|  | Actors: Scholastic Storybook Treasures, Sarah Jessica Parker, James Earl Jones
Studio: New Video Group
List Price: $99.95
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Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 9148
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 16
Running Time: 881 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.6 x 4.5
MPN: D110340D
UPC: 767685110348
EAN: 0767685110348
ASIN: B0012909Q8
Release Date: February 26, 2008
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 Classic July 15, 2009
K. Kasten (Frisco, TX USA)
Awesome books on DVD for my kids. What a better way to have them appreciate the old school scholastic books.
 Great Storybooks-- Not the greatest DVD set July 9, 2009
Hopeless Romantic (Chicago, IL USA)
186 out of 188 found this review helpful
I thought this set was a great concept. It comes well packaged and each of the main books included covers one of the DVD pages. When I list the names below, the stories on the cover will be labled with an "*" ...
I was disappointed by the organization. Yes. The stories artre all clearly listed on the box in alphabetical order, but they're hard to find on the DVDs because they're not organized in any particular way per DVD set.
For example. I LOVE Courduroy. They probably could have included the live action movie along with the two cartoon versions that more closely resemble the books. Instead.. they put a book called "Yo! Yes?" on the DVD... That starts out with two kids throwing a ball back and forth saying and one saying "You? ... .... .... " pointing to himself and tossing the ball and the other one responding "You? ... ... ...." ...... hmmmm... not so educational. Not so interesting. Kind of a waste of space on the DVD. This particular DVD also has "Here Comes the Cat!" -- which I had never heard of.
While skimming the DVDS, I thought I was getting jipped. 3-4 stories on each of the 16 DVDs doesn't really come up to 100. Thats when I noticed they were counting sories they put in the DVD features as a special. I thought the features area was supposed to be for author comentaries... actual extras.. ?? Then.. The best part of this is that you actually only get 90 stories. 10 are also available in Spanish. If you're not learning spanish.. Given that most DVDs currently come in English and Spanish--- This was a little disappointing. AND misleading. I think that's why I couldn't find a list of stories included ANYWHERE.
The "read along" is really just captions. You can turn them on yourself.
You can't skip their advertisement for the DVD set you already own. You can fast forward... but strangly, you are then able to forward past the main menu and end up watching something aweful.
That being said.. there are a few good ones on here. I haven't really decided if it was worth buying as a set or if I should have purchased each one individually. I spent $50. I'm seeing some of the individuals selling used for as low as $1. (I don't think I'd spend much more than $3 on each one as an individual). Resale value is low....
Key to my list:
Here's the list (And again.. astericks mark the ones that are on the cover). (Sp) means that it is also in Spanish. I have gone ahead and numbered them Sp-10 accordingly. "Bonus" means the story is located in the special features section as a bonus story, rather than on the main menu. ... I only included such detailed info on 8 of 16 DVDs. However, all of the titles are listed.
A-C
1. Alligators All Around
2. Angurs and the Ducks
3. Antartic Antics [Fly Story 2 of 5]
4. Apt. 3
5. The Beast of Monsieur Racine
6. Blueberries for Sal [Ducklings Story 2 of 5]
7. Burt Dow: Deep-Water Man [Ducklings Story 4 of 5] "Bonus"
8. By the Light of the Halloween Moon [Lagoon Story 3 of 7]
9. Cat and Canary
10. The Caterpillar and the Polliwog
11. Changes, Changes
12. Charlie Needs a Cloak [Moo Story 5 of 5] "Bonus"
13. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
14. Chicken Soup with Rice
15. Chysanthemum
16. * Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type [Moo Story 1 of 5] (Sp6)
17. * Corduroy [Corduroy Story 1 of 4]
18. The Cow who Fell in the Canal [Moo Story 4 of 5] "Bonus"
19. Curious George Rides a Bike
D-G
20. A Darm Dark Tale [Lagoon Story 5 of 7] "Bonus"
21. The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash [Moo Story 2 of 5]
22. Drummer Hoff [Harold Story 5 of 6] "Bonus"
23. Elizabeti's Doll [Mama a Llama Story 3 of 5]
24. Five Creatures [Mama a Llama Story 5 of 5] "Bonus"
25. Fossie and the Fox
26. The Foolish Frog
27. 14 Rats and a Rat Catcher
28. Georgie [Lagoon Story 6 of 7] "Bonus"
29. Good Night, Gorilla
30. Goose [Mama a Llama Story 4 of 5]
31. The Great White Man-Eating Shark
H-L
32. Happy Birthday, Moon
33. The Happy Lion
34. * Harold and the Purple Crayon [Harold Story 1 of 6]
35. Harold's Fairy Tale [Harold Story 3 of 6]
36. Harry the Dirty Dog
37. The Hat
38. Here Comes the Cat! [Corduroy Story 3 of 4]
39. Hot Hippo
40. How do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
41. In the Night Kitchen
42. * Is Your Mama a Llama [Mama a Llama Story 1 of 5] (Sp1)
43. Joey Runs Away
44. John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat
45. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat [Nona Story 2 of 4]
46. Keeping House [Fly Story 4 of 5] "Bonus"
47. Lentil [Ducklings Story 5 of 5] "Bonus"
48. Leo and the Late Bloomer [Mama a Llama Story 2 of 5] (Sp2)
49. A Letter to Amy
M-P
50. * Make Way for Ducklings [Ducklings Story 1 of 5] (Sp5)
