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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

NEW YORK, NY -- Corduroy, the beloved character from Don Freeman’s classic storybook, turns 40 in 2008, and SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES™ (www.scholastic.com) celebrates the milestone with a newly enhanced DVD -- CORDUROY…AND MORE STORIES ABOUT CARING. This endearing collection of seven award-winning, family-favorite adaptations features celebrity narrators like Mia Farrow (Be Kind Rewind), Laura Dern (Jurassic Park IV) and David De Vries (Remember the Titans), and will be available to add to every home entertainment library on July 29 for $14.95 (SRP).

NEW YORK, NY -- On August 26, let the wild rumpus begin anew as Maurice Sendak’s beloved classic comes to rich, animated life for a new generation with WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE…AND 5 MORE STORIES BY MAURICE SENDAK. The faithfully adapted title tale – one of the classics of children’s literature -- headlines the repackaged and refreshed DVD from SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES™ (www.scholastic.com). The DVD, which also includes six animated Sendak tales, a rare, behind-the-scenes interview with the author entitled “Getting to Know Maurice Sendak”, the Spanish language version of “Where the Wild Things Are”, and Special Edition stickers will be priced to add to every family’s home entertainment collection for $14.95SRP.