Barney - Let's Play School
Believe it or not, Barney leads the way in becoming the first kid franchise to offer much more on the DVD than a VHS edition. In addition to the 50-minute show, the DVD offers a bevy of other features.  There's a sing-along of six favorite Barney songs with lyrics, a read-along of a 32-page  "book" (ABC Animals) that can be read by either Barney or the viewer, and an audio songbook of seven songs. The DVD-ROM section (Windows only) includes five games: connecting the dots, a painting game, and three memory games. The interactive games are quite simple; a 6-year-old computer buff will hardly be challenged. The child able to read the book and the lyrics of one part of the disc will be too old for the games if they have any other, more powerful computer games at home. But for the young ones who are into Barney, this disc is a perfect introduction to the  DVD and DVD-ROM arenas. It also contains a Spanish soundtrack and--get this--16 previews of other Barney videos.--Doug Thomas