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October 20, 2013 · 1:41 am

Scholastic, Storybook Treasures, Halloween Stories Collection DVD Box Set Giveaway!!! 2 Winners!!!

It is almost Halloween and some great selections for a Fall movie night are found in The Halloween Stories Collection Volume 2 and The Day of the Dead…And More Halloween Tales!!!

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Just in time for Halloween, these new not-so-scary stories-on-DVD arrive from the nationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES™ series, which brings best-selling children’s story books to life and promotes a love of literature. With faithful adaptations and celebrity narrations, this critically acclaimed DVD series has won hundreds of awards and sold more than 2.5 million videos.

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THE HALLOWEEN STORIES COLLECTION, VOLUME 2 (SRP $24.95) includes 14 stories perfect for early and pre-readers on All Hallows Eve. Though filled with skeletons, witches and more seasonal spooks, families can encourage creativity and music appreciation with the classic sing-along Dem Bones, learn about Latin American holidays with The Day of the Dead, and delight in the not so spooky-ooky stories of Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman.The three DVDs in this ready-made library of Halloween tales are:

  • The Day Of The Dead…And More Halloween Tales – The DVD also includes these animated stories: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything; Kitten’s First Full Moon; and Fletcher and the Falling Leaves.
    NOTE: This DVD is also available as a single title ($14.95 SRP).
  • Dem Bones…And More Sing-Along Stories – The DVD also includes these animated stories: Dinosaur Bones; Hush Little Baby; The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night; and The Erie Canal.
  • Teeny-Tiny And The Witch-Woman…And More Spooky Stories – The DVD also includes these animated stories: The Boy with Two Shadows; Los Gatos Black onHalloween; What’s Under My Bed? and King of the Cats

FEATURES 

  • Read-Along Function
  • Author interviews, including Kevin Henkes, Bob Barner and Linda Williams – never before available on DVD 

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Type:  DVD

Genre: Kids’/Animation

Ages: 3 and up

HALLOWEEN STORIES COLLECTION, VOLUME 2

Running Time: Approx. 90 minutes + extras on 3 DVDs

THE DAY OF THE DEAD… AND MORE HALLOWEEN TALES

Running Time: Approx. 36 minutes + extras – 1 DVD

So settle in on a crisp, cool night this October to watch these great tales on DVD with your little ones.  Mine just love them and they love the sing a long of Dem Bones, such fun!!!

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September 6, 2013 · 8:12 pm

Scholastic, Storybook Treasures, “Don’t Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late” DVD Review and Giveaway!!!

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FROM SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES™ AND BEST-SELLING AUTHOR MO WILLEMS COMES A BRAND-NEW PIGEON AND KNUFFLE BUNNY-FILLED DVD COLLECTION!

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DON’T LET THE PIGEON STAY UP LATE…
AND MORE STORIES BY MO WILLEMS

This latest installment in the nationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning Mo Willems DVD line from SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES™ features three animated adaptations of stories by the New York Times best-selling author:Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late; Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion; and Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct. Narrators for these stories include Cher Willems, John Scieszka and Mo Willems himself.

In the title story, it’s getting dark outside, but one stubborn Pigeon is NOT going to bed! Scholastic has named the original story as one of the best books for kindergartners and first graders, and this animated version stays true to the original, best-selling book. As The New York Times says, “Pigeon can stand toe- to-ideographic-toe with Mickey Mouse and Charlie Brown,” and this story is no exception.”

 FEATURES

  • Read-Along Function
  • Interview with Mo Willems
  • Recipe for Edwina’s chocolate chip cookies 

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Type:  DVD

Running Time: Approx. 31 minutes + extras

Genre: Kids’/Animation

 

Anyone that has a child that never wants to go to bed will really enjoy watching and discussing “Don’t Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late” with their child.  This is an absolutely adorable family DVD that makes an excellent movie night for the youngest set!

 

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· 7:50 pm

Scholastic, Storybook Treasures, “Children Make Terrible Pets” DVD Review and Giveaway!!!

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LAUGH ALONG WITH FAMILY FOIBLES IN THE LATEST DVD

FROM SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES™ 

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CHILDREN MAKE TERRIBLE PETS…
AND MORE STORIES ABOUT FAMILY

Peter Brown’s beloved children’s book arrives on the small screen as the featured story on the brand-new Scholastic Storybook Treasures™ DVD, CHILDREN MAKE TERRIBLE PETS…AND MORE STORIES ABOUT FAMILY.  In the animated tale, Lucy, a young bear, meets a charming young boy in the forest and brings him home.  Her mother, however, has other ideas and cautions her that, “children make terrible pets.”  Hilarity ensues as Lucy tries to prove her mother wrong in this modern classic.

