Let's Grow: Lend a Helping Hand (HIT Entertainment): DVD Edition
Review by JAM
The friends are all together to
Lend a Helping Hand as Barney, Bob, Thomas, Angelina, and Fireman Sam have all made their way to this special DVD. Kelly and Chica from The Sunny Side Up Show on Sprout® join our friends as well to impart the lessons learned from each episode.
Barney and his friends learn that there are no shortcuts to cleaning up in
Litterbot. Riff tries to help his friends by designing a robot to do all the clean-up in the park, but something goes wrong as the robot makes a much bigger mess by itself. That’s when he finds out that friends make everything okay and make the work go that much faster.
Bob the Builder comes up next with his friend Bristle in
Clean as a Whistle Bristle. Bobland Bay Promenade is almost finished, and the machines are ready to pitch in to finish up with the illuminations (special lighting). As the team works, disappearing essentials make the job that much harder. Bristle, in trying to do his best, cleans up before the job is done and turns the day of work into a mystery for Bob to solve. Bristle learns to work together and ask if the job is done before helping to clean-up.
Thomas & Friends work together in
Dirty Work to help teach James about helping each other out. James believed that his coat of paint and a clean engine was more important than helping his friends finish their jobs so that they could all have a fun time together at the Festival. James felt so smart and important until he saw his friends wouldn’t make it to the Festival to share in his happiness. So James lent a helping hand, getting covered in coal dust, quarry dust, and smelly fish in the process. James discovered that he became more important by helping his friends rather than by looking special.
Fireman Sam joins the action in
Mother’s Helper helping around the house. Lazy Norman gets a lesson in helping his mom, wrecking the laundry machine in the process. This affects Mike who runs out of the house to repair it, leaving the iron burning the clothes and nearly his house down. It’s Fireman Sam to the rescue! The continuous group of bad choices teaches his friends and us to do the job right, whatever it may be.
Angelina the Ballerina and her grandpa reminisce about a special doll in
The Ballerina Rag Doll. Her grandpa had won a special doll for her long ago, which she promised to never let go. Of course, this reminder comes after her doll has been packaged and sold to someone else. Angelina learns a lesson of sharing and friendship that can be passed by even something as little as an old doll as she helps a new girl in her ballerina class. Her doll helps a beginning ballerina overcome her fears of dancing, and Angelina feels the joy of sharing and love that comes from helping others, even with the loss of the doll.
HIT Entertainment’s
Lend a Helping Hand will take its place on shelves on January 12, 2009. Lend a helping hand and get a copy for your boys and girls at Amazon.com
(Purchase Lend a Helping Hand at Amazon here) And now the Official Information about Let's Grow: Lend a Helping Hand!PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The debut title in the all-new Let's Grow series of DVDs, Let's Grow: Lend A Helping Hand blossoms onto DVD January 12, 2010 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment. This initial title in the Let's Grow series features preschool favorites Barney, Bob the Builder, Thomas & Friends, Fireman Sam and Angelina Ballerina in fun learning adventures about helping others.
Co-branded by HIT Entertainment and Sprout®, each DVD in the Let's Grow series is uniquely themed and focuses on areas preschoolers encounter everyday - cleaning up, manners, safety, friendship, cooperation and more. Episodes are woven together by live-action segments featuring hosts from Sprout's original
Sunny Side Up Show, along with their puppet friend, Chica the Chicken. The hosts and Chica introduce each story, demonstrate easy-to-make crafts tied to the program's theme and encourage young viewers to practice what they've learned. Each Let's Grow DVD will include a Parent Resource Guide filled with tips and discussion starters.
Another title in the series, "Safety First", will be released in April. In all, Lionsgate plans to release a total of six Let's Grow DVDs through Spring 2011.
Through positive messages, captivating stories, imaginative fun, and familiar faces, Let's Grow taps into HIT Entertainment's library of quality programs to help parents help their young ones navigate their world.
DVD SYNOPSIS
Meet Kelly and Chica, the hosts of TV's "
The Sunny Side Up Show" on the 24-hour preschool channel, Sprout®. Join them as they host this special collection of delightful adventures featuring your favorite friends, Barney, Bob the Builder, Thomas & Friends, Fireman Sam and Angelina Ballerina, and discover how quickly things can go from squeaky clean to terribly messy. Throughout all the stories and with Kelly and Chica's help, your children will learn that when friends work together, any job can be fun!
Hosts Kelly and Chica describe what a "helping hand is" and show young viewers how they can be helping hands at home by creating a recycling bin, putting away their clothes, turning off the lights and using kind words to help others feel better. So follow along with these five episodes and learn about the importance of "lending a helping hand!"
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Title Copyright: © 2010 HIT Entertainment Limited.
Thomas & Friends © 2010 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and Thomas & Friends are trademarks of Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and Design is Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off.
Bob the Builder © 2010 HIT Entertainment Limited and Keith Chapman. The Bob the Builder name and character, related characters and riveted logo are trademarks of HIT Entertainment Limited. Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. and other countries.
Barney © 2010 Lyons Partnership, L.P. The Barney name and character, related characters and the overlapping dino spots and Barney and star logos are trademarks of Lyons Partnership, L.P. Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. and other countries.
Angelina Ballerina © 2010 Helen Craig Ltd. and Katharine Holabird. The Angelina Ballerina name and character and the dancing Angelina logo are trademarks of HIT Entertainment Limited, Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig. Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off.
Fireman Sam © 2010 Prism Art & Design Limited. The Fireman Sam name and character are trademarks of Prism Art &
Type: TV on DVD
Rating: NR
Genre: Children/Family/Animated
Age Target: Children, Ages 2-5
Closed Captioned: English Closed Captioned
Format: Full Screen
Feature Running Time: 68 minutes
DVD Audio Status: 2.0 Dolby Digital
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