dirty Dog when she was little and now her children have the book. I would love to win the DVD for them!!!

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