Product Details

• Actors: Bob West, Julie Johnson, David Joyner, Emilio Mazur, Pia Manalo
• Writers: Dennis DeShazer, Mark S. Bernthal, Sheryl Leach
• Producers: R. Shawn Kelly, Randy A. Dalton
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Bros. Television
• VHS Release Date: January 13, 1998
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1571320377
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,289 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Occasional visitor Stella the Storyteller loses the numbers from her magical clock. Barney and the Backyard Gang go searching for them, and their search leads to the library, where they hear some stories. There's a big surprise from Stella at the end that will please tykes. Otherwise, this is an average installment from the series. --Tom Keogh

From the Back Cover
When Stella the Storyteller loses the numbers from her magical clock, it's up to Barney and all his friends to help her find them again. Join in as their number search leads them straight to the library for some good old-fashioned storytelling run. But they'll have to find those number in a hurry, because when the alarm clock goes off, Stella plans to give them all a Barney-Size, super-dee-duper surprise. Get ready to learn to count with Barney in this run-with-numbers race to the finish.

Songs:
Barney Theme Song - A Hunting We Will Go - A Great Day For Counting! - The Library - The Gaggle, Giggle, Wiggle Dance - My Yellow Blanket - Her, Kitty Kitty! - Books Are Fun! You Can Count On Me - Look At Me, I'm Three - Farm Song Medley (Little Bo Peep, Little Boy Blue, The Clever Hen, and Hickety Pickety, My Fine Hen) - In Our Family - I Love You.
Stories:
The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs - Belling the Cat - The Turnip.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good!, January 20, 2000

By A Customer

This video is great. Not at all the 'typical' TV Episode and different than the 'typical' Barney Home Video. The songs are nice (slight variation from the 'norm') and the stories are cute! As the owner of 14 Barney Home videos and parent of a 1 1/2 year old, I would definitely recommend this tape ! It was very good and a slight variation too !

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Barney makes learning to count fun., September 7, 1999

By A Customer

I bought this movie for my 21 month old daughter and she loves it. She was able to count to three before and now she's learning fun songs and can count to five, all on her own and with the songs. I think this movie is great for parents wanting to help their kids count.Barney makes learning to count fun!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional - Rachel's Favorite!, September 12, 2001

By	Sarah Lytton Rinelli (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I have a special affection for "It's Time for Counting". My Rachel, when she was 14 months old, became VERY interested in numbers due to watching this video. Within a few weeks, she had full number recognition 0-9, and would point them out loudly everywhere we went (especially the grocery store!).

The plot is really clever and has a nice balance between retold nursery rhymes/fairy tales and the hunt for Stella's missing alarm clock numbers. The costumes and choreography are first rate: colorful, seamless, well rehersed. The songs are non-annoying and clever.

As a first grade teacher, I can tell you that my students love singing the "Learn to Borrow Books from the Library" song. We sing it every week before my class goes to check out books (the librarian likes it, too). I like to give this video as a gift to young children - I can not recommend it more highly.