Aspiring artists, musicians, and performers can unleash their creative curiosity with The Young Artists Collection from Scholastic Storybook Treasures. The three-disc DVD set includes adaptations from 17 award-winning children’s books, including Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin. The collection is narrated by celebrities such as Zach Braff, James Earl Jones, Mary Beth Hurt and features a singing performance by Aretha Franklin. The set also includes Scholastic’s read-along feature, which helps the child to follow the narrator; words in the story are highlighted as they are read.
The DVD collection will also be sold separately as The Dot…And More Stories For Young Artists, Shrinking Violet…And More Stories For Young Performers, and Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin…And More Stories For Young Musicians. The individual discs are set to retail at $14.95, while the entire collection will be priced at $24.95.
COMMENTARY: Marble Runs Are on a Roll!
March 5, 2014 By Phil Guie Leave a Comment
During Toy Fair last month, I saw quite a few marble runs on display, which is not at all surprising. This particular toy has been around since my own childhood and never seemed to go away for any prolonged span of time. Meanwhile, one of the vendors I spoke to said marble runs have actually [...]