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Painters, artists, sketchers, and crafters use their unique talents to bring color and motion to a fascinating collection of familiar children's stories from around the world. Using paint, oils, chalk, clay, fabric, and other artistic elements, their creative approach is mesmerizing and captivating. Voice-over narration, thematic music and the artist’s hand combine to bring each classic tale to colorful life.
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1 to 3 of 7
1. Cinderella
8m
Poor Cinderella is treated like a maid by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters. One day her Fairy Godmother appears and with a wave of her magic wand allows Cinderella to go to the ball where she meets the Prince. He falls madly in love with her at first sight. But Cinderella must be home by midnight. As she flees the palace, she loses her slipper on the stair and the Prince searches the kingdom to find the person whose foot fits into the slipper and make her his wife.
5. Goldilocks
8m
Goldilocks goes out for a walk in the forest and comes across a pretty cabin. Being a curious young girl, she enters the house and makes herself right at home, but she is in for quite a surprise when the three bears who live there return home and find her sleeping in Baby Bear’s bed. (Oil & Ink)
9. The Emperor's New Clothes
8m
The Emperor of a far-off kingdom had a reputation for being very vain. This attracted two imposters to the palace, claiming to be famous tailors owning the most beautiful cloth in the world which is invisible to the eyes of the stupid and incompetent. They sell him a new suit of clothes made out of the invisible cloth and take off with a chest full of gold. The Emperor appears in front of his subjects stark naked, but no one dares to say a thing out of fear of being branded stupid or incompetent, except for two young children, whose sincerity show the king he had been miserably duped. (Paints & Watercolors)
10. Little Red Riding Hood
8m
Little Red Riding Hood goes off to take cakes and honey to her grandmother. A wolf in the forest tricks her into taking a longer path so that he can take a shortcut and get to the grandmother’s house first. He swallows the grandmother and pretends to be her when Little Red Riding Hood arrives. Then he swallows her down, too. A hunter passing by is surprised to hear heavy snoring coming from the grandmother’s cottage. When he sees the wolf’s big belly, he slices it open and rescues the grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood. Little Red Riding Hood promises never to talk to strangers again. (Mixed Media)
20. Hansel And Gretel
8m
Hansel and Gretel are abandoned in the forest by their parents who are so poor they can no longer care for them. Lost and frightened they come upon a strange house made out of chocolate. As they are about to take a bite, the witch appears and puts Hansel in a cage to fatten him before cooking him and enslaves Gretel to do the housework. The children manage to escape in the nick of time and run deep into the forest. Suddenly, when they are more lost than ever, they hear a far-off voice calling out to them. It’s their father who comes looking for them and begs their forgiveness. Promising never to abandon them again, they live happily ever after. (Chocolate & Frostings)
25. The Thirsty Frog
8m
Tiddalik the frog was so thirsty, he drank all the water in the rivers and lakes of Australia, turning the land into a desert. One day, the wise old bat had an idea—if they could make Tiddalik laugh he would cough up all the water in his belly. Each of the animals tried to make Tiddalik laugh, but to no avail. At last it was the Eel’s turn. He did a funny snake routine, but only when he got so close to Tiddalik that the tip of his tail tickled his belly did the frog laugh. He laughed so hard that water started pouring out of his mouth and soon the rivers and lakes filled up again. Australia went back to being as beautiful as it had always been. (Mixed Media)
Extended Details
- SeriesDraw Me A Story
- Closed CaptionsEnglish