KIDS FIRST! News

The worm is turning in the movie industry as filmmakers listen to parent’s pleas for family-friendly entertainment. Common Sense Media founder, Jim Steyer, feels that the popularity of PG- and G-rated films is a trend–a good trend. Read more about it here.

A destination for families and kids alike with Storybooksondvd.com!

Looking for the best in children’s entertainment online? Look no further than Storybooksondvd.com, the newly launched home of Scholastic Storybook Treasures™, the #1 award-winning line of kids entertainment in the DVD marketplace. Just in time for the 2007 holiday season, it’s a one-stop shop offering the acclaimed line of DVDs from Scholastic Storybook Treasures ™ – a line featuring hundreds of classic, award-winning animated adaptations from legendary production house, Weston Woods.

Aside from e-commerce, the site also offers families a destination filled with information and activities. For parents, the easily navigable, community-oriented site features resources such as author/illustrator interviews, parent product reviews, video clips, and easily searchable product categories such as “Stories for Learning” and “Classic Fairytales” among others. For kids, there’s a cornucopia of free, printable coloring sheets, featuring loveable line art starring some of kidlit’s biggest stars like “Curious George,” “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” “Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel” and “Harry the Dirty Dog.” Seeking to create a community of parents invested in giving their preschool and early elementary school children quality programming, Storyvooksondvd.com is a way to both lead your children to books and make reading and learning fun!

The new Scholastic Storybook Treasures ™ line (formerly the Scholastic Video Collection) now offers more digitally-enhanced content than ever – featuring at least an hour of stories on each DVD release, and all value-priced at $14.95SRP. Aside from an enhanced read-along function which highlights the words as they are read, new, kid-friendly features include redesigned authoring for easy navigation and eye-popping packaging. Recent releases include “Knuffle Bunny….and More Great Childhood Adventure Stories” and “Antartic Antics…And More Hilarious Animal Stories.”