Michael Sporn

Two lonely boys who don't know each other meet on a city street. Brought together with a simple "Yo!" answered by the other one's "Yes?" and the bounce of a basketball, this modern classic will strike a chord with every child who's ever longed for a friend.

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"What's the matter with Leo?" his father asks when Leo can't read, write, draw, eat neatly, or speak. "He's just a late bloomer", explains his mother. And sure enough, one day in his own good time, Leo shows everyone how glorious it is to finally bloom.

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Adventure awaits in the story of White Fang, a peaceful courageous wolf who overcomes all odds in this animated tale for children based on Jack London's original classic. A young wolf pup and his mother are forced to join a Native American tribe to survive after their pack leader perishes. He is reluctantly traded to a greedy businessman in compensation for a grievance and entrained in a corrupt dog fighting ring. Rescued by a compassionate young man, White Fang begins a lifelong bond, finds puppy love and room for more adventures...

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The true story of a young teenage girl whose mother is incarcerated for murder. Living in a Catholic Children's home run by an order of nuns, she provides poignant commentary about her mother, her own situation and her outlook for the future.

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When Helene Angel walks home from school with her older brother she is attacked by a street gang and painted white. The effect on Helene and her family is devastating. Helene locks herself in her room, her brother blames himself for not having successfully defended his sister, and the media descends on their neighborhood, completely disrupting her small family. But an outpouring of love and understanding from Helene's friends, classmates and family helps her face what has happened and draws the community together. Inspired by actual events, WHITEWASH conveys a powerful message that transcends age and race, told in an entertaining way perfect for children of all ages.

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At the Johnson's house in the country, a female mouse named Emily, whose existence is known to two children named Patty and Kevin living there, decides to go into the city to visit her cousin Alexander for Christmas. However, the chef the restaurant Alexander lives in has set a variety of anti-mice precautions, thus scaring the two cousins out of the restaurant. The two mice return to the country house to celebrate Christmas together.

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When a young girl named Selina befriends a mystical elderly woman, magical things happen - not the least of which is the surprise of three talking eggs. When her selfish brother Wade gets involved, he's in for some surprises too, but of a different kind.

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It’s the poky little puppy’s first Christmas, and he’s not sure what to expect. When he meets an animal friend who’s lost his home, Poky’s quick to help–and learns all about the spirit of Christmas.

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Captivated by its sweet song, an emperor takes a nightingale into his palace as his companion. But when the emperor shows more interest in a bejeweled mechanical bird, the nightingale flees. It returns only when the lonely emperor sees how foolishly he has behaved.

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This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen Allen.

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A young boy, confined to his bed, uses his imagination to find the fun and excitement he can't experience in real life. Tony Award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce ('Miss Saigon') lends his voice to this animated musical based on the life and beloved children's poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson. Songs composed by Charles Strouse.

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This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen Allen.

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An engaging adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale about a vain emperor whose foolishness is exposed to everyone by an innocent child. Starring the voice of Regis Philbin.

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Story of a sleepy alligator-taxi names Monty who has an important job. Each day Arthur the frog, Doris the duck, and Tom the rabbit ride on Monty's back across the river to and from school. The three friends complain about Monty's wobbling his speed, and anything else they can think of all the way there and all the way back. One day, Monty decides to take an alligator vacation from his three friends who are left to find their own way across the river

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Little Ira is invited to his best friend's sleep-over party, but struggles with leaving his beloved teddy bear behind.

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Set in Harlem in 1919, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of young "Fats" Waller.

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Will Max or Ruby find the most Easter eggs to win the chocolate chicken? Only the Easter Bunny knows for sure.

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It starts off as an ordinary class trip to the farm - boring, kind of dull. But before very long, chaos takes over as one zany incident leads to another, even zanier, one. Soon the entire farm is uproariously out of control.

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The Hans Christian Andersen classic is given present-day relevance and an upbeat ending in this story of Angela, a homeless child who sells matchsticks to survive.

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Narrated by Tim Curry and based on the book by Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake, a lonely, lost marzipan pig reaches out with love, in a strange chain of events, to an owl, a mouse and a hibiscus flower.

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Animated adaptation of Virginia Lee Burton's children's book.

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After learning about pollution a group of creatures called Zwibble Dibbles, decide to throw a party for the Earth to raise awareness.

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In this animated contemporary interpretation of a Hans Christian Andersen morality tale, a pair of magic slippers help two young African-American girls learn the value of friendship after they are divided by selfishness and jealousy.

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Gertrude and George the Dancing Frog on a whirlwind theatrical tour.

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Grandpa tells his two young houseguests about the time he was afraid of the dark and about other figments of his imagination.

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Legendary singer-songwriter, ARLO GUTHRIE, brings his whimsical wit and music to this warm, lighthearted re-telling of such all-time children's classics as "The Thee Little Pigs", "Henny Penny", "Little Red Riding Hood", and other cherished favorites.

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Enter the imaginative world of Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, in this animated adaptation of his classic The Hunting of the Snark. In this colorful adventure narrated by James Earl Jones, a high-masted ship sets sail to roam the seas looking for a Snark. The Butcher pursues the Beaver; the Broker takes count, while the Barrister preserves order; the Bellman leads them over the edge; and the Baker, the Baker finds the Snark!

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Irrepressible Max wants to stay up late on Christmas so he can see Santa Claus.

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