Product Details

• Actors: Scholastic Video
• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: New Video Group
• VHS Release Date: September 24, 2002
• Run Time: 25 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006CY4R
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,734 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Catchy music and skillful animation lend a new richness to award-winning picture books like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Trashy Town in this Scholastic compilation. In "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom," jazzy melodies composed and performed by Crystal Taliefero complement Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault's innovative look at the alphabet while Lois Ehlert's busy letters absolutely scurry up and crash down from the coconut tree. The addition of the jazzy refrain "dump it in, smash it down, drive around" underscores the importance of the trash man's job in "Trashy Town" and Rosie's oblivious walk around the farm in "Rosie's Walk" is appropriately accompanied by a catchy country tune and twang-infused narration. Animation, voice talent, and the occasional melodic riff reinforce the themes of growth and change in "The Caterpillar and the Polliwog." (Ages 2 to 7) --Tami Horiuchi

Product Description

CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM (By Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault; Illustrated by Lois Ehlert): The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. But is there enough room for all of them?

TRASHY TOWN (By Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha; Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino): Dump it in! Smash it down! Follow Mr. Gilly around Trashy Town until his truck is full of glorious garbage.

ROSIE’S WALK (By Pat Hutchins): A clumsy fox can’t quite catch an unsuspecting hen on this fun-filled walk through the farm.

THE CATERPILLAR AND THE POLLIWOG (By Jack Kent): The polliwog watches the caterpillar grow up and turn into "something else." But the caterpillar isn’t the only one who’s changing!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kid favorite, September 15, 2002

By A Customer

I bought this movie last year and since I bought it, it has been viewed a minimum of 50 times. It is ideal for kids aged 2 - 7. Many times the kids want to watch it over again (and over again and over again). I dare anybody to not enjoy watching this video with some kids and singing along. Chicka Chicka BOOM BOOM!

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chicka Chicka Boom Boom -- the DVD**** 5 Stars!!!, March 23, 2005

By	Pam Tee "Harmless" - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

My kids (boy and girl; 3 and 5) and I really like this DVD and the really funny thing is that we like the `additional' material even more than we like the main attraction which is not read but sung to a Caribbean beat.

Besides CCBB the other stories are:
Trashy Town
Rosie's Walk
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog
The Foolish Frog (by Pete Seeger)
Joey Runs Away
Changes Changes

In Trashy Town two cute rats follow the work of Mr. Gilly as he roams around Trashy Town cleaning it up with the help of his garbage truck. We were not familiar with this story before but the lyrics and topic are marvelously catchy.
"Dump it in... Smash it down... Drive around the trashy town."

Rosie's Walk is about a chicken that goes about her business in absolute ignorance of the pursuing fox and his travails. The artwork is marvelous and reminds me of colonial stitchwork.

The Caterpillar and the Polliwog and the Foolish Frog are in an older animation style, think early Sesame Street, but the stories are very good and Pete Seeger can really put out a fine toe-tapping tune.

Joey Runs Away is a story about how a young kangaroo runs away to find a `room' he won't have to clean up. All the other animals want to `rent' the pouch from Joey's mom, but of course she refuses. Joey and mom are reunited when Joey realizes that there is no place like home and hearth, and besides his room wasn't *that* messy.

Changes Changes is the wordless story of two little block people who make and remake their world each time out of the same set of blocks. Through adversity and hardship they persevere with love and creativity to form a family.

Simply a great collection of stories. We highly recommend this DVD.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most adorable video out there!, January 2, 2004

By	Lucretia Yeh (Walnut Creek, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What a fun collection of cute stories! "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" has little kid letters (lower case letters) climbing up a coconut tree and then falling out of it & getting hurt (of course, the upper-case adults come to their rescue!) is such a fun way for kids to learn the alphabet! I actually had this particular story on auto-repeat for the longest time. The song is cute and the story fun & sweet. My 3-year old daughter also loves "The Foolish Frog" which is about a man who makes up a song about a show-off frog who in the end, literally blows himself up with pride. This story, like "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom," is fun & has a catchy tune), "Trashy Town" which is about two mice who go along for a ride in a trashman's truck for the day and narrate his activities is also a fun story. There are a few other stories on this DVD which my daughter could watch & listen to all day if we let her. If you have a toddler, this is a must-have video!

Even though it's been mentioned a couple times in other reviews already, I'll mention it again: the songs on this DVD won't grate on your nerves so it's grown-up-friendly.