Other stories on this comedy-filled compilation include All the World (By Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee, narrated by Joanne Woodward), Crow Call  (By Lois Lowry, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, narrated by Julia Fein), and Elizabeti’s Doll (By Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, illustrated by Christy Hale, narrated by Lynn Whitfield). 

 The original stories have won many awards, including The New York Times Best Illustrated Book, the E.B. White Read-Aloud Picture Book Award and the Black Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature.

FEATURES

  • Read-Along Function
  • Author Interviews with Peter Brown and Lois Lowry and Illustrator Marla Frazee

PROGRAM INFORMATION

 Type:  DVD

Running Time: Approx. 42 minutes + extras

Genre: Kids’/Animation

This DVD version of the book is so adorable as the tables are turned and a young bear cup named Lucy tries to convince her mom that the little boy she found will make a wonderful pet.  If your kids are like mine they will absolutely love this video adaptation of the book.  

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July 30, 2013 · 10:45 pm

Scholastic, The Magic School Bus: Revving Up and In A Pickle DVDs Review & Giveaway!!!

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ENGINES, ELECTRICITY, COMPUTERS, MICROBES, SMELLS AND CITY CRITTERS ARE ON TAP AS MS. FRIZZLE AND

THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS HIT THE ROAD THIS SUMMER

WITH  TWO ALL-NEW DVDs!

 THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: REVVING UP (3 DVDs)

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THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: IN A PICKLE

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STREET DATE: July 30, 2013

SRP: REVVING UP ($24.95)/IN A PICKLE ($12.95)

We were so excited to get these DVDs, my little guys could not wait to watch Revving Up especially because of the crane on the cover of the DVD set!  It was a great indicator of what they be watching.  How exciting to learn about engines, structures, computers, electricity, energy and so much more!  In A Pickle was a big hit because what kids don’t like to learn about stinky stuff and more?  Well definitely not little boys at least not mine!

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

Take a fun and education-filled road trip this summer with Ms. Frizzle and her incredible bus, as everyone’s favorite teacher makes learning exciting with two ALL-NEW DVD releases: THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: REVVING UP and THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: IN A PICKLE!

Explore everything from the smallest cell to the largest galaxy in twelve never-before-available episodes of the Emmy Award®-winning TV series in THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: REVVING UP. Each of the three discs in the set – “Under Construction,” “Getting Energized” and “Cracks a Yolk” – contains three new episodes running the gamut from computers and electricity to city critters and desert adaptation. And each DVD also contains a special bonus episode adding up to more than four-and-a-half hours of Frizz-tastic fun!

Ever wonder what’s behind a peculiar smell? Viewers who hop aboard the bus for IN A PICKLE are sure to find out across four never-before-released episodes including the title episode about microbes, along with “Meets Molly Cule,” “Makes a Stink” about smell and “Meets the Rot Squad” which covers decomposition.

Grab a seat and hang on in these all-new releases from the best-selling DVD franchise of the longest-running science series for kids to ever air on television.

ABOUT THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS

Originally conceived by author Joanna Cole and illustrator Bruce Degen, “The Magic School Bus” has been capturing children’s imaginations since the first book rolled onto shelves in 1986. Since then, the acclaimed series has sold over 58 million books and spawned a cottage industry featuring the animated TV series which premiered on September 10, 1994. Adapting the books into the series was an opportunity to help kids learn about science in a fun way – and boy, has it ever! The longest-running science series to air on television, the star-studded program features the voices of Lily Tomlin, Wynonna Judd, Dolly Parton, Tony Randall and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Along with the adventurous and energetic Ms. Valerie Frizzle and her pet lizard, Liz, the entire class – along with the audience – was invited to explore volcanoes, the inside of the human body and much, much more!

FEATURES

  • English and Spanish Language Options 

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Type:  DVD

Running Time: REVVING UP (4 hrs., 30 mins. + extras)/IN A PICKLE (69 mins. + extras)

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April 12, 2013 · 9:12 pm

Celebrate Earth Day With Scholastic The Magic School Bus: All About Earth DVD Giveaway!!!

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JUST IN TIME FOR EARTH DAY, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF OUR PLANET AND BACK WITH AN ECO-FRIENDLY DVD FEATURING ALL-NEW EPISODES WITH MS. FRIZZLE AND HER CLASS!

