These three episodes of Arthur are more likely to satisfy those who appreciate an elaborately spun yarn than your average storybook lover. "Just Desserts," for instance, the first adventure,

Arthur - Arthur's Storybook [VHS]

These three episodes of Arthur are more likely to satisfy those who appreciate an elaborately spun yarn than your average storybook lover. "Just Desserts," for instance, the first adventure, finds Arthur in a food-induced, far-out nightmare stemming from Grandma's reading of Grimms' fairy tales. In the weird and winding dream, Arthur and D.W., gussied up as Hansel and Gretel, dodge the evil Mr. Ratburn, whose sweet-seeming gingerbread domicile doubles as a scary house of doom, and from there they bump into a big-eyed and -eared bedridden grandma and an overgrown beanstalk. "Buster Hits the Books," in which Arthur's bunny buddy comes clean about having never read a book from start to finish, loosens its grip on the loopy, but only a little. When the gang corrals an armload of books for Buster to try, he slides into an imaginary landscape inspired by kids' classics--a rhyming, swirling Seussville among them. For a finale, "D.W. Tale Spins" plunges the show's pesky kid sister deep into The Odyssey's mythic adventures: a bug-eyed Arthur and Buster sit spellbound as she relates her high-seas adventures, most remarkably her run-in with a one-eyed ringer for Buster. Like every Arthur episode, these tales share a common element of fantasy. They're more far-fetched than many, but that may serve to stir up idle imaginations. Caregivers who give the video can expect to come away happily ever after, at least for a lazy afternoon. (Ages 4 to 8) --Tammy La Gorce
Country USA
Manufacturer Sony Wonder
Binding VHS Tape
ReleaseDate 2001-01-30
Format Color
UPCs 074645539232
EANs 0074645539232

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Sony Wonder
Binding	VHS Tape
ReleaseDate	2001-01-30
Format	Color
UPCs	074645539232
EANs	0074645539232

Arthur - Arthur's Storybook [VHS]

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