51. Monty
52. Musical Max [Fly Story 3 of 5] (Sp7)
53. The Mysterious Tadpole [Harold Story 4 of 6] "Bonus"
54. The Napping House
55. Officer Buckle & Gloria
56. One Was Johnny
57. Owen
58. The Paperboy
59. Patrick
60. Pet Show!
61. Peter's Chair
62. Picnic
63. A Picture for Harold's Room [Harold Story 2 of 6]
64. Pierre
65. The Pig's Wedding [Moo Story 3 of 5]
R-T
66. The Rainbabies [Corduroy Story 4 of 4] "Bonus"
67. Rosie's Walk
68. Smile for Auntie [Harold Story 6 of 6] "Bonus"
69. The Snowy Day
70. Stone Soup [Nona Story 3 of 4] (Sp4)
71. A Stoy, A Story
72. * Strega Nona [Nona Story 1 of 4] (Sp3)
73. The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks [Nona Story 4 of 4] "Bonus"
74. * The Teacher From the Black Lagoon [Lagoon Story 1 of 7]
75. Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman [Lagoon Story 7 of 7] "Bonus
76. * There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly [Fly Story 1 of 5]
77. The Three Robbers [Lagoon Story 4 of 7]
78. Time of Wonder [Ducklings Story 3 of 5]
79. Trashy Town
80. The Trip
V-Y
81. The Village of Round and Square Houses
82. Waiting for Wings [Fly Story 5 of 5] "Bonus"
83. What's Under my Bed? [Lagoon Story 2 of 7]
84. A Weekend for Wendell
85. Where the Whild Things are
86. Whistle for Willie
87. Who's in Rabbit's House?
88. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
89. The Wizard
90. Yo! Yes? [Corduroy Story 2 of 4]
Recap:
One star lost for terrible organization.
Half star lost for story selection and choices of movies. (They're not all so great.. but I guess that's what you expect with 100 stories, right?)
Half star lost for including "Bonus" spanish versions as 10 of the 100 stories.
... Oh .. And spanish versions are included for:
click Click Moo, Curious George Rides a Bike, Is your Mama a Llama, Leo and the Late Bloomer, Make Way for Ducklings, Musical Max, Stone Soup, Strega Nona, Where the Wild Things Are, Why mosquitoes buzz in Peoples Ears.
~Cheers!~
A tad outdated audio/visual quality June 20, 2009
M. Lopez (Spain)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I do like this set, especially getting it a great price! But I was a tad disappointed because the quality just seems like it belongs in the 1980's. That is, with so many technological advances, I'm sure that a new set can be presented by scholastic taking advantage of more animation, more color, and more spark. I think they're good, but that they need a complete make-over. Still, I rate it three stars because I love all of these stories. I'm a mommy of two and an early childhood education teacher. I think the quality of the video/DVD quality does not do complete justice to the actual marvelous, award-winning books. Maybe other people actually like the fact that the books on film stay true to the story and are not overdone with special effects. But I kinda would've liked more. I showed the DVD's to my children in class and many lost interest. I think they like it better when I read the story to them than watching some of the stories on the DVD. I think it's because, eved though they don't realize it, they realize that it's a bit outdated.
Great for Long Trips! May 16, 2009
pmjglover
We traveled recently to Ghana, West Africa and brought a number of the Scholastic videos with us. This was perhaps one of the best decisions we could have made.
During our 4-hour layover we used one of the videos to keep our almost 5-year old and our 3-year old sane.
Needless to say, on the 10-hour flight the videos came in handy as well. The kids didn't even fight when we let them sit together to watch videos.
In Ghana the kids and most of their 9 cousins enjoyed watching the videos as bedtime stories. They didn't all need to understand the words to enjoy the stories!
There were times when we read to our kids during the trip, but it was a lot easier to capture their attention and keep them out of trouble with the videos. Highly recommended, especially for long trips!
 toddler treasury May 9, 2009
Kathleen R. Adams
I bought this for 5 grandchildren and the toddlers loved it. I think the parents liked it more. It is like reading the stories to the kids and they can follow along if they have their own copy of the book (or from the library). It is the original art work with the narration and words so it is nice for early readers.
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