Classics For Children

Hanna/Barbera animated musical based on E.B. White's classic book, with music by the Sherman brothers.

Academy Award-winning film directed by Suzie Templeton has stunning stop-motion animation and no dialogue or narration.

Watch with baby conceptual animation in wonderful forms and colors set to short classical and jazz standards. Imaginative and fun!

Short works of classical music and imaginative visuals from the works of artists such as Monet to Pollack, with creative animated additions. Delighful for baby and you!

Short works of classical music and imaginative visuals of animated dancers in the styles of Graham, Balanchine, Pilobolus.  Both you and baby will love it! 

Stop-motion animation and live action in this inventive adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's tale.  
 

The marvelous story of a young boy who writes a magical musical for an imaginary carnival is brought to life by award-winning puppeteer Jim Gamble. Based on Saint Saens story and accompanied by full orchestra. Delightful!

Jim Gamble creates a magical marionette production of The Nutcracker with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra.

Follow Peer Gynt into an enchanting world of witches, trolls and animals with Jim Gamble's imaginative marionette production.

This 2-disc set of 40 restored and remastered cartoons is a marvel of animation and music,and special feature Behind the Tunes explores how the  music and instrumentation coordinates with the animation.

Jim Gamble's delightful marionette production and Debra Lindsay's packet of reproducible activities introducing the story and music. 

A cricket, mouse, and cat compose Yankee Doodle, help write the Declaration of Independence, and assist Paul Revere. Plus 5 more Chuck Jones/Disney cartoon features.

The long awaited opera of Antoine de St. Exupery's classic tale with music was composed by Rachel Portman.

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens classic. Winner of 6 Academy Awards.

Hilarious live-action production mingles life-sized Spitting Image puppets with real-life musicians and characters. Includes 2 bonus films

15 classical selections "choreographed" by the animal kingdom!

Ballet, mime, acrobatics and theater combine with magnificent sets combine with music by Viktor Kalabis for Lewsi Carroll's classic story.

Designed to capture the imaginations of children, these classroom length DVDs are a perfect intro to opera and ballet. Humperdinck, Mozart, Prokofiev.

Introduce Mozart's opera to children through the story adapted by Kyra Teis and the video of the shortened opera from the Children's Cultural Collection.

Two Fantasy Operas created from Sendak's books are composed and conducted by Oliver Knussen with production design by Maurice Sendak himself.