Customer Reviews

Corduroy...and More Stories About Caring

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I'm surprised no one mentioned that the Corduroy story is the only one that is not a cartoon. I thought it was very well cast and well presented with real actors in a real department store, but would have preferred the story cartoon version. The story was also changed a bit, thought the plot stayed the same. Otherwise all the other stories are excellent. As a teacher, I love that these storybooks were made into videos!

There is only one short video about Corduroy on this DVD, the other stories are just still pictures of pages in various storybooks; kids won't watch it.

My grandchildren love Corduroy on an old video. They like it better than to read the story, it is so alive for them. It is truly a favorite of theirs along with Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel. We appreciate the scholastic dvd's to watch together after we have read the books over and over.

This is a wonderful adaptation of the book by the same name and is an excellent video for children from pre=school on up to 2nd grade. The pictures and the author's own words are depicted on this dvd. My grandson who is only 2 years old, enjoyed the story bcause of his love of animals and the main character which was a teddy bear.

Bought this for my 3 year old son who has a stuffed bear he calls Corduroy. He and his 5 year old brother really liked the video. They especially liked the Corduroy and Mike Mulligan stories. I found the Corduroy segment to be especially sweet. This is not one of those videos they want to watch every day (like Fireman Sam which was a gift at the same time) but (maybe that is a good thing) when they do watch it they enjoy it and I can feel good about what they are watching.

If you are looking for an illustrated/animated version of Corduroy, this is not it.

I bought this DVD because my toddler loves all things Corduroy. We already had the Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVD of A Pocket For Corduroy, which she could watch all day if I let her, and I thought this would be a good alternative. But my daughter won't watch it because a) it is live-action and b) it does not follow the original story. The premise is the same and as an adult I can tell that it is basically the same story. But to my daughter, the giant bear who looks vaguely like Corduroy and crawls through a train tunnel is not actually Corduroy.

Most of these videos are just old 70's book follow-a-longs. If you were around back then you know the kind of slide-style presentations and very simple animation styles we had back then. Very nostalgic. The kids of today may not like it, but I did not purchase this for kids. I wanted a copy of the "Happy Owls" story that is in this DVD, which is a charming story about appreciating life for all the beauty it offers rather than squabbling over the petty daily activities.

It's simple, and dirt cheap. I got far more than I paid for as far as I am concerned, however I have realistic expectations about 70's video because I was around at the time. If you have never seen the animations of the 70's, you may want to research before buying.

This was better than the last video. Although my daughter liked "Here comes the cat," the other stories are very good. The read along titles for the first few are great learning tools too.