GRAND Magazine - July 2009 - 38

GRANDPartner for GRANDParents Preschool Sesame Street: Bedtime With Elmo. Just like all little kids, Elmo and Abby would rather make funny faces and sing silly songs than go to sleep. Luckily, Elmo’s dad Louis knows just how to deal with extra glasses of water and little monsters who are afraid of the dark. Parents will love the practical strategies Louis uses to get Elmo and Abby to go to bed, and children will love snuggling under the covers with this timeless DVD. DVD. 45 min.; $14.93; Ages 8-12. Genius Products. Chicka Chicka 123 And More Counting Fun. Scholastic Storybook Treasures presents four family favorite stories about numbers. Faithfully adapted from Bill Martin, Jr.’s best-selling book, with animation of Lois Ehlert’s colorful illustrations. Features three other stories celebrating the fun of numbers: “Emily’s First 100 Days of School,” “How Much is a Million?” and “If You Made a Million.” DVD. 69 min.; $14. 95; Ages 2-5. New Video. dragons, and who dreams of going on a dragon hunt one day. When her uncle decides that she should be sent away to a safe haven, Zoe has other ideas. She sneaks off in search of a hero like those she reads about in legends. Voiced by Forest Whitaker, Mary Matilyn Mouser and Rob Paulsen. DVD. 80 min.; $14.99; Ages 5-8. Peace Arch Home Entertainment. Grade School Garfield’s Pet Force. In Garfield’s universe, Pet Force is a best-selling comic book, and when Nermal buys the limitededition 100th issue, it becomes a portal through which they are pulled into the alternate universe, becoming the new Pet Force. Although they return to their own universe after the initial adventure, they subsequently return to fight Vetvix and other evils when needed. DVD. 70 min.; $19.98; Ages 5-12. Twentieth Century Home Entertainment. Jr. High and High School The Lucy Show: The First Season. When the recently widowed Lucy Carmichael (Ball) and the newly divorced Vivian Bagley move into a house together with their children - hilarity and chaos ensues. This series follows Lucy as she grapples with the comic complications of life on her own - raising two children played by Candy Moore and Jimmy Garrett and juggling her career. DVD. 12 hrs. 53 min.; $39.98; Ages 12-18. Paramount Home Entertainment. Ranny Levy is founder and president of KIDS FIRST!, a project of the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to empower children to make wise media choices and to promote quality media products that enrich their lives. www.kidsfirst.org. Early Readers to Grade School Coraline. 11-year-old Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning) has just moved to a new home in Oregon. With no friends, the feisty Coraline sets out to find excitement in her new isolated environment. Just as she’s beginning to think her new home is utterly uninteresting, she uncovers a secret door which leads to a parallel existence much like her own life—but much better. DVD. 101 min.; $29.98; Ages 5-12. Universal Studios. Dragon Hunters (Chasseurs de Dragons). Zoe is a girl who loves stories about valiant knights battling GRAND_July_Final.indd 1 6/18/2009 5:10:21 PM

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