Product Details

• Actors: Cyndi Lauper, Arlo Guthrie, Billy Dee Williams
• Directors: Scholastic
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: NEW VIDEO GROUP
• DVD Release Date: March 31, 2009
• Run Time: 65 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001O5LVWG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,734 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: New Video Group Release Date: 03/31/2009 Run time: 65 minutes

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A FAV around our house, September 8, 2004

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donkee (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly... and More Stories That Sing (Scholastic Video Collection) (DVD)

We own every Scholastic Video in the series & we think this is one of the best! These "stories that sing" are very catchy. My kids love to run around the coffee table (their form of dancing) to "There Was an Old Lady..." I admit when I first watched from afar the second story "Antarctic Antics", I thought the illustrations were kinda boring, just because I am not a huge fan of penguins...but since my kids request this one ALL the time, I have since grown to LOVE it. You are walked thru the life of a penguin. It is educational, but very entertaining with very funny lyrics like..."Antarctica, you'd better bring your partika" I find myself singing this often :) Lots of talented singers to be enjoyed (including singer from the Mavericks.) We love the bonus stories also (only on the DVD version.) Favorite author Lois Ehlert's "Waiting for Wings" is FABULOUS, I mean truly FABULOUS!!! This one is a winner.

34 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not up to Scholastic Video Collection Standards, August 19, 2004

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Glenn Fink "mojave" (Maryland USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly... and More Stories That Sing (Scholastic Video Collection) (DVD)

Let me start out by saying we have a few DVDs from the Scholastic Video Collection and my family really likes them, especially "Chicka-Chicka Boom Boom" and "Where the Wild Things Are."
I really did not like this DVD and was disappointed with it. The main story was not too bad but the first read through was half sung and half read. After the reading of the story, there was the Cyndi Lauper version which was really bad. I don't know if it was the tempo, her accent or what but no one was going to be singing along. I guess I went blindly into this DVD because I like the other Scholastic Videos so much. I was thinking that my girls (2 and 4) might find some cool songs to sing. Sorry, no such thing here. As for the "and more stories that sing" part, that was completely off. The whole Antarctic Antics was sung but you are not going to be singing along with it, especially the part where they sing about penguin regurgitation.
I don't write a lot of reviews but I had to post this one because the new release of this DVD was really a let down based on the quality I feel I have been getting from the Scholastic DVDs. I've been so impressed at how they turned the books I like to read with my kids into video and song but this DVD which I thought was a natural, and would be great fun for my girls to sing along with, let me down. I almost feel like Scholastic has been so successful with the products they spent a lot of time producing that they have just started churning new DVDs out with out the same care and attention.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of my boys' favorites!, September 2, 2007

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Cynthia (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly... and More Stories That Sing (Scholastic Video Collection) (DVD)

I borrowed this DVD from our library and my boys loved it so much I bought it! My boys love the title song and especially Antartic Antics. It's like a mini-opera for children. The vocabulary is for older children but my boys didn't mind- they learned the words easily with the music to help them. This is one they ask for again and again.