Baby Shakespeare (Video & Book) [VHS] [Import] (2000)

ベビー・アインシュタインの「ビデオ・ボード・ブック」シリーズ第4巻目は、これまでの作品の中でももっとも魅力的だ。やや年齢層が上の視聴者（1歳から4歳まで）を対象として、「Baby Shakespeare」は、幼い子どもたちの精神を活性化させようと、詩とおなじみの華やかなクラシック曲や色鮮やかな物体などを組み合わせて紹介している。このビデオは、小さな乳幼児たちを言語の文脈に触れさせることを狙っている。ABCの歌を歌う子どものための一休みや動いている色とりどりのおもちゃのクローズアップなどがたくさん盛り込まれているなか、詩や画像の形で表現されている12の言葉（草、木など）を探し出すことができる。年長の子どもたちなら、同封の、屋外で撮影された鮮明な写真入りの本に書かれてある詩を理解できるだろう。ベビー・アインシュタインの最初のホスト、バードというドラゴンの人形も登場、友だちと一緒に楽しげにビデオに参加している。彼は、再度の登場に値する。（Doug Thomas, Amazon.com）

The fourth "video board book" from the Baby Einstein folks is their most engaging product yet. Aimed at slightly older audiences (ages 1 to 4), Baby Shakespeare combines poetry with the usual mix of festive classical music, bright objects, and happy thoughts designed to stimulate young minds. This video is aimed at exposing little tykes to the language context. Twelve words (grass, tree, etc.) are explored in pictures and poem form with plenty of playful stops for kids singing their ABC's and close-ups of brightly colored toys in action. Older kids can follow the poetry in a beautiful enclosed picture book of poem text and sharp outdoor photography. We even meet Baby Einstein's first host: a dragon puppet named Bard, who (along with his friends) playfully participates in the action. He deserves a repeat performance. --Doug Thomas

Poems featured:

"Custard the Dragon," Ogden Nash
"A Modern Dragon," Rowena Bastin Bennett
"Mid-Summer Night's," William Shakespeare
"The Apple Tree," Galway Kinnell
"The Cat and the Moon," W.B. Yeats
"Heavenly Grass," Tennessee Williams
"Wadasa Nakamoon," Ray A. Young Bear
"Nothing Gold Can Stay," Robert Frost
"Revival," Steve Crow
"Loveliest of Trees," A.E. Housman
"The Calf-Path," Sam Walter Foss
"The Butterfly," William Wordsworth
"My Loves," Langston Hughes

Beethoven music featured:

Rondo a Capriccio, Op. 129
Rondo in C
"Fr Elise," WoO 59
"Allegro for a Flute Clock"
Military March No. 1, WoO 18
The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113
Symphony No. 9, Op. 125

BABY SHAKESPEARE(R) is a first-of-its-kind visual and auditory field trip into the rhythm of classic poems and the beauty of nature. While watching the video, your child will discover 12 common words within the rich context of poetry and real-world video. This is a wonderful way to teach your baby to speak. Exposure to words in context is important in the language-acquisition process. Bard, the word-loving dragon, hosts the video. He leads a parade of words, poems, puppet shows, and music videos that will delight your child time and again.