Product Details

• Actors: Tellie Johnson, Ted Mejia, Vanessa Wells, Jodi Applegate, Ted Henning
• Directors: Gary Templeton
• Writers: Gary Templeton, Susan Osborn, Don Freeman
• Producers: Barbara Bryant, Joe Mantegna, John Sturner, Susan Osborn
• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Good Times Video
• VHS Release Date: August 5, 2003
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303672213
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,326 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Video Description

From KIDS FIRST!: The classic tale comes to the screen once again, only this time it’s for a wider audience, which includes hearing-impaired viewers. The story is signed in American Sign Language (ASL) while the narrator reads the words on the screen. Simple illustrations enhance the story, and are never blocked out by the woman and man signing. On this DVD, Corduroy is left in a laundromat to his owner, Lisa’s, great despair. The Hispanic girl is very excited to find him again the next day. She discovers that he wandered off because he was looking for a pocket. She tells him that he just should have asked. She makes him a pocket, and the two are happy together. Also on this DVD are “Blue Burt and Wiggles” and “Big Al.” “Blue Burt and Wiggles” is a delightful tale about two unlikely friends (a bird and worm) who are going to be separated for the winter. Their efforts to keep summer going will keep your little ones laughing. “Big Al” has catchy music and silly illustrations sure to make your children smile. Poor Al is trying to make friends, but the other fist are scared of him. He learns that his size can be a benefit and not a detriment as others learn to appreciate him. Learn about the seasons and life under the sea with this sweet DVD. Child Juror Comments: This DVD had good stories. I like how I can see the words. I know some sign language, and I’m learning more. I think my friends would like it because the stories are good. I really liked Corduroy because I have a stuffed bear, too. I think the fishy one is sad, even though it got happy at the end. He had friends. Ages 2-5.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live action versions of two library favorites!, December 27, 2003

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Carol Levin (Bridgewater, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Pocket For Corduroy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I am a children's librarian delighted to see two favorite storytime videos available for the home market. "A Pocket for Corduroy" is an extraordinary live-action adaptation of the story by Don Freeman in which a toy bear accidentally gets left behind in a laundromat(with puppet animation so seamless that kids (and grown-ups!) are left wondering how they filmed it!) The video also contains "The Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle," a very funny live-action adaptation of the book by Bruce McMillan in which a tricycle, whose young owner distractedly abandons it, ends up in a dump, escapes and careens around town before returning, at last, to its downcast owner. Both these videos are library favorites shown year after year in library storytimes.

Other wonderful videos by the same producer are:
"Corduroy and Other Bear Stories" (not to be confused with the television show "Adventures of Corduroy" -- this is a much better product) and "A Boy, A Dog, and a Frog, and other Frog Stories."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Pocket for Corduroy - great classic for kids and now new skills can be learned, October 31, 2010

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Haunted Flower (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Pocket for Corduroy (DVD)

To improve vocabulary, comprehension, and fine motor skills, this October a series of DVDs comes out of Scholastic Storybook Treasures where you can now introduce your child to Sign Language!

A Pocket for Corduroy
1 DVD Disc being released October 26, 2010

When I first saw this title, I got really excited because I used to read the Corduroy books as a child and I had a live action version of the story on a VHS tape somewhere so I was hoping for the movie, but like the other DVD above, this is the book comes to life through illustrations and sign language. This DVD has a running time of 38 minutes plus extras of sign language vocabulary, comprehension quizzes, alphabet fingerspelling, and a read-along feature. "A Pocket for Corduroy" was written and illustrated by Don Freeman of the story of a little bear's quest for a pocket that takes him on a journey through the laundromat. The next story is "Blue Burt and Wiggles" that was written and illustrated by Derek Anderson about two friends who try to make the summer last forever because they don't want to say goodbye. The last story is "Big Al" by Andrew Clements and illustrated by Yoshi (Mario's dinosaur friend that eats eggs????). This is the story of a big guy without any friends because the other fish are afraid of him until the day he proves what a great asset he is and becomes loved by all. Each of the stories has a sign language professional on the screen telling the story so your child can practice along.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful stories that reinforce American Sign Language development, July 20, 2010

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Kathryn E. Etier "Miss Bob" (Beautiful Maggie Valley) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Pocket for Corduroy (DVD)

The latest entries in the Scholastic Storybook Treasures series incorporate sign language in the read-along stories. The DVDs in this series were designed to "help children of all hearing abilities to gain literacy and pre-reading skills." They teach early sign language skills in a format appropriate for preschool children. As in all the DVDs in the Storybook Treasures series, fun, colorful illustrations delight the eye as the story is told.

Scholastic Storybook Treasures - A Pocket for Corduroy offers the long-popular title story about the adventures of a stuffed bear that wanders off in search of a pocket while at the laundromat with his little girl owner. Two other stories on the subject of unlikely friendships are Blue Burt and Wiggles about two best friends who happen to be a bird and a worm that don't want to let summer end, and Big Al about a very big, very lonely fish who wants to make friends, but the smaller fish are afraid of him until they learn what a valuable friend he can be.

All three stories on each DVD are appropriate for toddlers, beginning readers, and beginning signers, and are recommended for ages two through nine. Captions can be left on or turned off. Extras include vocabulary and quiz activities for each story and a demonstration of the ASL (American Sign Language) alphabet. Each vocabulary exercise demonstrates the proper sign for a variety of the words used in the related story; the quizzes test comprehension. The stories and activities are designed to support vocabulary, comprehension and fine motor skills.

There are two very good reasons why parents of hearing children should introduce them to ASL. One comes from Scholastic: "Studies have linked early sign language learning to improved fine motor skills, increased vocabulary [and] higher IQ scores." The other is common sense: the more skills a child has, the more adaptable s/he is. This adaptability translates to increased opportunities