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(More customer reviews)My 2 1/2 year-old son *loves* this video. At first it was just "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom," which is a story about the alphabet with a super-catchy tune. (Different from the Ray Charles version that comes with the book, but good on its own merits.) Then he loved "Wild About Books," a story about the librarian who drives her bookmobile into the zoo and gets all the animals hooked on reading. (Narrated wonderfully by Catherine O'Hara.) This story can be easily enjoyed by a 2-year-old and still has some things that will entertain an adult.
There are just so many great books narrated (and animated) on this DVD: "Blueberries for Sal" is a classic, as are "A Story, a Story," "Inch by Inch," and "Millions of Cats" (although personally, I don't like the last book). "Five Creatures" was new to me, but I also recommend it.
The animations on this DVD and the choices of stories are wonderful. We put on the subtitling, which highlights the words as they are being read. This technique is great for emergent readers to associate the written word with the audio.
We had many of these books before the video, but I have since bought "A Story a Story" and ordered "Wild about Books" as my son can't get enough of it, and we had to return the library's copy! My guess is that this DVD would probably be enjoyed by most kids through second-grade or so. Highly recommended!!
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Collect the entire library of Scholastic Storybook Treasures and read along on screen with your favorite classic children s stories, brought vividly to life on DVD.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?WILD ABOUT BOOKS (By Judy Sierra, Illustrated by Marc Brown, Narrated by Catherine O Hara) Librarian Molly McGrew introduces a zoo full of animals to reading and they go simply wild about books.INCH BY INCH (Written and Illustrated by Leo Lionni, Narrated by Ron McLarty) To avoid getting eaten, a resourceful inchworm must figure out how to measure a nightingale s song.FIVE CREATURES (By Emily Jenkins, Illustrated by Tomek Bogacki, Narrated by Kristen Hahn) In a house filled with two parents, one girl, and two cats, counting has never been so much fun!3 BONUS STORIES!:BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL (Written and Illustrated by Robert McCloskey) A little girl and a little bear mix up their mothers while picking blueberries.A STORY, A STORY (Written and Illustrated by Gail E. Haley, Narrated by Dr. John Akar) Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this African Folk Tale.MILLIONS OF CATS (Written and Illustrated by Wanda Gág) A gentle old man searches for one cat for his lonely wife, but returns with millions and billions and trillions of cats.
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