New DVDs from Scholastic Sparks Kids’ Love of Stories

Two new sets of DVDs have hit the market full of old favorites and newer stories that your children will simply love.

My three-year-old son loves the “I’m Dirty and I Stink: The Kate and Jim McMullan Collection” ($19.95). He likes to tell me that at random times.

He and his 6-year-old brother were glued to the TV for both DVDs. The tales are about trucks and trash and boats and bikes – all manner of transportation.

“I Stink” tells the story of a New York City garbage truck that eats alphabet soup. The sister tale “I’m Dirty” appeals to the construction-loving crowd and tells about a backhoe who likes to get grimy while he works.

Celebrity narrators on the two disks include Andy Richter, Forest Whitaker and Steve Buscemi. The other ten stories are:

• Burt Dow: Deep Water Man
• The Paperboy
• Stars! Stars! Stars!
• Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
• Johnny Appleseed
• Trashy Town
• The Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle
• The Beast of Monsieur Racine
• Arnie the Doughnut
• Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel

Bonus features include a read along captioning and an interview with Kate and Jim McMullan.

The other new DVD on the market includes a very favorite board book “Good Night Gorilla” as its title story in the “Good Night Gorilla…And More Wacky Animal Adventures.”

This 3-DVD set, which retails for $24.95 includes 16 stories and a bunch of extras, including celebrity narrators such as Anthony Edwards, Mary Beth Hurt, Elle Fanning and Lynn Whitfield.

Besides the story of the sleepy zookeeper in “Good Night Gorilla” the set also includes:

• Danny and the Dinosaur
• The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
• Doctor de Soto
• The Napping House
• Flossie and the Fox
• Stanley and the Dinosaurs
• Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
• Happy Birthday Moon
• The Rainbabies
• Elizabeti’s Doll
• The Island of the Skog
• T Is For Terrible
• First the Egg
• What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
• Joey Runs Away

Additional features include the Spanish version of Danny and the Dinosaur, The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash, Doctor de Soto and Joey Runs Away, read along captioning and several interviews with the contributors.

So, check out these great DVD sets at www.newkideo.com for more information.

Disclosure: I was provided with copies of both of these sets for the purposes of reviewing the materials for Family First.

Marijo Tinlin is the editor in chief of Family First, one of the oldest family-oriented websites on the internet. She is also the author of the new book “How to Raise an American Patriot, Making it Okay for Our Kids to Be Proud to Be American” available at www.raisinganamericanpatriot.com.