5/5 Tikki Tikki Tembo - One of My Favorite Stories
  by Lynn Ellingwood (Webster, NY United States)
Tikki Tikki Tembo is still one of my favorite stories. I have many Asian students so I still use the story often as a teacher. The kids love to try to say the rhyme and practice it. The story is told well on this Scholastic DVD. One of the best animated stories is The Tender Story of Cinderella Penguin, which doesn't read the story of the picture book but portray it in wordless animation. It's beautiful and from the National Film Board of Canada. This is a terrific DVD of children's stories.

4/5 great extras
  by Jonathan Scheuer (New York NY)
The bland treatment of the title story was disappointing for a young fan of the book, but all five other stories appealed much more. Don't miss the three cartoons on the Extras menu!

4/5 The Hardest Review I've Written
  by A. Karlsson (Alaska)
How can I write review this? How SHOULD I review this?

First, let me say that this: the Scholastic DVDs are the only DVDs that I feel confident having my 6-year-old watch. He never sits there bouncing up and down till I think he will explode. He never walks away from the viewing bouncing off the walls (which is the result of most DVD viewing)... and he absolutely LOVES the stories on here, including Tikki Tikki Tembo.

I just would have to pray that parents out there don't let this be the ONLY experience their children have of this wonderful story. There is a flow to the story that the narrator misses. My 20-year-old son was recently home and he listened to about 3 "pages" worth and had to leave the room. "Mom, he's KILLING the story! I can't take it." If a parent is a good oral reader they can bring this story alive in a more memorable way, so while I would say go ahead and buy the DVD, young children love them and they are some of the most wholesome out there for kids these modern days, also PLEASE buy or borrow the book, and share the one-on-one time and bring the book alive to your child yourself so that when he watches the DVD your rendering may be tied to it in some magical way.

5/5 Gently Moving Pictures Just Right For Young Children
  by M. Spaulding (Santa Barbara)
Classic stories told with "gently moving pictures and audio". None of the fast editing and loud noises so common in children's DVDs. My four year old daughter really enjoys this one and requests it often.

5/5 Tikki Tikki Tembo
  by N. Steen-williams (michigan)
I love this book when I was a child so long ago, but I saw this book and I screamed thinking that was one of my favorite stories when I was a child, my daughters love this story it is a great book for all ages to read, because alot of people named their children long names so all can relate to the story.