Where Books Come Alive!

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Where Books Come Alive!
Table of Contents
Where Books Come Alive!
Fall 2008 New Releases page 4-5
Spring 2008 New Releases page 6-7 For more than 50 years, Weston Woods’
The Playaway® Audio Collection page 8-9 mission has been to motivate children to want
New and Noteworthy page 10 to read. Every book is brought to life through
Story Hour Collection page 11-41
engaging visuals and stirring word-for-word
Alphabetical Listing
narrations. They are accompanied by an
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
original musical score, composed to perfectly
History page 42-43
fit the mood and nuances of each story.
Author Documentaries page 44
Caldecott/Newbery page 45
All of our new DVD titles have added bonus features to
Foreign Language page 46-47
further enhance the experience of seeing your favorite
Rabbit Ears® page 48
books brought to life. These features include:
Scholastic Entertainment page 49
Scholastic Audio page 50-55 ★Read-Along allows children to follow
WESTON WOODS’ STORY COLLECTIONS ON DVD each word as it is simultaneously Read-
Thematic DVD page 68-70 Along!
narrated and highlighted on the
Story Collections
screen, strengthening vocabulary,
Spanish Bilingual DVD page 70
comprehension and fluency. All new DVDs now offer
Story Collections
three viewing options: Read-Along, closed-captioned
Favorite Author DVD page 71
subtitles or no text at all.
Story Collections
★Closed-captioned subtitles and/or subtitled captions -
INDEXES
Closed–captioned subtitles include
Thematic Index page 56-57
descriptive text for the hearing
Month-by-Month Index page 58-59
impaired, while subtitled captions
Critic’s Choice – Best Titles page 60
from Other Producers contain only the spoken
Alphabetical Index of page 61-67 narration and character
Weston Woods’ Titles dialogue (without descriptive
text) for use as a reading
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★Bonus Interviews with
•ExtraPaperbackBooks $5.50 ea.
•ExtraHardcoverBooks $16.95 ea. authors and illustrators
•ExtraCDs $12.95 ea.
who share the inspirations
•ExtraCassettes $8.95 ea.
and ideas behind their stories.
•ListeningCenterAudioPackages*:
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Morris Gets Women the Vote
★ John, Paul, George & Ben p. 24
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Young Adults ★ Shh! We’re Writing p. 42
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Bilingual DVDs
(11 Spanish and 8
Mandarin Chinese) OTHER TITLES OF SPECIAL INTEREST
FOR FALL 2008
★BACK-TO-SCHOOL
Chrysanthemum p.14
★ Emily’sFirst100DaysofSchool p.18
11 New Story Collection p. 68-71
ReadingtoYourBunny p.33
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