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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

New on video

'StoryWatchers Club' has lots of appeal

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Top 5 books for kids

1. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," J.K. Rowling
2. "The Chronicles of Narnia" (boxed set), C.S. Lewis
3. "Goodnight Moon," Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (illustrator)
4. "Too Big for Diapers" John E. Barrett
5. "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (illustrator)
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    A good storyteller is hard to find, but the new video series "StoryWatchers Club" brings several of them together on two DVDs, "Keys to Imagination" and "Good Character." Watch the masters work their magic with just their voices, faces and bodies -- without a bunch of bells and whistles. Extras include interviews with the storytellers and segments where kids share their favorite tales. To order, call (877) 786-7998 or visit www.Story

    WatchersClub.com.

  • "We Are The Laurie Berkner Band" (Two Tomatoes Records/Razor & Tie Entertainment) -- The perpetual bestseller at Amazon.com makes her DVD debut with a video compilation of her most popular songs, including "Victor Vito" and "Pig on Her Head."

  • "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Season One, Volume Two" (BCI Eclipse) -- By the power of Grayskull, your kids can have the power, too -- the power of the original animated series. The six-disc set contains another 32 episodes, plus two new documentary features and character profiles.

  • "Hari + Guu" vol. 1 (AN Entertainment) -- Teens will enjoy this colorful, eccentric anime series about a boy, Hari, and how his life is turned upside down when a mysterious, troublemaking girl, Guu, comes to live with him and his free-spirited mother in the jungle.

    There's more: "Disney's Goof Troop" and "Quack Pack"; "Mirrormask"; "Lazytown: Robbie's Greatest Misses"; "NBA Street Series: Vol. 3"; "Party Time With Max & Ruby"; "Zatch Bell! The Dark Mamodo" (vol. 2); "Zathura."

    Eric Henrickson

    The Detroit News