Ezra Jack Keats collection. Antarctic antics --and more hilarious animal stories! Make way for ducklings --and more delightful duck stories.
Notes:
Narrators, John Lithgow, Laura Dern, Lynn Whitfield ... [et al.]. Title from container. "20 award-winning stories [and 3 bonus stories] in a 3-DVD collection. Caldecott Medal & Caldecott Honor Winners"--Container. "Read-along DVDs"--Container. Release date: Nov. 15, 2011. The Ezra Jack Keats collection, compilation c2009. Antarctic antics --and more hilarious animal stories!, compilation c2007. Make way for ducklings --and more delightful duck stories, compiliation c2008.
Contents:
Disc 1. The Ezra Jack Keats collection (ca. 63 min.). The snowy day ; Whistle for Willie ; Peter's chair ; Pet show! ; A letter to Amy ; The trip ; Apt. 3 / from on the books written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. Disc 2. Antarctic antics-- and more hilarious animal stories! (ca. 60 min.). Antarctic antics / from the book by Judy Sierra ; ill. by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey -- In the small, small pond / from the book written and ill. by Denise Fleming -- Bear snores on / from the book written and narrated by Karma Wilson ; ill. by Jane Chapman -- Bark, George / from the book written and ill. by Jules Feiffer -- Caps for sale / from the book written and ill. by Esphyr Slobodkina -- The Hat / from the book written and ill. by Tomi Ungerer -- The Little red lighthouse and the great gray bridge / from the book by Hildegarde H. Swift ; ill. by Lynd Ward. Disc 3. Make way for ducklings --and more delightful duck stories (ca. 76 min.). Make way for ducklings / from the book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey -- The story about Ping / from the book by Marjorie Flack ; illustrated by Kurt Wiese -- The ugly duckling / from the Hans Christian Andersen tale ; adapted and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney -- Angus and the ducks / from the book by Marjorie Flack -- Cat & Canary / from the book written and illustrated by Michael Foreman -- Wings : [a tale of two chickens] / from the book written and illustrated by James Marshall.
Summary:
The Ezra Jack Keats collection. Snowy day: One winter morning Peter wakes up to see that snow has fallen, covering everything in the city! What exciting adventures will be have on this snowy day? Whistle for Willie: Wouldn't it be great if Peter could whistle for his dog, Willie? He tries hard, but he can't make a sound. Peter's chair: A little sister means big trouble for Peter, first his parents paint his cradle pink, and then they paint his crib! But he won't let them paint his chair! Pet show!: Archie wants to enter his cat in the neighborhood pet show, but his cat has vanished! What will he do? A letter to Amy: Peter is having a birthday party and he sends a special invitation to a special friend. Will Amy show up? The trip: Louie moves to a new neighborhood and he is lonely without his friends, so he enters a magical world of imagination and flies back to his old home. Apt. 3: One rainy day, Sam hears the sad sounds of a harmonica. He searches the building to find the source and meets a new friend. Antarctic antics --and more hilarious animal stories! Antarctic antics: Sing along with a chick as she grows up and learns about life on a penguin colony in Antarctica. In the small pond: The natural beauty of animal life in a pond is depicted. Bears snores on: Some animals stop by a cave to warm up from the snow, drink tea and eat popcorn. What will Bear do when he wakes up to a lair of noisy guests? Bark, George: When George, a dog, is told to bark he says "meow" and "quack-quack" and "oink" and "moo." Can the vet help George bet his bark back? Caps for sale: A peddler falls asleep under a tree and awakens to find that all of his colorful caps are gone. The hat: A magical hat with a mind of its own goes on daring rescues and changes the life of a penniless man. The little red lighthouse and the great gray bridge: A lighthouse learns that you can still be important even if you are small. Make way for ducklings --and more delightful duck stories. In Make way for ducklings, a family of ducks are looking for a home in Boston. In The story about Ping, a young duckling gets separated from his family. In The ugly duckling, a swan is raised by a loving duck mother, but endures teasing for his awkward, un-ducklike appearance. In Angus and the ducks, a live action film with narration, a puppy investigates what's making so much noise. In Cat and Canary, the unlikely friends have a great time when their owner is away. In Wings, Winnie the chicken unwittingly goes on a balloon ride with a sly fox and her friend Harriet must rescue her.
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