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    Bookarazzi: Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler

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    A freelance blogger who pursues celebrities who read books, to create posts that promote children’s literature.

    By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
    Published: April 14, 2009

    Bedtime Stories
    Actors: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Courtney Cox

    Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Wide-screen

    Language: English

    Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

    Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

    DVD Release Date: April 5, 2009

    Run Time: 99 minutes

    At our house we read many books a night and use different voices for every character, but I have to admit that I never make up my own bedtime stories. After watching Disney’s movie Bedtime Stories, recently released on Blu-ray and DVD, I believe creating bedtime stories with our children is a tradition that none of us should miss out on.

    Sandler’s character, Skeeter Bronson, finds himself in a search for his own happy ending. Although if you could ask him, Skeeter would tell you that there are no happy endings. When he is asked to babysit his sister’s children — in a house with no t.v. — Skeeter creates wonderful bedtime stories that have the children enthralled with the leading hero (Skeeter always casts himself as the hero). Once the children become active in evolving the slumber-time narratives, true Disney magic arises — the action-packed adventures become a reality for their uncle. Bedtime Stories is clever, entertaining, good-humored and whimsical, everything you would expect to see in an Adam Sandler movie made by Disney. The message this movie sends to people about the power of creating your own bedtime stories is admirable. Definitely worth watching!

    Some storytelling insight I gained from the movie:

    • Creating great bedtime stories with your children is a true bonding experience — it can only bring you closer.
    • Your fun is only limited by your imagination.
    • Children who are encouraged to use their imaginations are happier.
    • True magic happens when children are encouraged to participate.
    • Great ideas to spur the imagination can often begin from your days experience. This also allows for opportunities to resolve any issues that may have come up during the day.
    • Always remember that when you reach a sad point or the bleakest moment (in life or storytelling) this is the cue for the hero to step in and do something unexpected. If it isn’t happy it’s not the end!


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    Adam Sandler in “BEDTIME STORIES”

    Link: Disney’s Bedtime Stories web page.

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    1. benjamin on April 19, 2009 10:39 am

      A great new bed time story is The Adventures of Kid Humpty Dumpty. Kids and parents will enjoy hearing about the adventures of this lovable egg-boy before he took his famous fall. check it out at www.eloquentbooks.com/theadventuresofkidhumptydumpty.html

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