Review and Giveaway: The Garfield Show
As a kid in school, we used to have the Scholastic book orders and there were two series I ordered every book from. The first was the Little House on the Prairie series. The second was the Garfield series. I really loved reading the little vignettes and they were a good escape for me. I think part of it was that I just loved cats, and Jim Davis had a knack for capturing the behaviour of cats in a way that explained it to very young readers.
I also loved the Garfield cartoon specials. I had them all (recorded on VHS, of course, from the TV), so when the opportunity came to share Garfield with the Poptart, I immediately said “yes”.
The other weekend (when I wasn’t feeling well), I popped The Garfield Show: Dinosaurs & Other Animal Adventures video in the DVD player. The menu screen shows a few scrolling scenes from the six episodes on the disc so she was able to pick one that interested her.
We started the episode and she was immediately entranced. Although the cartoons are no longer hand-drawn, and I don’t think Jim Davis has much to do with it, the antics of Garfield, Odie and their friends bring back a lot of fun memories. And the fact that I can share this with my daughter means a lot to me.
The best part is that she seems to love Garfield as much as I did. She’ll ask to see the video or part of it about once a day.
And for you, I have a copy of the video to give away. Just leave a comment by January 31 answering the question, “What’s the thing from your childhood you wish you could share with a small person in your life (or a big person, if you have no small people)?
Open to people with a Canadian or US mailing address. Winner will be picked at random with the “And the winner is” plugin.
Disclaimer: I was given a copy of the DVD for review purposes. All opinions are my own.
I hope to share the love of soccer with my girls!
Ooh, the one thing? Out of so many amazing things? That’s a tough one… I’ve been sitting on it for a couple of hours and still haven’t narrowed it down! I guess that would be all the tree climbing! Climbing higher than a house, making a tree fort, pretending to be a monkey! That, or the love of animals!
I’m planning to share my love of Gordon Korman books. I even hunted down some of the books already and have them ready and waiting on my bookshelf.
I’m fully intending to teach her to play Scrabble at a young age – as soon as she’s old enough to not eat the tiles! Other board games as well, but Scrabble gets first billing.
I would love to share Saturday morning cartoons with a little one. Now the kids shows are on 24 hours a day so they don’t get that same thrill we got from waiting all week for Saturday.
i want to share the joy of watching music live with my son. My parents always took us to shows like the VSO’s Kids Pops and other things like that and I really want to be able to do that as well.
Well, I’ve already shared a lot with my kids. The biggest thing was Disneyland. I’m a massive Disney fan and made sure I took the kids there as soon as it seemed reasonable.