Harry the Dirty Dog & More Terrific Tails (Scholastic Video Collection)

Starring:Harry the Dirty Dog
Studio: New Video Group
Product Type: DVD

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Canines star in each of three adaptations of famous children's books: Gene Zion's Harry the Dirty Dog, Peggy Rathmann's Officer Buckle and Gloria, and Marjorie Flack's Angus and the Ducks. When Harry, a white dog with black spots, runs away at bath time, his playful curiosity soon finds him filthy and longing for his family. Imagine his surprise when his family doesn't recognize this strange black dog with white spots. Gloria, a newly acquired police dog, brings a fresh life and enthusiasm to Officer Buckle's previously monotonous school safety speeches, but when Officer Buckle discovers that he's being out-shone the newfound friendship is threatened. Both Harry the Dirty Dog and Officer Buckle and Gloria are animated presentations that faithfully adhere to the original illustrations. In stark contrast, Angus and the Ducks features real-life photography of a curious young Scottie Dog that goes exploring to see just what's making the funny noise on the other side of the tall green hedge. (Ages 2 to 8) --Tami Horiuchi
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HARRY THE DIRTY DOG (Written by Gene Zion, Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham, Music composed by Ernest V. Troost) Harry runs away before bath time. When he returns home covered in mud, his family doesn't recognize him. How will they know who he really i

Harry the Dirty Dog & More Terrific Tails (Scholastic Video Collection)
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Harry, Gloria and Angus

Harry the Dirty Dog & More Terrific Tails (Scholastic Video Collection)
Starring: Harry the Dirty Dog
Manufacturer: New Video Group
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ASIN: B0000A5A2F
Release Date: 2003-08-26

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Canines star in each of three adaptations of famous children's books: Gene Zion's Harry the Dirty Dog, Peggy Rathmann's Officer Buckle and Gloria, and Marjorie Flack's Angus and the Ducks. When Harry, a white dog with black spots, runs away at bath time, his playful curiosity soon finds him filthy and longing for his family. Imagine his surprise when his family doesn't recognize this strange black dog with white spots. Gloria, a newly acquired police dog, brings a fresh life and enthusiasm to Officer Buckle's previously monotonous school safety speeches, but when Officer Buckle discovers that he's being out-shone the newfound friendship is threatened. Both Harry the Dirty Dog and Officer Buckle and Gloria are animated presentations that faithfully adhere to the original illustrations. In stark contrast, Angus and the Ducks features real-life photography of a curious young Scottie Dog that goes exploring to see just what's making the funny noise on the other side of the tall green hedge. (Ages 2 to 8) --Tami Horiuchi

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HARRY THE DIRTY DOG (Written by Gene Zion, Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham, Music composed by Ernest V. Troost) Harry runs away before bath time. When he returns home covered in mud, his family doesn't recognize him. How will they know who he really i

Customer Reviews:

Granddaughter's Gift.......2007-02-24

This gift for my five (5) year old granddaughter was a hit. She has watched it several times and loves it just as much each time. I would recommend it to others.

WONDERFUL tool for enhancing, enriching reading for tots!!.......2004-05-26

My son (just-turned-three) and I had just picked up Harry the Dirty Dog from the library when my mom purchased this video for us. It is a WONDERFUL, magical way to enhance the reading experience! The video animation is a direct copy of the book's illustrations--so it really feels like the illustrations have magically sprung to life. My son and I cuddled up in bed together with the book before bedtime, reading and watching simultaneously. My son LOVED it so much that we bought the other books featured on the video and have made this a regular bedtime ritual.
The narrations are first-rate and slowly paced so that you can easily read along and turn pages as you watch.
I highly recommend this and the other video (the one with Good Night Gorilla, which is just as excellent) to any parent or educator in search of a way to enhance and enrich a child's reading experience. Research has shown that children who hear words and see them at the same time can improve their reading abilities--and this is a FUN way to do this!

Harry, Gloria and Angus.......2003-09-05

This DVD has three wonderful dog stories as well as three bonus stories.

Harry the Dirty Dog is about a small white dog with black spots. One day he get so dirty that he becomes a black dog with white spots and finally agrees to a bath. Nicely done and narrated. Very close to the original story.

Officer Buckle and Gloria is about a safety conscious police man who finally manages to get his message across with the help of the talented police dog Gloria. John Lithgow dos a great job with this one. The story includes a scene of Officer Buckle testing Gloria's training. Otherwise it is right on with the book.

Angus and the Ducks is about a curious Scottie who finally finds out what is making the quackity quack noises on the other side of the hedge. This one is live action and includes Angus with his siblings and being taken to his new home, walks in the park and other small differences from the original book.

The Beast of Monsieur Racine is about a champion pear-grower who finds a mysterious beast in his garden one night and stuns the scientific community. I am not familiar with the book but found the narration choppy and the animation crude.

14 Rats and a Rat-Catcher is a two-sided story about an old lady in her cottage and the rats that live underneath (or the rats' cottage and the horrible lady who lives above). Another book I am not familiar with but nicely done.

John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat is about an old lady, her jealous sheep dog and a cat that visits the garden at night. Another book I do not know. The animation was a series of stills (no actual movement anywhere in the story).

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Scholastic videos let big folks rest their reading glasses by adapting Caldecott-winning and other worthy kids' books to the small screen, with consistently impressive results. The 11 DVDs in the Scholastic Video Collection Super Set apply catchy music and skillful animation to 65 stories, including beloved children's classics such as Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, Crockett Johnson's Harold stories, and Ezra Jack Keats's stories, as well as newer favorites such as William Steig's Pete's a Pizza, Kevin Henkes's Chrysanthemum, and Peggy Rathmann's Good Night, Gorilla. The Scholastic DVDs double the running time of their VHS counterparts with bonus stories as well as interviews, read-alongs, and English subtitles.

Customer Reviews:

Great for encouraging my young reader.......2006-07-27

My 3 year old son loves to watch these stories. We have some of the books and it helps him to be able to read the actual books to me.

Save your money.......2006-07-15

My children love the DVD of the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle - it is wonderful. We also have the book "Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type" and it is a favorite. I was looking for more educational and interesting "book on DVD" like Caterpillar for our 3 and 5 year olds to watch for our trip home from Florida. I found this collection, and based on the positive reviews, I ordered with second day shipping. I was thrilled when they arrived. We went through the DVDs one by one - and each is only 20 minutes long, as opposed to the normal 1 - 1.5 hours of current DVDs. Also the illustrations were a little primitive... and a couple of the stories were just down right scary, and at one point my 5 year old wanted me to turn it off. One story has a song that goes over and over and over again about a child saying "I don't care..." and you guessed it - for the next 3 days that is all our 3 year old said. We got home a couple of days ago, and I am returning this immediately. I think "Click Clack Moo" is a good DVD, but that 20 minute DVD alone is NOT worth $[...]. Save your money and get the Eric Carle book on DVD and any of the Curious George ones.

Great in the car.......2005-12-19

I love these videos. They are perfect for the car. Instead of watching movies, they are watching books and it reinforces what they learn in school. Great for all ages.

Scholastic rides again!.......2005-09-19

The great thing about this set is that by preschool, the kids are familiar with the stories and they love to have them repeated in a visual manner. These are great to have quiet time with and my kids have even taken them to school for rest time and the teachers love them, as it is merely a book on tape with pictures!

Super Set #1.......2005-08-03

Working with Amazon was extremely easy.
The videos are great, my 2 boys love them!

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