Toy Castle: Twinkle, Twinkle

The Toy Castle: Twinkle Twinkle is a 90-minute, full color, live action DVD co-production of American Public Television and Sound Venture Productions is an imaginative and engaging collection of twelve ballet stories and present young viewers (ages preschool through eight years) with a superb introduction to the beauty, grace, and storytelling qualities of ballet. Compiling the fun episodes of Twinkle Twinkle, Tooth Fairy, Man In The Moon, Horse Dreams, Again Please, A Soldier's Story, Sleep Dancing, Sky Show, Night Lights, Solo Sleep Out, Starry Night, and Moon Lady, The Toy Castle offers young viewers simply splendid examples the wonderful art of dance as performed by the eclectic cast of Demi Pointe, Tendues, Degagees, Clown Shuffle, and Jack in the Box. The DVD format features an English and French language track, games and activities, video clips, stories, puzzles, a coloring book, "I Spy" -- all of which require a DVD compatible computer. The Toy Castle is very highly recommended for school and community library DVD collections for young viewers. Also very highly recommended from Questar are two other companion DVDs: The Toy Castle: Birthday Bash (QD3640, $14.99) and The Toy Castle: Beautiful Ballerina QD3639, $14.99).

We just so happened to check this DVD out from our public library. I had never heard of it. Our two little girls, ages 2 and 5, were enraptured while watching this. It's wonderfully creative and artistic. Also, it's educational yet they were so entertained! It's nice that it's broken down into shorter segments, but you can also watch the entire thing. I'm going to purchase our own copy. And I'll be checking out other videos of this same program.