Cultivating the Seeds of Knowledge New Live-Action DVD Introduces Young Machine Enthusiasts to the John Deere Fleet
Just In Time for Spring Planting! “All About John Deer for Kids Part 1” Direct to VHS and DVD March 22, 2005 from TM Books & Video
New Buffalo, MI (PRWEB) March 7, 2005 -- Been grocery shopping lately?
Chances are a John Deere tractor harvests the produce items you buy. Pass by a
construction site; odds are you’ll see John Deere machines busy at work. Now,
just in time for spring planting, families can watch and enjoy these mighty
vehicles in action in the comfort of their own home thanks to the entertaining
DVD and VHS, All About John Deere for Kids, Part 1.
Released by TM Books
& Video and producers Tom McComas and Joe Stachler, All About John Deere for
Kids, Part 1 captures the fascination held by fans young and old for the
machines that helped build and feed this country. The 40-minute, live-action
program will be available on DVD and VHS March 22, 2005. Suggested retail price
for the DVD is $14.95 and the VHS is $12.95.
All About John Deere for
Kids, Part 1 presents an informative mix of new and vintage equipment from the
company that has become as American as apple pie. Each fact-filled segment,
backed by lively original music by composer and songwriter James Coffey,
introduces the John Deere fleet of farming and industrial vehicles and shows
them in action in a delightful, entertaining, and educational
fashion.
Become acquainted with the many types of John Deere tractors
considered the backbone and most important machinery on any farm. Children will
learn how tractors range in size, are categorized, and how they plant,
cultivate, and harvest. See John Deere’s first tractor, the 1918 Waterloo Boy.
This two-cylinder landmark model put the company on the map with its trademark
popping sounds and workhorse reliability. John Deere two-cylinder tractors are
known as “Johnny Poppers.”
Visit with several collectors, including Bill
Kettlehut, who owns a fully restored 1925 Spoker D; pumpkin farmer Bob DeVries,
who still uses his vintage 1958 730 diesel to cultivate his pumpkin patch; and
Bill Donner, who recently acquired a rare 1960 John Deere 8020, the 6th of only
100 built.
John Deere’s industrial equipment includes wheel loaders, dump
trucks, dozers, and skidders. The program focuses oh the excavator and walks
young hardhats through the process of digging holes and loading giant trucks.
There’s even a fun segment on John Deere toys, and you’ll meet Otto, the
befuddled farmer, who keeps working the wrong field!
TM Books &
Video will release “All About John Deere for Kids, Part 2” in the fall. For more
information, visit www.tmbooks-video.com, or to order products please call toll
free 1-800-892-2822. For more information about John Deere products, visit www.deere.com.
About TM
Books & Video
TM Books & Video is the largest producer of books and
video on the hobby of toy trains. The best-selling video I Love Toy Trains,
produced in 1993, has won several awards and gained national exposure in People,
USA Today and numerous library journals. The company has released over 45
titles, including the I Love Toy Trains series, the All About Cowboys series
(winner of Parents’ Choice and Parenting Magazine awards) and the Celebrity
series featuring the toy train layouts of Frank Sinatra, Tom Snyder and Mandy
Patinkin. Producer Tom McComas’ appearance on the Tom Snyder Show generated the
largest viewer response in the show’s history. McComas has been featured in
numerous national publications including People, New York Magazine, USA Today
and the Chicago Tribune. He is co-author of the definitive work on Lionel trains
and, along with co-producer Joe Stachler, produced Lionel’s 100th Anniversary
special for PBS.
About John Deere
In 1837, John Deere founded the
company that would come to bear his name. Incorporated as Deere & Company in
1868, it has grown from a one-man blacksmith shop into a worldwide corporation
that today does business in more than 160 countries and employs approximately
46,000 people worldwide. It is one of the oldest industrial companies in the
United States.
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