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NEW YORK, NY – The #1 award-winning kidvid franchise has just gotten better! Just in time for Reading Month this March, SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES will unveil six newly branded and enhanced storybook classics on DVD. Formerly known as the Scholastic Video Collection, SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES makes best-selling children’s books come alive with these new titles, each featuring an enhanced read-along function allowing children to follow the narrator as the story is read. On March 11, each single DVD, refreshed, re-authored and repackaged with new, thematic story collections and celebrity narrators, will be available for $14.95SRP

• CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM…
AND MORE FUN WITH LETTERS AND NUMBERS!
With a fun and bouncy musical backdrop, kids learn about capital and lowercase letters in the title story, adapted from the colorful best-seller by Lois Ehlert and illustrated by Bill Martin, Jr. Six other jaunty stories add to the learning fun, including Five Creatures, Wild About Books, Inch by Inch, and others.

• CHRYSANTHEMUM...AND MORE MOUSE MAYHEM
Chrysanthemum thinks her name is absolutely perfect – until the kids at school make fun of her. It takes a special friend to change her classmates’ minds in this classic by author/illustrator Kevin Henkes and narrated by Meryl Streep. Five other humorous tales, including two Spanish read-along stories, are included.

• CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE...
AND MORE AMUSING ANIMAL TALES
Cows that type? Hens on strike? How can Farmer Brown run his farm with no milk and no eggs? Find out in the lead story narrated by Randy Travis and adapted from the Caldecott Honor Book by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Six other amusing animal tales are featured on this moo-riffic DVD!

• CURIOUS GEORGE RIDES A BIKE ...
AND MORE MONKEYING AROUND
Over 60 years have passed since a mischievous little monkey met the man with the big yellow hat, and our infatuation with Curious George – as curious and naughty as ever – has only gotten stronger. The title tale, adapted from the original classic H.A. Rey/Margaret Rey book, is accompanied by five additional stories sure to please any primate!

• GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA...AND MORE GREAT SLEEPYTIME STORIES
This modern-day classic of a nighttime zoo escape is based on the book by Peggy Rathman and narrated by Anthony Edwards. Five other stories -- all slower-paced to get kids ready for bed -- make this DVD the perfect nighttime treat!

• HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON...
AND MORE STORIES TO SPARK THE IMAGINATION
This simple and brilliant little story of open-ended creativity, adapted from Crockett Johnson’s classic book, is joined by six other acclaimed animated stories on one DVD.

Each of these new SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES DVDs offers more digitally-enhanced content – at least an hour of stories on each release, along with the Read-Along function. The DVDs also feature new, kid-friendly authoring for easy navigation plus refreshed, eye-popping packaging.

SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES brings classic children’s stories to DVD courtesy of Weston Woods Studios, who, for over 50 years has worked closely with authors and illustrators as they craft these internationally acclaimed productions, formerly available only for educational use. The acclaimed collection has won numerous awards including Parents’ Choice, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video, American Library Association Notable Video selections, NAPPA Gold Awards, and Parenting Magazine’s Best DVD of the Year among others, making it the #1 award-winning line in the kidvid marketplace.

For more information about the newly-relaunched SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES™ line, which also includes inaugural releases KNUFFLE BUNNY…AND MORE GREAT CHILDHOOD ADVENTURES and ANTARCTIC ANTICS…AND MORE HILARIOUS ANIMAL STORIES, please visit www.newkideo.com.

About Scholastic Media
Scholastic Media (SM), the entertainment and media division of Scholastic, is a leading producer of quality, family-oriented content across multiple platforms, including feature films, television programming, videos, interactive and audio products, and web sites, and is a major developer and marketer of children's brands worldwide. Among SM's award-winning and top-rated productions are the animated series Clifford The Big Red DogÒ (PBS KIDSÒ); the Emmy award-winning spin-off series Clifford's Puppy Daysä (PBS KIDS); I SPY (HBO Family); The Magic School BusÒ (TLC); Goosebumps; Animorphs; Maya & Miguelä (PBS KIDS GO!); and SM’s newest series, WordGirl, (PBS KIDS GO!). SM's critically-acclaimed feature films include Clifford's Really Big Movie, The Indian in the Cupboard, The Babysitters Club Movie, The Mighty and The Golden Compass, based on the award-winning Philip Pullman trilogy His Dark Materials.Scholastic is a co-creator of the new multi-platform qubo® network for children, which promotes literacy and positive values through entertainment. Provided by Scholastic, Dragon is the new pre-school series airing on qubo. SM includes the highly successful Interactive Products Group, which publishes CD-ROMs, video games, digital downloads, electronic learning toys, and interactive DVDs that promote learning through play.

About Scholastic
Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology and children’s media. Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children's books, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys. The Company distributes its products and services through a variety of channels, including proprietary school-based book clubs and school-based book fairs, retail stores, schools, libraries, television networks and the Company’s Internet Site, www.scholastic.com.