Product Details

• Actors: Scholastic Storybook Treasures
• 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: June 24, 2008
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0013XZ6G6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,822 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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.

THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE (By Beverly Cleary) The best-selling book comes to life in live action and dimensional animation. Ralph is not like other mice. He is always looking for a new adventure. When a young guest arrives with a shiny miniature motorcycle, Ralph knows that it is his lucky day. He takes it out for a spin and roars off on a series of exciting and dangerous adventures.

BONUS STORY: WEE GILLIS (By Munro Leaf, Live Action) A Scottish lad has a tough decision to make. Does he want to be a Highlander and stalk stags, like his father s people, or a Lowlander like his mother s people and raise long-haired cows? Or can he combine his skills in herding and hunting to do something else?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ahh, the memories!, November 15, 2008

By	David A. Nguyen (Kansas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I saw this movie 20 years ago as a kid with my mom. Never left my memories. At dinner we were talking about cherished times and she brought up this movie. I'm about to leave home so I bought this DVD so I can watch it with my mom one last time. She saw the packaging and sorta cried and I guess we'll watch it once I'm done with this review.
I watched a bit of it already. It's just as I remembered it! The movie itself is 41 minutes long. The video quality is decent. It's from 1986 afterall. There's also an 18 minute extra story call "Wee Gillis" about a Scottish boy in the country. Both stories have a lot of values so I recommend it for parents. I bought it new and there's a colorful 7-paged booklet inside that's like a checklist for all the DVDs in the "Scholastic Storybook Treasures" Series. :)
I also own the book and the movie is very faithful to it. One of the more annoying things is that when you start the movie, it defaults to showing subtitles. They claim it as "Read-Along" subtitles, so each word that's said on screen is highlighted in blue. Kinda like singing Karaoke. You can turn it off of course. Another downside is that there are no scene selection or chapter markings. Pressing the 'Next Chapter' button on your DVD's remote would only end the movie. It's cool though, I could care less. It's worth watching straight through. Overall, you'll love it! Take care! ;)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Plus Bonus Story), May 21, 2009

By	D. Silliman (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The exact copy of the original VHS tape that I could no longer get. Thank You!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Mouse and the Motorcycle, November 23, 2008

By	Diana B. Smith (SC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very cute and filled with action. Based on the children's book of the same name by Beverly Clearly, the story is about a mice riding a child's toy motorcycle in a hotel. Parents may want to purchase other DVDs by Cleary or purchase the Cleary books to read to their children.(reading level 8 years & up).