Customer Reviews

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids (Follow Along Edition)

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We've been playing this DVD for my daughter since she was about 8 months old and she enjoys the colors!!

They're just so vivid that it caught her attention early on and she hasn't let go. Now, at 16 months, she still enjoys watching it while she eats on her high chair and it's the only way to keep her still for a while.

We bought this DVD with a package containing Stellaluna at Costco, and a freebie for the High Five musical group, but nothing has caught my daughter's attention more than this DVD. Growing up with the Disney movies myself, I tried to get her into those movies but they're simply boring for her (of course, she's too little ;-)

Of course, I've enjoyed it, too :-) and always play it for visitors, children and adults, and they always get hooked.

My wife is always laughing at us because my little one and I just get into the movie and don't pay attention to anything else, that's how good it is!!

Two thumbs up!

My daughter Lily loves Miss Spider. I rented this for her and she has watched it every day. I"m going to buy it for our vacation. The movie has all the bright colors like the book and the voice of Brooke Shields as Miss Spider. It is not loud and it is very soft and well done. The DVD has extras that are well worth the money. David Kirk reads the book and there are also more stories. Miss Spider also talks about all her kids and their names and personalities. You can't miss with this purchase and get the book too.

The antagonist in this movie is a very scary looking ghost-white spider with a big human-like face, a huge chin and sharp white teeth contrasting against a blood red mouth. He made me raise my eyebrows just before sending my three year old screaming and running from the TV. He shows up in the background in the initial wedding scene, when Miss Spider is getting married, muttering something about why isn't she with him; odd content for a young audience. Then he shows up mouth wide open ready to gobble one of Miss Spider's eggs that was dropped from a branch on the way to the egg sack. The egg does get rescued by some flying bug in the knick of time. We just stopped watching the movie after this point. We won't be watching it again until I know which scenes to skip a priori.

My three year old twins love this animated movie. We recorded it with Tivo and have watched it countless times. I'm glad to find it on DVD so that I can keep it forever. It's got great computer animation and a good story for children.

"Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids," based on David Kirk's book by the same name, is a touching introduction to the land of Sunny Patch for all fans of Miss Spider and her little buglings.

Miss Spider and Holley are two lovebugs and the special begins with their marriage. Spiderus, however, is a carnivorous spider who is jealous of their romance and wants Miss Spider for himself. As he stews, everyone celebrates, until a chicken shows up. They manage to chase out the chicken and the fun resumes, but what they don't realize is that the chicken has left behind an egg.

Miss Spider and Holley settle into life together and eventually, Miss Spider lays eggs. She's excited about becoming a mother, but she's nervous too. She was adopted as a little spiderling by Betty Beetle. Since her adopted Mom really knew nothing about raising a baby spider, she basically had to make it up as she went along. Betty, however, assures her that she'll be a great Mom.

Miss Spider and Holley hatch five little spiders --- Squirt, Wiggle, Spinner and the twins Pansy and Snowdrop. They all soon grow into spirited little kids and Squirt is perhaps the most-spirited of them all. When the kids discover the egg that the chicken left behind, Squirt decides that he needs to return it to his mother, even if in entails danger. On his adventure, he discovers several new friends.


"Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids" is a delightful special that teaches kindness, bravery and friendship. Fans of the series will delight at learnng the genesis of their buggy friends now seen daily on television and in many books. This special is the only "Miss Spider" release by MGM Kids and the only one to star Brooke Shields as the voice of Miss Spider. In the TV show and future specials, Kristin Davis takes over as the voice of Miss Spider.


P.S.: I don't think this film is too scary for little kids. Compared to some of the fare that is out there, the content of this film isn't remotely scary, although, naturally, anyone with a strong fear of spiders might want to avoid it. Other than that, this film is really cute, with occasional scenes of peril, but nothing that anyone older than about three-or-four would probably be too terrified by (and I do believe the intended target audience is probably older preschool to those beginning school and their parents. Oh, and any fan of quality animation.)

Our daughter has really ennjoyed watching this which is a good thing at 2yrs!!!Teaches kids to be nice to everyone...great for older kids also...and Adults!!! So colorful...we really enjoyed this one!!!

The movie opens with a melancholy, off-beat, off-key melody while we are twisting and winding through a forest, which made me feel disoriented and nauseous. The bad guy, "Spideris" is a pale white spider with distorted features, a character Tim Burton ("Corpse bride") would love.

This character frightened my two-year so much that he grabbed my finger and used it to turn off the TV.

I feel like a terrible father that I allowed him to watch this movie.

My 3-year-old twins love this story (so do I), relating closely to the idea that everyone/everything has a home where it belongs. The variety of bug life in this movie, the bright primary colors, and the "humanity" of the creatures in this show (even Scary Spiderus wants to find someone to belong with, and wouldn't it be the best if we all looked out for each other like those bugs?) has influenced my kids to react differently to the crawlers around our home. Before Sunny Patch their automatic reaction to bugs was "Mommy I'm scared!" Now they want to know where the bug lives and why it isn't at home. Another step towards tolerating and welcoming diversity, from the world of bugs.

We tivoed this off of Nickelodeon months ago when my son was 5 months old. He still loves it and I have been waiting for it to come out on DVD/Video. I highly recommend it!

My 3-yr.-old has watched this video every day for a month. He absolutely loves it. It has a great message for kids--about motherly love and taking care of each other. He's not a kid who really gets into movies, but this one keeps him captivated for the entire time it plays.