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Weston Woods Studios (or simply Weston Woods) is a production company that makes audio and short films based on well-known books for children. [1] It was founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel in Weston, Connecticut , and named after the wooded area near his home.
The book tells the story of Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and how he built the Crystal Palace dinosaurs. [1] The book was a recipient of the 2002 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations. In 2010, Weston Woods adapted this book into a film narrated by Jonathan Pryce. It won an ALA Notable Video award in 2011 from the Association of Library Services ...
Weston Woods films were shown at the Museum of Modern Art in 1956, and that same year the films had their CBS television premiere on Captain Kangaroo. In 1963, the studio released its first animated film, The Snowy Day , adapted from the 1962 Caldecott Medal book by Ezra Jack Keats , and the following year, it produced a documentary.
It was adapted into a five-minute animated short film on January 1, 1987, directed by Gene Deitch, released by Weston Woods and narrated by the late Peter Schickele, who would later narrate the updated version of Where the Wild Things Are, also directed by Gene Deitch and released by Weston Woods a year later. The book drew controversy in the ...
Weston Woods Studios: This video is based on the picture book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. [3] 2005 The Dot: Paul R. Gagne Melissa Reilly Peter H. Reynolds Karen Bresnahan Gary Goldberger Jonathan Meath: Weston Woods Studios FableVision: This video is based on the picture book by Peter H. Reynolds in which a girl draws a dot and discovers ...
Angus and the Ducks is a 1930 American children's picture book written and illustrated by ... In 1997 the book was adapted for video by Weston Woods Studios. [2 ...
In 2014, Weston Woods adapted the book to a 7-minute animated short film, directed by Pete List and starring Willems as the Pigeon and Trixie Willems as the Duckling.
First edition. Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman is a story written by Barbara K. Walker and illustrated by Michael Foreman based on a Turkish version of "Hansel and Gretel".The story was first published in 1975 by Pantheon Books [1] and an animated short based on the story was produced by Weston Woods on May 31, 1980, directed by Gene Deitch.