Why are so many kids’ movies so scary? Forget about Disney until your child is at least five or extremely stoic. Even Pixar’s gentler flicks are filled with horrors: mother fish who swim away and never come back (Finding Nemo), scary neighbors who like to make hideous creatures from toys (Toy Story). Watching a movie’s no fun if it results in nightmares for days afterwards.
The Scholastic Storybook Treasures collection is much sweeter stuff. These animated and live-action versions of classic tales are a thrill for kids whose parents have read them the book versions of tales like Strega Nona, Where the Wild Things Are, and Good Night, Gorilla. The stories are gentle enough for toddlers, but lively enough for preschoolers, and even grade schoolers. They come in many collections: James Marshall fairytales, scary stories for Halloween, stories about trains, buses, and cars. But once you get hooked on them, you’re going to want to shell out for the big kahuna: 100 stories collected into 16 oh-so-worth-it DVDs, or 881 glorious minutes when you can allow your child to watch something without having your finger hovering over the fast-forward button on your DVD player.
Scholastic Treasury of 100 Storybook Classics (Scholastic Video Collection), $89.99
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February 17th, 2010 at 5:43 pm