Price Tag: $14.98
Official URL: whv.warnerbros.com
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*** EDITOR’S NOTE: We strongly recommend that parents avoid allowing young children to watch the fourth episode on this disc: “Horton Hatches an Egg”.  See review for details. ***
This DVD contains 4 feature episodes from Dr. Seuss. The main presentation is, of course, Horton Hears a Who!, the original animated [...]

Like with most of the titles in the Scholastic video series, these stories are taken from classic illustrated books. This volume is based on works by Maurice Sendak, one of the world’s most celebrated children’s book author/illustrator. Coming from a book format, “The Wild Things” animation (by Weston Woods/Newvideo) adopts a somewhat limited-animation approach. This involves a lot of panning and zooming of the original art with just enough “in-betweener” frames added for animation effect.

Official Link: http://www.shoutfactory.com
Average Cost: $12.99 per DVD
Age Range: Great for the preschool crowd!
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Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is a sweet children’s cartoon featuring the adventures of an unlikely trio of a little red-haired girl named Maggie and her two friends, the Ferocious Beast (who’s not so ferocious as to be scary) and Hamilton Hocks, [...]

When I saw this on a list of upcoming releases I nearly jumped for joy. My 14 month old son is obsessed with the television (unfortunately) and we let him watch it in moderation, mostly when I get to sleep late and his daddy needs something to help keep him from destroying the apartment. It is increasingly difficult to find cartoons that are actually appropriate for viewing by children, particularly younger children. Charlie Brown offers just that sort of wonderful simplicity of story and illustration. And yet holds its own for the parents on a different plane.