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Chicka Chicka Boom
Boom…and lots more reading fun!
By Ayla Montgomery
Release Date: 2002
Genre: Children
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Appropriate Age: 2-7
This
installation of the Scholastic Video Collection brings to life the beloved
children's tales Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Trashy Town, Rosie's
Walk, The Caterpillar and the Polliwog, The Foolish Frog,
Joey Runs Away, and Changes, Changes.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is aimed at teaching young children the alphabet by
using a lively and fun song. The letters of the alphabet must all climb up the
coconut tree in alphabetical order, which becomes challenging after space
becomes scarce.
Trashy Town and Changes, Changes, are sure to be favorites with
children. Trashy Town takes children on a journey with Mr. Gully, the
town trash man, as he goes throughout the city picking up all the trash. Along
the way he visits everywhere from schools to pizza parlors to the dump, where
all the trash goes at the end of the day. Changes, Changes is the tale
of two wooden puppets that go on adventure where they must change their wooden
blocks to fit their needs. They rearrange the blocks from everything to a house,
a car, a train and even a ship.
Animals are at the center of Rosie's Walk, The Foolish Frog, and
Joey Runs Away. Rosie, the hen, is followed everywhere by a clumsy fox
as she takes a stroll across the farm in Rosie's Walk. Over and over
again he is fooled and unable to capture Rosie due to his extreme klutziness.
In The Foolish Frog a musically inclined farmer creates the town's
favorite song when he turns into a pompous bull frog for the inspiration of the
lyrics. The entire town, including the livestock and the barns which contain
them, fall in love with the song and crowd into the corner store to sing it as
they enjoy free soda and crackers provided by the store owner. Joey Runs
Away is the tale of a young kangaroo that goes off on his own to find a new
place to live that is far away from his mother's comfortable pouch. Once the
other animals find out that Joey has left the comforts of his mother's pouch
they all try to rent the newly vacant pouch, which Joey's mother does not stand
for. Eventually after seeking refuge in places such as a pelican's mouth to a
goat's trash sack, Joey decides to return to the security offered by his
mother's pouch.
These
loveable children's stories have been brought to life in a way that makes them
all the more exciting to young readers. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom…and lots more
reading fun is completely void of sex, foul language or violence and is sure
to be enjoyed by young children who are just discovering the joys and excitement
of reading.
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