{"id":184,"date":"2010-09-21T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T23:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2010\/09\/21\/%e2%80%98the-secret-of-moonacre%e2%80%99-streets-sept-21\/"},"modified":"2010-09-21T17:43:43","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T00:43:43","slug":"%e2%80%98the-secret-of-moonacre%e2%80%99-streets-sept-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2010\/%e2%80%98the-secret-of-moonacre%e2%80%99-streets-sept-21\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Secret of Moonacre\u2019 Streets Sept. 21"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SecretOfMoonacre.jpg\"<\/a>Entertainment One has released The Secret of Moonacre<\/em><\/a> on DVD and Blu-ray. If you loved it in the theaters (or if you missed it), now you can enjoy it at home. Especially suited to eight- to 12-year-olds, The Secret of Moonacre<\/em> is one of the seven titles on the KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Search<\/a>, which invites kids aged six to 15 to compete for a chance to be a recognized film critic for 12 months \u2014 attending red carpet events and interviewing stars as well as reviewing new films ahead of their theatrical release for KIDS FIRST! and our media partners. And, like the other six titles, The Secret of Moonacre<\/em> is readily available in-store at Toys \u201cR\u201d Us (on the special KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Search endcap display) and online at Amazon.com.<\/p>\n

The film, adapted from Elizabeth Goudge\u2019s novel The Little White Horse<\/em>, follows the fantastical adventures of a newly orphaned 13-year-old who discovers a magical, moonlit world when she goes to live with her eccentric uncle at his aptly named Moonacre Manor. The mysterious environs are a huge change from the luxury she\u2019d known in London, but Maria Merryweather (played by Dakota Blue Richards, The Golden Compass<\/em>) suffers a bigger shock when she learns that the task of saving Moonacre Manor from an ancient curse rests on her young shoulders.<\/p>\n

The story offers a safe context for parents to discuss with their children several topics that may otherwise be too hard or scary to express: Who would take care of you if something happened to your parents? What would you do if, instead of your family taking care of you, you found it was you who had to save your family? And in the story, Maria\u2019s uncle (played by the wonderful Ioan Gruffudd, whose film credits include Fantastic Four<\/em>) treats her dreadfully \u2013 opening up the question of why a tragedy can affect someone\u2019s behavior. These are among the talking points developed in the KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Discussion Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve developed the discussion guide to enhance your after-viewing discussions, and it\u2019s a great resource if your child plans to enter the KIDS FIRST! Film Critics\u2019 Search<\/a> (there\u2019s a guide for each of the seven titles). There\u2019s still plenty of time to enter. October 10 is the deadline to submit the written review, and, upon acceptance, KIDS FIRST! will send the applicants instructions for creating a videotaped review that will then be posted on WonderWorldTV.com<\/a> for public vote \u2014 like this one<\/a> that\u2019s on the site now. Be sure to visit and vote for your favorite critic!<\/p>\n

Winners of the KIDS FIRST! Film Critics\u2019 Search will be announced the weekend of Nov. 12 \u2013 14, with festivities that will include the excitement of KIDS FIRST!\u2019s attempt to set a world\u2019s record of one million kids \u201cviewing and reviewing\u201d a single film (The Velveteen Rabbit<\/em>) with a caring adult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Entertainment One has released The Secret of Moonacre on DVD and Blu-ray. If you loved it in the theaters (or if you missed it), now you can enjoy it at home. Especially suited to eight- to 12-year-olds, The Secret of Moonacre is one of the seven titles on the KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Search, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvds-released","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paS5I2-2Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}