Product Details

• Actors: Calista Flockhart, Lindsay Crouse, David De Vries, Mo Willems
• 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
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: New Video Group
• DVD Release Date: October 30, 2007
• Run Time: 66 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000UL61HA
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,986 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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Childhood is a magical time of learning, discovery, and personal growth and the trials and triumphs of growing up spring to life in this Scholastic DVD presentation of six favorite children's stories. "Knuffle Bunny," a story written and narrated by Mo Willems, follows Trixie and her Daddy on a trip to the laundromat where they inadvertently misplace Trixie's favorite bunny. After some panicked babbling on Trixie's part and a little help from Mom, Trixie's bunny is found and Trixie utters her first words. In Cari Best's "Shrinking Violet," the extremely shy Violet is panicking over a role in an upcoming school play, but her teacher cleverly ensures Violet's participation while respecting and easing her fears. "Possum Magic," (0152632247) written and narrated by Mem Fox, tells the magical story of an invisible possum named Hush and his grandmother as they eat their way around Australia in an attempt to make Hush visible and Lois Ehlert's "Planting a Rainbow" celebrates the colorful flowers of the garden. Bonus story "Brave Irene" by William Steig tells the story of a young girl's resolve to make an important journey in spite of a terrible storm and Miriam Cohen's "Will I Have a Friend" details the fears and triumphs of a young child on his first day of school. Each of these six scholastic read-along DVD stories is expertly narrated, features nice musical accompaniment, and preserves the stories' original artwork. (Ages 2 to 7) --Tami Horiuchi

Product Description

Collect the entire library of Scholastic Storybook Treasures and read along on screen with your favorite classic children s stories, brought vividly to life on DVD.

KNUFFLE BUNNY (By Mo Willems, Narrated by Mo Willems) Trixie, Daddy and Knuffle Bunny go on an exciting trip to the Laundromat. Suddenly, their adventure takes a surprising turn when Trixie realizes that something is missing!

SHRINKING VIOLET (By Cari Best, Illustrated by Giselle Potter, Narrated by Callista Flockheart) Violet is the shyest girl in school, so when her teacher announces that everyone will have a role in the school play, Violet panics. How will she find the courage to take the stage?

POSSUM MAGIC (By Mem Fox, Illustrated by Julie Vivas) Grandma Poss has used her magic to make Hush invisible. When Hush wants to see what she really looks like, the two possums tour Australia in search of the right ingredient to reverse the spell.

PLANTING A RAINBOW (Written and Illustrated by Lois Ehlert) The excitement and beauty of a mother and child planting a garden come to life as they start with only seeds and end up with a stunning rainbow of colors and flowers.

2 BONUS STORIES:
BRAVE IRENE (Written and Illustrated by William Steig, Narrated by Lindsay Crouse) When her mother falls ill, Irene must summon up all of her courage to deliver a dress to the Duchess. Will she be able to make the journey through the giant snow storm?

WILL I HAVE A FRIEND (By Miriam Cohen, Illustrated by Lillian Horn, Narrated by David de Vries) On Jim s first day of kindergarten, he wonders if he will have any friends. At first, the other children seem like scary strangers, but then at nap time, Jim finds someone who feels the same way he does.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Knuffle Bunny is Great! The remaining 60 minutes is not., February 5, 2008

By	John Tinsley Alderman - See all my reviews

Knuffle Bunny is great, it's awesome - but it's only 5 minutes long. The Scholastic Storybook Treasures feature a "main event" that gets you to buy the disc. Then they fill the rest of the DVD like the undercard of a major boxing match. The second story - "Shrinking Violet" is very good also. Two good stories, but the remaining stories are quite boring. At least, my three and a half year old thought so. Knuffle Bunny and Shrinking Violet are worth the price, just don't expect the full DVD to be as good as Knuffle Bunny.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Video of a Wonderful Story!, December 4, 2007

By	Miriam L. Hartman "Librarymim" (Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Knuffle Bunny is a wonderful story to share with young children and this video enhances the story by making it even more special. Having both Trixie and her dad narrate makes the story more real. I used in with my K-2 grade library classes and both boys and girls identified with Trixie losing her bunny. They all laughed when she started bawling and her daddy tried to hide with her behind a tree. They all also know what going 'boneless" meant and many admitted that they had gone "boneless" more than once. The love between father and daughter shines bright, making this a must have video for lovers of the book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Loves her bunny! , February 24, 2008

By	Researchin' Mom (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

Like Trixie, my 3 yr old daughter has a very special bunny. We fell in love with the Knuffle Bunny and Knuffle Bunny Too books right away. Our daughter can really relate to Trixie and now and then even calls her bunny 'knuffle bunny'. As far as the dvd, our daughter loves watching Knuffle Bunny, Planting a Rainbow and Will I Have a Friend?. The other stories don't seem to have her interest, however that is probably just an age or personality thing. I am happy for her to watch books being read to her and word tracking on the screen. Our daughter loves to be read to, but I think she enjoys seeing some familiar books come alive with animation.