Scholastic storybook treasures

Contains readings of four children's stories which introduce young viewers to letters and numbers. Includes three bonus stories.

This story by Doreen Cronin isbrought to life with animation, and narration by Randy Travis.

An Italian folktale about an old woman with a magic pasta pot. Disaster strikes when she leaves her assistant, Big Anthony, alone with it.

Adapts four stories about friendship for children, including the title work in which two friends learn the benefits of compromise.

Contains four children's stories, including "Children Make Terrible Pets," in which Lucy, a young bear, discovers a boy lost in the woods and she asks her mother if she can have him as a pet, only to find him impossible to train.

This collection of classic Hans Christian Andersen tales includes six beloved stories brought to life on film: The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes, Nightingale, The Red Shoes, The Little Match Girl, and The Swineherd.

Narrated, illustrated children's stories on DVD.

Live through a stinky night in the life of a New York City garbage truck that likes to eat alphabet soup. Follow Mr. Gilly around Trashy Town until his truck is full of glorious garbage. Big diesel engines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel out of business until he finds just the job to prove their worth. An old tricycle is mistaken for trash, but just before being crushed for scrap metal, it magically speeds away on an adventure through town.

Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, but a sly and hungry duckling comes along who also wants a bite. Who will be the more clever bird?.

Four beautifully adapted stories that encourage a love of reading for the pre- or early reader.