Arthur: Prunella Sees the Light (2002)

TV. Three Arthur episodes on the theme of loss imaginatively teach children about pulling together to find a solution: Prunella Sees the Light (Prunella's sleepover nearly turns sour as she worries how she might offend her blind friend Marina), The Return of the Snowball (D.W.'s snowball reappears in the freezer and she drives the family crazy trying to sleuth out how it got there), and April 9th (the school is closed and two adults narrowly escape a fire in the teacher's lounge). In the segment Now A Word from Ty, a boy with leg prosthetics demonstrates how he can play baseball. This disc has more chuckles than usual. The Snowball episode shows D.W. at the top of her game and starts with a takeoff on the Star Wars rolling script that deteriorates into a verbal tussle. The Prunella episode centers on two girls' love of the Harry Skreever books (with Lord Moldywort, Haggis, and the Wheel of Edam in titles such as H.S. and the Brick of Wonders, H.S. and the Pottage of Villainy, and H.S. and the Menacing Moussaka). April 9th is a two-part episode and the contents of this disc were the final episodes of the 2002 season. Neither Netflix or Blockbuster or IMDB currently lists this DVD though I was able to acquire it through the local library system. 4.5 stars.