Stone Soup and other stories from the Asian Tradition

Another Read-Along DVD Entry, This One Highlighting Four Classic Tales From Asia
I appreciate that Scholastic Storybook Treasures is representing different cultures with their DVD programming, and these adaptations of classic Asian tales fit nicely into their ever-expanding (and increasingly diverse) filmography. If you are not familiar with the Scholastic Storybook Treasures series, it might be important to note that these are not really traditional animated features. Instead, these presentations are relatively simple in movement, more akin to a picture book presentation than to a frenetic cartoon. Geared toward the age range of 4-9 (to my mind, they skew at the younger side of that spectrum), these stories do have the "Read Along" captioning function that allows your kids to follow along as the narrator (in this case, B.D. Wong) relays the tale. I'm a big fan of anything geared toward kids that promotes reading, so this is a big plus in my book!

At only 43 minutes, "Stone Soup And Other Stories From The Asian Tradition" presents four distinct...





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