The Maurice Sendak library

DVD 2001

ALLIGATORS ALL AROUND : A group of dinosaurs sing their way through the alphabet -- ONE WAS JOHNNY : Johnny playfully counts from 1 to 10, and then back again! -- PIERRE : Pierre flaunts an "I don't care" attitude until an encounter with a lion! -- CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE : Learning the months of the year is fun while eating chicken soup with rice! -- WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE : Max sails away to the land of the wild things. IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN...

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Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 35 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Juvenile

Other Title:

At head of title : Weston Woods presents
Nutshell kids [DVD]
Alligators all around [DVD]
One was Johnny [DVD]
Pierre [DVD]
Chicken soup with rice [DVD]
Where the wild things are [DVD]
In the night kitchen [DVD]
Really Rosie
Sendak

Notes:

Animated and live action
Originally produced in 1975 (The Nutshell kids), 1973 (Where the wild things are), 1987 (In the night kitchen), 1985 (Getting to know Maurice Sendak)
Includes on-screen learning guides: story chats, art/math activities, creative thinking/writing, viewing & doing tips
Music by Carole King (1), Peter Schickele (2), Angelo Michajlov (3) ; animation, Bohumil Šejda (2), Oldřich Haberle, Milada Kačenová (3)
Narrated by Peter Schickele (2, 3)
DVD
Licensed for public performance
In English ; with optional English subtitles

Contents:

Nutshell kids. Alligators all around (2 min.) ; Pierre (6 min.) ; One was Johnny (2 min.) ; Chicken soup with rice (4 min.) / from the film Really Rosie ; directed by Maurice Sendak ; produced by Sheldon Riss
Where the wild things are / adapted and directed by Gene Deitch ; produced by Morton Schindel ; produced at Krátký Film-Prague for Weston Woods (7 min.)
In the night kitchen / adapted & directed by Gene Deitch ; produced for Weston Woods by Krátký Film Praha (7 min.)
Getting to know Maurice Sendak / from the film Sendak ; produced by Morton Schindel for Weston Woods ; edited by Nicholas Kuskin (6 min.)

Control Number:

728397

Other Authors:

Deitch, Gene
King, Carole, 1942-
Krátký film
Kuskin, Nicholas
Riss, Sheldon
Schickele, Peter
Schindel, Morton
Scholastic Inc
Sendak, Maurice
Sendak, Maurice. In the night kitchen
Sendak, Maurice. Nutshell kids
Sendak, Maurice. Where the wild things are
Weston Woods Studios

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