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THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: ALL ABOUT EARTH

 

Look for it on April 16, 2013

For more than 40 years, we’ve gathered together on April 22 to celebrate the planet with Earth Day.  This year, over 1 billion people will participate in Earth Day activities, making it the largest civic observance in the world.  As we get ready for this years’ celebration, Scholastic invites families to get inside the earth like never before with THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: ALL ABOUT EARTH.  Featuring three all-new, never-before-released episodes of the long-running Emmy® Award-winning science adventure series, the DVD also offers English and Spanish language options and includes the bonus episode “The Magic School Bus All Dried Up”.

Grab a seat on the bus and hang on for the three episodes, including “The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed”, where the class’ garden is going to be featured on the cover of Plant It! Magazine, but Phoebe’s garden plot is glaringly empty; “The Magic School Bus Blows its Top”, which explains volcanoes and shows Ms. Frizzles class how the earth makes islands and “The Magic School Bus Goes on Air”, which covers the mysteries and miracles of air pressure.

FEATURES

  • Bonus Episode
  •  English and Spanish Language Options

Scholastic Storybook Treasures is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!  One lucky blog reader will win their own THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: ALL ABOUT EARTH DVD!  Thank you to Scholastic Storybook Treasures for the review DVD and for sponsoring this Earthy Giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!!  Open to US residents.

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February 5, 2013 · 6:45 pm

Scholastic Storybook Treasures: Stone Soup And Other Stories From The Asian Culture DVD Review & Giveaway!!!

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SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES™ PRESENTS A NEW DVD CELEBRATING ASIAN CULTURE

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Get ready to learn about some of Asian culture’s best loved tales, Scholastic Storybook Treasures™ releases STONE SOUP…AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE ASIAN TRADITION.  Highlighted by author/illustrator Jon J. Muth’s award-winning take on “Stone Soup”, the new DVD also features three other classic tales, as well as a Read-Along function which highlights the words as they are spoken, allowing young viewers to follow along with the narrators.

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“Stone Soup” is a classic folktale about the strength people possess when they work together. The three other stories on the DVD include “The Five Chinese Brothers”, “Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China”, and “Stonecutter”.  These colorfully animated adaptations of classic stories feature celebrity narration by B.D. Wong (Law and Order: SVU).

 

The DVD also includes a behind-the-scenes interview with Jon J. Muth, the award-winning author/illustrator of “Stone Soup”, “The Three Questions” and other popular stories for kids. Muth also illustrated cards for Magic: The Gathering.

I love that one of my favorite childhood stories, The Five Chinese Brothers is included on this DVD to share with my little ones.

Scholastic is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings.  One lucky blog reader will win their own Storybook Treasures DVD of Stone Soup and other stories from Asian culture.  Thank you Storybook Treasures for the review DVD and for sponsoring this great giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!!  Open to US residents.

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January 3, 2013 · 11:52 pm

Storia, Fun, Interactive & Educational Scholastic eBook App Review and $25 Storia Gift Card!!!

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Our whole family loves books.  I love real books but I am also embracing eBooks that I can read on my iPad more than I thought.  My kids like it that I have some children’s books on there too and they will look as it as a fun treat when we read an eBook.  Scholastic has a division of eBooks that are fun, educational and interactive called Storia.

When you join Storia you get five free eBooks.  You can also organize your Storia eBooks by having an age appropriate shelf for each child and they will have their books in one spot.  You just create an account and then you can go on and buy an eBook and it will go right into your account.

The first eBook I ordered was Good Boy, Fergus! and it was only a little because Fergus is a West Highland White Terrier just like our Zoey.  You can easily shop by age for your Storia eBooks or you can put a title or author in the search bar.  If you are looking for the great scholastic books your kid’s love on eBooks, you should check out Storia and get your five free eBooks.

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November 3, 2012 · 10:05 pm

Storybook Treasures, My First Collection Volume 4 Featuring Robot Zot, 3 DVD Collection Review & Giveaway!!!

ROBOTS, TOYS AND A CURIOUS GARDEN FILL THE

SMALL SCREEN IN THE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE

AWARD-WINNING “MY FIRST COLLECTION” DVD SERIES

 

MY FIRST COLLECTION VOL. 4 is an engaging collection of stories certain to foster creativity and learning in toddlers.  Children ages 2 and up will rhyme along with RobotZot!, learn the value of appreciation in Too Many Toys, and be inspired to take small steps that can make big changes in the world with The Curious Garden. Together, the three DVDs feature 12 engaging stories with narration by Zach Braff and others.

 ROBOT ZOT!…AND MORE RHYMING STORIES

Also includes: This is the House that Jack Built, Trashy Town and Stars! Stars! Stars!

