Plan a Summer Film Fest…and Get Kids Excited about Reading
Check out all of the new and forthcoming storybooks on DVD at http://www.newkideo.com/ Each summer teachers send home a reading list, in hopes of preventing the “summer slide” in reading achievement among youn. Sometimes, it’s a struggle to get reluctant readers involved in the great works of children’s literature. This summer, enlist the help of the SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES™, an award-winning collection of colorfully animated stories adapted from some of the best-loved, best-selling children’s books of all time.
These lovingly animated, award-winning adaptations from the renowned Weston Woods Studios have long been known to teachers and librarians as the finest examples of their craft. These productions engage young minds while remaining true to the source material. And viewing a well-produced adaptation of a children’s book may be the ticket back to reading.
The SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES now offers more digitally-enhanced content than ever – featuring at least an hour of stories on each DVD release, value-priced at $14.95 srp . 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. The new kid-friendly website http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=25555867&msgid;=321069&act;=YRIU&c;=277010&admin;=0&destination;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newkideo.com%2F provides the latest information on new releases, product reviews and activities for children ages 2 to 6.
TREASURY OF 100 STORYBOOK CLASSICS Thin Pak. This is an awesome collection of 100 classic, award-winning storybooks on 16 DVDs, featuring works by some of the most acclaimed children’s authors and illustrators including Maurice Sendak, Ezra Jack Keats, H.A. Rey, Kevin Henkes, Doreen Cronin and Robert McCloskey, just to name a few. Celebrity narrators add excitement to the stories and they include: James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Cyndi Lauper, Sarah Jessica Parker and many more. A helpful read-along option also allows viewers to read the words along with the narrators.
