Disney Princess Magical Moments Storybook and Toy Camera

Disney Princess Magical Moments Storybook and Toy Camera
Children will be entertained for hours reading and then pretending to take fun photos of five Disney Princess favorites. Children can open the book and read the stories starring Cinderella, Belle, Jasmine, Aurora, and Ariel. Next, they can load four picture cards into the camera and press the button to “take” photos that reveal what happened. Then, they can place the cards in the diecut wells in sequential order to retell the story. But the fun still isn’t over. When they’re finished with the cards, they can turn them over, fit the pieces together, and make panoramic pictures of all five Disney Princesses. Includes 20, 2 sided cards.

Disney Princess Tea Party: Jodi
Personalized for Jodi

Hear the Disney Princesses sing and speak to Jodi over 60 times throughout this one of a kind CD. It will be an instant hit with Jodi that she will listen to over and over. Watch her face light up as she hears her name sung and spoken by the original Disney Princess cast. Jodi will join each of the Disney Princesses as they prepare for a Princess Tea Party. Each princess will personally coach Jodi through getting dressed and using proper etiquette, and Jodi will receive a personal invitation to the castle to join all the Disney Princesses at their Princess Tea Party!


Melody Time (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
This is another collection of Disney shorts set to music, but this time the formula works. That's predicated on the inherent strength of the individual pieces and almost all of them come through. Surprisingly, two American folk heroes, Johnny Appleseed and Pecos Bill, are the stars of this show, with rousty little tunes, humor, and compelling linear story lines (a rarity in most of these shorts). Even the shorts that are weak in one area, thematically or musically, make up for it in another. There's very little of the Disney animators attempting to be 1940s modern, thank goodness, and there's a sterling quality in the depth of the art work. A definite plus to an animation (or Disney) collection. --Keith Simanton
Customer Review: Disney's nearly forgotten classic, MELODY TIME
MELODY TIME (1948) is one of the finest cartoons you'll ever see-- truly a timeless work of the highest art. Hosted by Buddy Clark, the feature is divided into seven distinct segments. They are: UPON UPON A WINTERTIME - An idyllic ice skating expedition almost ends in tragedy. Title song by Frances Langford. BUMBLE BOOGIE - Freddy Martin's orchestra with Jack Fina on keys play a solid rendition of "Flight of the Bumblebee" against a most surrealistic animation. This same arrangement was later a 1961 pop hit for B. Bumble & the Stingers. THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY APPLESEED - A small masterpiece for Dennis Day, who is Johnny, the narrator and all other voices. At one point, Day sings a duet with himself, as an old and young man. Many have forgotten how talented this Irish tenor really was. LITTLE TOOT - A very cute animation of Hardie Gramatky's tugboat fable is livened up by the vocals of the Andrews Sisters. TREES - Beautifully pastoral. Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians provide peaceful music and voice for the famous Joyce Kilmer work ("I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree"). This gentle lull leads us to the final two segments, which are Melody Time's best. BLAME IT ON THE SAMBA - Donald Duck and his parrot friend José Carioca (from "The Three Caballeros") meet the Aracuan Bird. He looks much like Woody Woodpecker's predecessor, and acts far more mischievously. Virtuoso organist Ethel Smith is an island of live action surrounded by cartoon mayhem. All dolled up in her Latina best, Ethel's lightning fast fingers and nimble feet play the title song as Aracuan Bird creates havoc. He eventually explodes the organ with a stick of TNT. Ethel continues to play an animated keyboard until the shreds of her instrument reassemble. A very impressive animation. ROY ROGERS and THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS AND PECOS BILL - A lovely star-filled animated night on the desert contains a far-away group of live humans. A slow zoom reveals Roy, his singing companions and kids Bobby Driscoll and Luana Patten sitting around a campfire, where we hear (and see) the story of Bill, his horse Widowmaker and Slue-Foot Sue. It's a superb ending to one of Disney's greatest and least appreciated animated features. ALSO RECOMMENDED: MELODY TIME was the third of a trilogy of animation/music features issued by Walt Disney after the end of WWII. The others are MAKE MINE MUSIC (1946) (VHS edition (DVD edition) and FUN AND FANCY FREE (1947) (VHS edition) (DVD edition)
Customer Review: Melody Time
It is a great video for going down memory lane,and also a great educational video of great music and artistry of great cartoons. Real creativity, education, and entertainment all wrapped up in one package.