TOO MANY TOYS…AND MORE STORIES ABOUT PROBLEM SOLVING

Also includes: I Lost My Bear, Wallace’s List and Inch by Inch.

 THE CURIOUS GARDEN…AND MORE STORIES ABOUT NATURE

Also includes: The Lion and the Mouse, Fletcher and the Falling Leaves and Planting a Rainbow

DVD FEATURES

 

  • Bonus Author interviews: with Too Many Toys Author/Illustrator and Robot Zot!Illustrator David Shannon; The Curious Garden Author/Illustrator Peter Brown; and The Lion and the Mouse Author/Illustrator Jerry Pinkney;
  • Read-Along function on all stories.

Aside from being part of the MY FIRST COLLECTION VOLUME 4 set, each of the single DVDs will also be available individually for $12.95 srp. For more information on this title or any other Scholastic Storybook Treasures release, visit www.newkideo.com.  Also, visit New Kideo, the online home for the DVD line, at their Facebook page.

 

We were thrilled to be able to review this great collection.  My kids love Storybook Treasure’s DVDs and these were no exception.  The first one we watched was Too Many Toys and they just loved it.  These problem solving stories are perfect for my kids and their favorite was; I Lost My Bear.  Robot Zot provided a lot of entertainment with rhyming stories that are very appropriate to skills they are learning to read.  The Curious Garden is full of nature stories and a favorite on their was the classic tale of The Lion and the Mouse.  You really can’t go wrong with this collection.  Mommy Ramblings thinks it is such a great selection that we are putting it on our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide!

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August 20, 2012 · 1:02 am

Scholastic,The Magic School Bus:The Complete Series Review & Giveaway!!!

Get Out There and Explore with The Magic School Bus DVDs

Relaunching This September 2012

On September 7, Scholastic Media and New Video, the distributors of the award-winning Scholastic Storybook Treasures series are partnering to release the perennially popular series in several configurations featuring all new packaging and never-before-released content.


I recently received The Magic School Bus: The Complete Series for review.  This boxed set of DVDs brings together all 52 episodes of the program–including 30 which are available for purchase for the first time on 8 DVDs.  Featuring a striking 3D lenticular cover with new artwork that makes the vibrant characters leap off the page and that will encourage kids to ask the question, “How did they make that?”  The collectible thin pack set also includes a guide for kids with teasers, trivia and experiments, plus a parent’s guide with lessons and learning options.  This interactive guide creates wholesome  and healthy entertainment  for the entire family.On September 7, Scholastic Media and New Video, the distributors of the award-winning Scholastic Storybook Treasures series are partnering to release the perennially popular series in several configurations featuring all new packaging and never-before-released content.

My older kids loved the Magic School Bus and so did their teachers.  I remember an assignment my daughter’s science class had one year to create their own Magic School Bus book on a particular concept.  That was great fun and a wonderful learning experience.  I can’t wait for my yongest children to experience this educational and entertaining series.

Also new to the line – and just in time for Back to School activities — will be two special 3-pack configurations, which will each include more than four hours of THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS adventures!  Join Ms. Frizzle to explore everything from the smallest cell to the largest galaxy in the universe with THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: BLAST OFF! FROM SEA TO SPACE and THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: FIELD TRIP FUN AND GAMES.  Both, priced to add to every home library at $24.95srp, feature 12 episodes, some releasing for the first time.

Finally, released day-and-date will be four THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS singles ($12.95srp ea.), each featuring 90 minutes of science fun with Ms. Frizzle and her students:

 

  • The Human Body – Science topics include digestion and body mechanics.
  • Super Star Power – Science topics include stars and cells.
  • Takes a Dive – Science topics include coral reefs and tidal zones.
  • Takes Flight – Science topics include weather and flying.

 

Poised to deliver fun and learning in a whole new way with the massive THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: THE COMPLETE SERIES, two new DVD sets and four single titles, excitement will soon be rolling into the marketplace on the heels of an enormous 25th Anniversary push for the brand.

 

The only question?  Where will the Bus take you?

 

The Magic School Bus® books, published by Scholastic, have been capturing children’s imaginations since they first book rolled onto shelves in 1986.  Since then, the acclaimed series has sold over 60 million books and spawned a successful animated TV series, which premiered in 1994, with support from The National Science Foundation. Now the longest-running science series to air on television, the star-studded program features the voices of Lily Tomlin, Wynonna Judd, Dolly Parton, Tony Randall and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.  Along with the adventurous and energetic Ms. Frizzle and her pet lizard, Liz, the entire class – along with the audience –invites students to explore volcanoes, the inside of the human body and much, much more!

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