Belmont World Film presents Family Film Favorites

Belmont World Film presents film fun for families during school vacation week, featuring two programs of animated films from Scholastic/Weston Woods Studios and an encore presentation of ELEANOR'S SECRET. Programs include:

10:00-11:00 AM: Animated Best Loved Children's Books from Scholastic/Weston Woods Studios: Program I (age 3-10) featuring:

WILD ABOUT BOOKS by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown & narrated by Catherine O'Hara
CHICKEN LITTLE by Rebecca and Ed Emberley & animated by Watertown's own Soup2Nuts
DIARY OF A WORM by Doreen Cronin
KNUFFLE BUNNY by the ever-popular Mo Willems (Caldecott Honor Book)
WHEELS ON THE BUS by Paul O. Zelinsky with music by the (Kevin) Bacon Brothers
KITTEN'S FIRST FULL MOON by Kevin Henkes (Caldecott Medal Winner)
THE HAPPY OWLS by Celestino Piatti

11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Animated Best Loved Children's Books from Scholastic/Weston Woods Studios: Program II (age 3-10) featuring:

CHILDREN MAKE TERRIBLE PETS by Peter Brown (New York Times Best Illlustrated Book of the Year) animated by Watertown's Soup2Nuts
DUCK ON A BIKE by David Shannon & animated by Watertown's Soup2Nuts
SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE written & illustrated by William Steig (Caldecott Medal Book) with narration by John Lithgow
LEONARDO THE TERRIBLE MONSTER, written, illustrated & narrated by Mo Willems
JAMES MARSHALL'S CINDERELLA by Barbara Karlin & illustrated by James Marshall
KATIE LOVES THE KITTENS by John Himmelman (Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year)
THE DOT by Paul Reynolds & co-produced by Boston-based FableVision

1:00-2:30 PM: Eleanor's Secret (ages 3-10)
Academy Award nominee Dominique Monferey's (DESTINO) sumptuously animated tale tells the story of young Nat, who is less than thrilled when his late Aunt Eleanor leaves him the keys to her library as a gift, only to discover that the library holds a magic secret: the characters from the library's classic children's books come to life. The problem is that in order to keep the library's many storybook characters alive for future generations, Nat must first learn how to read--and time is running out. In English.