Aired on HBO, this entry from the Classical Baby series features colorful vignettes that incorporate voiceover readings of famous poems. Susan Sarandon reads Robert Frost's “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” Beverly Gile and Frances Archer sing Robert Louis Stevenson's “The Swing,” and young viewers will appreciate a clapping rhythmic version of Woody Guthrie's “Grassy Green Grass.” Other selections include John Lithgow's reading of Edward Lear's “The Owl and the Pussycat,” Jeffrey Wright delivering Shakespeare's “Sonnet XVIII,” and Gwyneth Paltrow performing Elizabeth Barrett Browning's “How Do I Love Thee?”, as well as poems read by the original authors, including William Carlos Williams (“This is Just to Say”), Langston Hughes (“April Rain Song”), and Gertrude Stein (“A Very Valentine”). Mixing various types of animation, real-life footage, and children's appreciative comments, this eye-catching, enlightening, and very affordable program is a surefire winner for the TV-Y set. Highly recommended. Editor's Choice. Aud: P. (J. Williams-Wood)
Classical Baby—I'm Grown Up Now: The Poetry Show
(2008) 30 min. DVD: $9.98. HBO Video (avail. from most distributors). ISBN: 1-4198-6613-3. Volume 23, Issue 4
Classical Baby—I'm Grown Up Now: The Poetry Show
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