Weston Woods Studios
Weston Woods Studios is a production company known for audio and short films based on well-known books for children. The studio was founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel. He named his studio after the wooded area near his home in Weston, Connecticut. In 1968, Weston Woods began a long collaboration with Czech animator Gene Deitch, and opened international offices in Henley-on-Thames, England in 1972, Canada in 1975, and Australia in 1977.
In the mid-1980s, Weston Woods films were released on VHS under the Children's Circle titles. In 1996, the company was acquired by Scholastic Entertainment.
Series
Cartoons
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Harold And The Purple Crayon
With his magic crayon, a small boy named Harold draws himself in and out of a series of adventures. Harold draws his way through a picnic consisting only of pies. He leaves the leftovers fo…
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Time Of Wonder
Lovely watercolor paintings capture the sights and sounds of nature on a Maine Island.
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The Snowy Day
Told in cutout-style animation, this tale tells of Peter, a young African-American child. One winter morning, Peter wakes up to see that snow has fallen, covering everything in the city! He…
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Whistle for Willie
About a boy and his dog and how he cannot whistle.
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Drummer Hoff
A lively folk verse about the building of a cannon. Brightly dressed in full uniform, each soldier brings a part for the remarkable machine -Corporal Farrell brings the barrel, Sergeant Cho…
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The Happy Owls
Featuring Owls
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Wheel On The Chimney
Two storks live on the wheel atop a chimney in Hungary, where they raise their family of two white silent small storks. The storks head on their great flight south in winter. Impelled by so…
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Leopold the See-Through Crumbpicker
Have you ever seen a see-through crumbpicker? Well, neither had Minerva- for the simple reason that they are invisible. But one day, when she was eating vanilla cookies and dropping lots of…
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Rosie's Walk
A hen named Rosie decides to go for a walk across the farmyard. Without her knowledge, a fox slowly and carefully follows her, as if to pounce. In typical cartoon fashion, each time it seem…
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A Picture For Harold's Room
Harold, whose artistic sense no one can question, realizes that what his room needs is a picture. Naturally, he draws one. And in stepping up into it to draw the ever-necessary moon, Harold…
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The Three Robbers
Three robbers spend all of their time robbing stagecoaches, and they take their loot to a hilltop retreat. One day, they stop a coach, but there is no money and no passengers except for a l…
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Patrick
A violin that Patrick buys from a peddler proves to be a very special instrument indeed. Each time that Patrick plays the violin, wonderous things happen. When Patrick plays by a pond, the…
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Changes, Changes
A child uses his imagination in forming various objects with building blocks.
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Harold's Fairy Tale
Featuring Harold
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Pierre
To every question, a boy named Pierre answers, "I don't care." One day, when both of Pierre's parents have given up hope on him, a lion comes along and asks Pierre if he would mind if he go…
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The Cat And The Collector
An old fellow gathers junk thrown out by the people in the nearby village. One day, he befriends a big gray cat, and recruits it to help him rummage.
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Charlie Needs A Cloak
A shepherd shears his sheep, cards and spins the wool, weaves and dyes the cloth, and sews a beautiful new red cloak.
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The Rainbow Serpent
Set in dreamland, this Aboriginal legend of the Creation follows the serpent Goorialla on his journey across Australia, where he creates birds, animals, plant life and geographical features.
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Smile For Auntie
A woman will do just about anything to get a little baby to smile. She is willing to do a dance, make funny faces, bribe the baby with toys and ice cream, and even stand on her head! Auntie…
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Teeny-Tiny And The Witch-Woman (From An Old Turkish Tale)
The spooky story of three brothers who are told not to venture into the haunted forest in order to avoid the wrath of the wicked witch who lives there. One day, the boys take a chance and f…
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Fourteen Rats & A Rat-Catcher
This cartoon tells the award-winning John Cressey children's story of an old lady determined to rid her house of rats. While presented as a children's fable, the story has a decidedly adult…
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John Brown, Rose And The Midnight Cat
The only friend and companion of an elderly widow named Rose is a dog named John Brown. One night, Rose thinks that she hears a cat in the garden. John Brown assures her that it is not a ca…
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Panama
Two friends, a bear and a tiger, live happily in a cozy little house in the country. One day, the bear finds a box of bananas on the river. The box is labeled "Panama." The bananas smell so…
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The Clown Of God
In the Italian town of Sorrento, Giovanni, a young boy, begs for bread and juggles for pleasure. When a group of wandering entertainers comes to the boy's town, the boy begs to be included…
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The Hat
All about a hat and the different people that the hat comes involved with.
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The Tomten
Adaptation of the classic 1906 children's book by Astrid Lindgren and the poem by Victor Rydberg. Based on a Nordic fable, this short tells the story of Tomten the troll, who lives in a lon…
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Happy Birthday, Moon
A bear talks to the moon and thinks that the moon is answering him because his voice echoes from surrounding mountains. His questions are all about his birthday, and then he decides that he…
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The Bear And The Fly
The comic story of a family of bears who sit down to dinner and open a bottle of wine, only to be challenged by a pesky fly. The elusive fly and a single-minded bear team up to make dinner…
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The Most Wonderful Egg In The World
Three hens are jealous of each other. Each one thinks that she is prettier than the other, so they take their argument to the King for his opinion. The King must choose the most beautiful e…
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The Mysterious Tadpole
Little Louis's best birthday present comes from his Uncle McAlister in Scotland: a tadpole! Louis names his new pet Alphonse, and can hardly wait to take him to school for show-and-tell. Hi…
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In The Night Kitchen
A little boy's dream-fantasy in which he helps three fat Oliver Hardy lookalike bakers get milk for their cake batter. Brilliant, classic-style animation set to ragtime music and excerpts o…
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Joey Runs Away
A little kangaroo lives in his mother's pouch. The pouch is referred to as "Joey's room," furnished and filled with all of Joey's belongings. When Joey's mother demands that he clean his ro…
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The Caterpillar And The Polliwog
How a caterpillar turns into a beautiful butterfly.
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Brave Irene
A little girl named Irene helps her mother deliver a special package, which contains a dress made for a duchess who lives in a palace a good distance away. When her mom becomes ill, Irene o…
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The Village Of Round And Square Houses
A grandmother tells her grandchild the story of how their African village came to be divided into round and square houses. As she tells it: long ago, a volcano in the distance erupted and l…
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What's Under My Bed?
Mary Ann and Louie tell Grandpa that there is something scary under their beds. But then Grandpa tells them about what had been under his bed when he was their age. In the process of comfor…
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Andy And The Lion
Andy, a farm boy, loves to read (especially about lions!). On the way to school one day, Andy meets a real lion who just happens to have a thorn in his paw. Clever Andy takes the thorn out…
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Danny and the Dinosaur
Featuring Danny, Dinosaur
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Hot Hippo
Hippo is hot and unhappy living on dry land. The other animals don't seem to mind, but Hippo longs to swim in the cool water like the little fishes. So he goes to the god Ngai and strikes a…
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The Pigs' Wedding
A whole barnyard of pigs have to get ready for a pig wedding. Everyone must come out of the mud pits and get washed -- not an easy thing. Then they must get dressed. The wedding goes off wi…
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Picnic
A family of mice is out for a picnicking day in the country. During the ride to the picnic area, the smallest mouse falls off the back of the truck, unbeknownst to the rest of the family. F…
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The Three Little Pigs
Featuring Fritz Weaver (Narrator)
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The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate The Wash
A crazy story of a school field trip to a farm, told by a little girl who went. One incident after another leads to the release of a boa constrictor snake at the farm, and mayhem is caused.…
