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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Sylvester and the magic pebble : --and more magical tales / Scholastic ; Weston Woods ; producers, Paul R. Gagne, Leigh Corra, Morton Schindel, Tony Larsen ; directors, Gene Deitch, Paul R. Gagne, Leigh Corra, Melissa Reilly.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

In "Sylvester and the magic pebble," a small donkey finds a wishing stone. In "Possum magic, " Grandma Poss needs a certain food for a magical mix that will make Hush visible again. In "Princess Furball," a cruel king intends to marry his daughter to an ogre in exchange for wagons full of silver.

Target Audience Note:

Recommended for ages 3-9.

Series:

Scholastic video collection

Scholastic video collection.

Subjects:

Donkeys -- Fiction -- Juvenile films.

Magic -- Fiction -- Juvenile films.

Wishes -- Fiction -- Juvenile films.

Opossums -- Fiction -- Juvenile films.

Folklore -- England -- Fiction -- Juvenile films.

Wizards -- Fiction -- Juvenile films.

Genre:

Children's films.

Animated films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Gagne, Paul R., 1956-

Corra, Leigh.

Schindel, Morton.

Larsen, Tony.

Deitch, Gene.

Reilly, Melissa.

Lithgow, John, 1945-

Fox, Mem, 1946-

Krige, Alice, 1954-

Steig, William, 1907-2003. Sylvester and the magic pebble.

Fox, Mem, 1946- Possum magic.

Huck, Charlotte S. Princess furball.

Kent, Jack, 1920-1985. Wizard of Wallaby Wallow.

Scholastic Inc.

Weston Woods Studios.

New Video Group.

Notes:

Title from disc label.

Special features: Spanish version of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble ; Read along option available.

Music, Jeremy Steig, Yothu Yindi, Neal Hellman, Joe Weed ; animators, Anna Habartová, Věra Hainzová, Irena Jandová, Jiří Michl, Ondřej Pecha, Julie Vivas, Adrienne Wetmore, Kris Holm ; editors, Jiřina Pěčová, Leigh Corra, Paul R. Gagne.

Narrators, John Lithgow, Mem Fox, Alice Krige.

DVD.

In English and Spanish.

Caldecott Medal, 1970.

Contents:

Sylvester and the magic pebble / by William Steig -- Possum magic / written by Mem Fox ; illustrated by Julie Vivas -- Princess furball / retold by Charlotte Huck ; illustrated by Anita Lobel -- Wizard / by Jack Kent.

ISBN:

0439760453

9780439760454

0439760453

Publisher Number:

NVG-9637

Other Number:

57920861

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

776223

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD j STORY Sylvester