Mary Poppins: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (1964 Film)

Mary Poppins: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (1964 Film)
If not for all the other highlights of Walt Disney's incomparable pop cultural legacy, it would be tempting to call Mary Poppins his crowning achievement. Released just two years before his death, the innovative live-action/animation/musical hybrid became an instant classic. It was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and a winner of 5 (including Best Actress for Julie Andrews and Best Musical Score and Best Song Oscars for the brother team of Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman). It's no stretch to call the Mary Poppins score the Shermans' most memorable of their 40-plus-year association with Disney. Boasting at least three bona fide classics ("A Spoonful of Sugar"; the Gilbert and Sullivan-esque romp, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"; and Oscar winner, "Chim Chim Cher-ee") and at least as many other contenders, the Shermans' score held the technical tour de force together while giving it a sense of ageless wonder to match the powers of its titular magical nanny. This edition restores the previously abridged "Step in Time" sequence to its original length and offers a terrific 16-minute bonus track for collectors: the Sherman brothers' reminiscences about their work on the landmark film interspersed with four of their original song demos. --Jerry McCulley
Customer Review: Has it really been 44 years?
I remember taking our children--11, 8, 5, and 4--to see Mary Poppins when it was first released. My, how time flies! The music is still just a delightful as it was in 1964--not what adult tastes might call a great musical, but certainly an entertaining musical that plays not only to children's ears. At the age of 75, I still find this a happy listen.
Customer Review: Mary Poppins - the anarchist mentor :)
From the internet enclycopedia Wikipedia: "Several film scholars have written interpretations of the film, including several attempts by structuralist semiologists suggesting that the film has a subliminal and symbolic subtext, intended to prepare America's youth for the political radicalism of the 1960s. Such analysis generally points to politically progressive or radical themes touched on in the film, including women's suffrage, the plight of the homeless, and animal rights, as well its mockery of British Naval militarism, and the anti-Capitalist implications of the Banks' children fomenting a panic at their father's bank. The scholars' analyses also suggest that the children's list of requirements for a new nanny can be viewed as a sort of seminal political document (similar to the Magna Carta or Declaration of Independence) and Mary Poppins "pops in" as a sort of anarchist mentor, who consorts with chimney sweep Bert and his friends, iconoclastic representatives of a blighted urban proletariat, in an Edwardian London fattened by imperialism in its final days before World War I." Do we need further reason to love and adore the seemingly oh-so-sugary innocent supernanny? The musical and it's soundtrack is highly recommended for all children, and for adults who refuse to "grow up" too! It's preferable to the watered down stage version, which seems to avoid and/or ignore social politics alltogether.


The Lion King: The Lion King/The Lion King II Simba's Pride/The Lion King the Brightest Star (Disney's Read Along Collection)
Product Description: Share the magic of Disney while making storytelling more fun than ever. The Disney's The Lion King Read-Along Collection Box contains three beautifully illustrated 24 page books and a Read-Along CD with word for word narration of each story that encourages independent reading and helps develop vocabulary. Enjoy the classic Disney adventures of Simba and his pals in the Pride Lands. Perfect for quiet times, car and plane trips. The Disney Read-Along Collection Series is an ideal gift for family, friends, birthday parties and holidays. Character voices right from the movies, coupled with vivid sound effects, will keep children coming back to Read-Along time after time.
Customer Review: Kids Love the Movies-They Love the Books
As a single Mom I have found a perfect way to get your kids involved in beginning to read, and beyond. Since your kids are bound to know all the characters and the voices getting them involed in following along with the written story is as easy as it comes. Later they will read the stories themselves again and again. Not only is this collection entertaining for the kids but you parents will not get bored with them as well. As you know those long trips to Grandma's house you can get pretty sick of those "Sing a Long" kids songs after the first few times through them. This will eliminate that and get the kids on the path to reading enjoyment. A+ in my book.
Customer Review: Just love them!
A real bargin, you get a greate product for a greate price, deffinaly worth the money! My girl 5,5 years old just love these stories aboute the Lion king, she lissens to them in the car and on her cd-player in her room. We have put the Cd in a hard cd case and bought a plastic box for the books, the box they come in were not that sturdy, and the books could have been ruined if we did not put them somewere else, especially when she wants them in the car, and then out of the car in her room and so on... We will definatly buy more books from this serie! highly recomend them, you will not get dissapointed.


Disney's Winnie the Pooh: Easy-to-Read Stories
Six easy-to-read Pooh stories in one! Who better to guide kids through the adventures of reading on their own than the every curious Winnie the Pooh? Perfect for bedtime - or anytime - this lovely oversized hardcover collection includes stunning illustrations on every page and the stories Tiggers Hate to Lose; The Giving Bear; Eeyore Finds a Friend; Pooh's Surprise Party; Be Quiet, Pooh!; and Pooh's Scavenger Hunt.
Customer Review: Great book!
This book is a large book, but with big pictures and writing. The stories are just long enough to be satisfying for my 3 year old. We read a new one each night. It is a great introduction to the "Winnie" series.
Customer Review: new books
These were new books; however a couple of the corners were a little krinkled. I am still pleased.