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PRODUCT INFORMATION
Four stories
with songs, featuring: CHICKA CHICKA
BOOM BOOM - Can all
the letters of the alphabet fit up a coconut tree as they race to the
top? TRASHY TOWN - Mr. Gilly
is aiming to fill his truck full of
garbage as he races around Trashy Town. ROSIE'S WALK - Rosie takes a
walk through the farm, but can that clumsy fox catch that clueless hen?
THE
CATERPILLAR AND THE POLLIWOG - A caterpillar grows up and
changes
into something else, all under the watchfull eye of a Polliwog.
REVIEWS
My kids (boy
and girl; 3 and 5) and I really like this DVD and the
really funny thing is that we like the `additional' material even more
than we like the main attraction which is not read but sung to a
Caribbean beat.
Besides CCBB the other stories are:
Trashy Town
Rosie's Walk
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog
The Foolish Frog (by Pete Seeger)
Joey Runs Away
Changes Changes
In Trashy Town two cute rats follow the work of Mr. Gilly as he
roams around Trashy Town cleaning it up with the help of his garbage
truck. We were not familiar with this story before but the lyrics and
topic are marvelously catchy.
"Dump it in... Smash it down... Drive around the trashy town."
Rosie's Walk is about a chicken that goes about her business in
absolute ignorance of the pursuing fox and his travails. The artwork is
marvelous and reminds me of colonial stitchwork.
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog and the Foolish Frog are in an
older animation style, think early Sesame Street, but the stories are
very good and Pete Seeger can really put out a fine toe-tapping tune.
Joey Runs Away is a story about how a young kangaroo runs away to
find a `room' he won't have to clean up. All the other animals want to
`rent' the pouch from Joey's mom, but of course she refuses. Joey and
mom are reunited when Joey realizes that there is no place like home
and hearth, and besides his room wasn't *that* messy.
Changes Changes is the wordless story of two little block people
who make and remake their world each time out of the same set of
blocks. Through adversity and hardship they persevere with love and
creativity to form a family.
Simply a great collection of stories. We highly recommend this DVD.
(Northern Virginia)
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This
was one of the first DVD's scholastic released in this series of
animated stories of classic children's books. It is great, to say the
least. It is very watchable for kids and parents alike. The title story
and "Rosie's Walk" are my kids favorites.
(Charleston, SC)
What
a fun collection of cute stories! "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" has
little kid letters (lower case letters) climbing up a coconut tree and
then falling out of it & getting hurt (of course, the upper-case
adults come to their rescue!) is such a fun way for kids to learn the
alphabet! I actually had this particular story on auto-repeat for the
longest time. The song is cute and the story fun & sweet. My 3-year
old daughter also loves "The Foolish Frog" which is about a man who
makes up a song about a show-off frog who in the end, literally blows
himself up with pride. This story, like "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom," is
fun & has a catchy tune), "Trashy Town" which is about two mice who
go along for a ride in a trashman's truck for the day and narrate his
activities is also a fun story. There are a few other stories on this
DVD which my daughter could watch & listen to all day if we let
her. If you have a toddler, this is a must-have video!
Even
though it's been mentioned a couple times in other reviews already,
I'll mention it again: the songs on this DVD won't grate on your nerves
so it's grown-up-friendly.
(Walnut Creek, CA)
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