Product Details

• Actors: Olivia Burnette, Kaleb Henley, Bill Melendez, Lindsay Sloane, Brandon Stewart
• Directors: Bill Melendez
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: August 30, 1998
• Run Time: 24 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303484115
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,180 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

It's when friends need friends the most. A classmate's serious illness becomes a lesson in life for the Peanuts kids.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent intro to cancer for small children, July 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Peanuts: Why, Charlie Brown, Why? [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is an excellent way to introduce young children to the difficult concept of cancer and major illnesses. Believe me, they are more afraid of the unknown than cancer. When my wife was first diagnosed, we tried to shield my then 4 year old girl. She only heard a word or two that she couldn't comprehend but she wanted to know what was wrong with her mommy. A year earlier, we had read the book version of this simply because she liked Charlie Brown. She found and brought the book to me to read again because she wanted to know about this cancer and what to expect. Shortly after that, the movie was shown on Disney. It (like the book) explores the horror of cancer in a gentle but no-nonsense way that children can relate to. It really helped my little girl understand the whole illness, loss of hair and slow recovery of cancer. This way, she was never surprised and she (and my wife) got through it togethe. I whole-heartedly recommend it for anyone in my circumstances or, God forbid, if the child is the one with the cancer.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars lots of hope and strength!, October 17, 2003

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Lori S. Webre "laph93" (Covington, Louisiana USA!!!) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peanuts: Why, Charlie Brown, Why? [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My daughter was dx'd with leukemia when she was 2 and 3/4 and we explained as much as you could to a child her age, about what was going on in her body. We really wanted her to know what was happening to her so she could fight it her best-this video was invaluable to her and our family. She watched it umpteen times in the hospital and it really helped her understand that she was not alone and what she had to do(needle sticks, tests, loss of hair, etc) to beat her leukemia. She is now almost 6 and in remission for 3 years and off chemo for 7 months! We still pull out this video every once in a while to watch:) I have to admit though-that if this is a video you want and you have a child with leukemia or some other cancer-(...)the American cancer Association. (...)since that is who funded the making of this video.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helping kids to understand, September 22, 2002

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Monica (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peanuts: Why, Charlie Brown, Why? [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie was perfect for helping the children in my daughter's elementary class understand childhood cancer. Although these children did not know her before she was diagnosed, this was a wonderful way to educate them. After the movie was played for the class and their parents, my daughter seemed to feel better about going to class, and less nervous about her hair loss. Leave it to Charlie Brown and the gang to bring children together regardless of the situation at hand. I would recommend this movie to elementary aged children with parental supervision.