Click Here for More Holiday Bash Giveaways!

16 DVD's?  Now, that's a lot of storybook classics!

16 DVD's? Now, that's a lot of storybook classics!

It’s no secret to the loyal readers of dkM that my son loves his Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVD’s.  I wish you could have seen the look on his face when the Treasury of 100 Storybook Classics Set, which includes a whopping 16 DVD’s,  arrived at our house.  What big excitement for such a little guy!  I was about as excited as he was because the collection is filled with stories I’m already quite familiar with, like Curious George, Rapunzel, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  It took us quite awhile to make it through the whole collection, but we did it.  

My son doesn’t watch television, mostly because my husband and I don’t really either.  We made a choice long ago that we’d rather have more control over what is going into our son’s brain, and with television being what it is, we opted instead to search out DVD’s with some substance to them.  With the Scholastic DVD’s, my son is watching short stories that not only allow him to read along, but there are no flashy images, no violence, and NO commercials!  Thank heavens for that.  And since many of the stories are narrated by the likes of Meryl Streep who, I might add, is one fabulous narrator, I find myself enjoying stories like “Chrysanthemum” right along with my son.  I also enjoy hearing  a 3 1/2 year old repeat the word “Chrysanthemum”.   Boy, does that crack me up.

Want to win your own monstrously huge “Treasury of 100 Storybook Classics” DVD Set ($99.95 retail)?

Multiple Options for Multiple Entries:

1.) Just visit Scholastic and tell me what else you liked or learned there.  (***You may enter once a day, but please list a new item you like each time.) Remember, leave an interesting comment. If I cannot contact the winner, you might be chosen instead based on your comment.

2.) Blog about, Twitter, Subscribe and/or Become a Fan on FacebookGet an extra entry for each of these activities.  This time just leave a separate comment for each (only one time for each extra activity completed), giving me a link to your blog post, your Twitter name, and/or a note saying you’re an FB Fan and/or subscriber.  SUBSCRIBE HERE!  

(Psst!  My Twitter name is dkMommy.)

Feel free to do all five to gather multiple entries to win! You have until midnight EST on Thursday, December 10, 2009, to enter.

Giveaway Closed – Congrats Robert!

NightBeforeChristmas2pkDVD-NSIt’s the latest of the Storybook Treasures DVD’s – “The Night Before Christmas Special Edition” DVD Set.  This set includes 12 holiday read-along stories on 2 DVD’s.  Released on December 8th, it’s just in time for Christmas.  My son and I gave it our thorough reviewing process which included much shared viewing and discussion time.  (My favorite part?  The snuggling!)

This set has all the warm and glowing holiday feel to it, along with familiar tales such as ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and Little Drummer Boy, as well as some looks into the celebrations of other cultures in Too Many Tamales and In the Month of Kislev.  My son thoroughly enjoyed Sam and the Lucky Money, a Chinese New Year’s story, as it ties in nicely with his Mandarin Chinese language hobby and “practicing” Tai Chi.  The stories are brilliantly told, colorful, and so much more fulfilling than your average kids’ television show!  Another great job by Scholastic and Weston Woods Studios.

Want to win your own The Night Before Christmas DVD Set ($19.95 retail)?  Scholastic is giving away a set right here!

Multiple Options for Multiple Entries:

1.) Just visit Scholastic and tell me what else you liked or learned there.  (***You may enter once a day, but please list a new item you like each time.) Remember, leave an interesting comment. If I cannot contact the winner, you might be chosen instead based on your comment.

2.) Blog about, Twitter, Subscribe and/or Become a Fan on FacebookGet an extra entry for each of these activities.  This time just leave a separate comment for each (only one time for each extra activity completed), giving me a link to your blog post, your Twitter name, and/or a note saying you’re an FB Fan and/or subscriber.  SUBSCRIBE HERE!  

(Psst!  My Twitter name is dkMommy.)

Feel free to do all five to gather multiple entries to win! You have until midnight EST on Thursday, December 10, 2009, to enter.