Title from label. Release date supplied by publisher. Videos originally released individually in other formats by Spoken Arts and Sesame Workshop. Issued on Playaway Launchpad, a pre-loaded learning tablet. Powered by rechargeable battery ; container includes one power charging cord with both USB and AC adapters. Earphones not required for audio playback. Device does not have Internet connectivity.
Contents:
The story of the dancing frog / (approximately 8 min.). (approximately 8 min.) -- That new animal / [by Emily Jenkins] (approximately 9 min.) -- I, Crocodile / [by Fred Marcellino] (approximately 9 min.) -- Ivan, the remarkable true story of the shopping mall gorilla / [by Katherine Applegate] (approximately 8 min.) -- Lucky ducklings / [by Eva Moore] (approximately 9 min.) -- Mother Bruce / [by Ryan T. Higgins] (approximately 9 min.) -- Wolfie the bunny / [by Ame Dyckman] (approximately 8 min.) -- The story of the dancing frog / [by Quentin Blake] (approximately 8 min.).
Summary:
Giraffes can't dance: Gerald the giraffe is too clumsy to dance with all the other animals at the Jungle Dance, until he finds the right music. That new animal: The lives of two dogs change after a new animal, a baby, comes to their house. I, Crocodile: When a Nile crocodile is brought back to Paris by the Emperor Napoleon, it must not only struggle to get enough to eat, but escape from being eaten, too! Ivan, the remarkable true story of the shopping mall gorilla: The true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost 30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at ZooAtlanta. Lucky ducklings: While following their mother through town, five little ducklings, Pippin, Bippin, Tippin, Dippin and Little Joe, all fall into a storm drain. Mother Bruce: Bruce is a grumpy bear who likes no one and nothing but cooked eggs, but when some eggs he was planning to boil hatch and the goslings believe he is their mother, he must try to make the best of the situation. Wolfie the bunny: When her parents find a baby wolf on their doorstep and decide to raise him as their own, Dot is certain he will eat them all up until a surprising encounter with a bear brings them closer together. The story of the dancing frog: Gertrude and George, the dancing frog, go on a whirlwind theatrical tour.
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