NEWS SIDEBAR: A plethora of Prince-ly products

c. 1998 Religion News Service UNDATED _ It would take a king’s ransom to buy all the official”Prince of Egypt”products _ and a Pharaoh’s palace to store them all. Here’s what’s available. MUSIC Unlike many movie projects, most of the music on all three”Prince of Egypt”albums is new, original work. _”Soundtrack”features the Mariah Carey-Whitney Houston […]

c. 1998 Religion News Service

UNDATED _ It would take a king’s ransom to buy all the official”Prince of Egypt”products _ and a Pharaoh’s palace to store them all. Here’s what’s available.

MUSIC


Unlike many movie projects, most of the music on all three”Prince of Egypt”albums is new, original work.

_”Soundtrack”features the Mariah Carey-Whitney Houston theme song duet and much of the movie’s music by Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz (“Godspell”).

_”Nashville”features, among others, Wynonna, Alison Krauss, Clint Black, Reba McEntire and Vince Gill.

_”Inspirational”includes songs by Kirk Franklin, dc Talk, Boyz II Men, Jars of Clay and CeCe Winans.

Note: Look before you buy. Even though Amy Grant is best known as a Christian artist, and she lives in Nashville, she appears on the main soundtrack. Meanwhile, Christian artists like Steven Curtis Chapman and Gary Chapman are on the Nashville recording, not the Inspirational one. Plus: The CDs in the Sam’s and Wal-Mart packages do not include the theme song.

BOOKS

Here’s a guide to the 22 offerings from the three major publishers:

New York-based Penguin Putnam leads the pack with eight titles, to be sold primarily through mainstream retailers such as Barnes & Noble and some Christian stores:

_”Classic Edition”($8.99) retells the film’s story for ages 4-9.

_”Moses, Prince of Egypt: Storyteller’s Edition”($15.99) features text by Madeleine L’Engle for ages 5 and up.

_”The Novel”($4.99) is written by Lynne Reid Banks (“The Indian in the Cupboard”) for ages 10-14.

_”Miriam of Egypt”($9.99) focuses on Moses’ sister and features a gift pendant for girls 6-9.


_”Brothers in Egypt”($3.99) is about Moses and Ramses for ages 7-10.

_”The Movie Scrapbook”($8.99) provides behind the scenes coverage for ages 8 and up.

_”Coloring Art Book”($5.99) is for ages 6 and up.

_ And”The Prince of Egypt Read-Along”($7.99) features a picture book and a 45-minute tape narrated by Jeff Goldblum (who provides the movie voice for Moses’ brother Aaron).

Nashville-based Christian publisher Thomas Nelson’s two adult titles and five Tommy Nelson children’s titles will be sold primarily in Christian stores:

_”When You Believe”($14.99) features scriptural passages about Moses.

_”Destiny and Deliverance”($19.99) is a collection of essays on Moses’ life by best-selling authors Philip Yancey, Max Lucado, Joni Erickson Tada and others.

_”The Prince of Egypt A to Z”($8.99) presents 26 definitions (“F is for faith;””N is for the river Nile”) for ages 2-6.

_”The Exodus as Told by Moses”($12.99) features scriptural passages and commentary by Charles Swindoll for ages 8-12.

_”The Values Series”($7.99 each) consists of three books for ages 4-8. Titles are:”Moses Crosses the Red Sea,””Moses and the Burning Bush,”and”Miriam and the Basket.” Ashland, Ohio-based Landoll, Inc. is publishing seven books for ages 6-11. All sell for under $4 and will be sold at mass merchandisers like Wal-Mart and Target. The titles are:”A Time of Wonders”(pop-up board book),”The Prince of Egypt”(storybook),”The Grand Design”(storybook),”There Can be Miracles”(sticker storybook),”Journey of Baby Moses”(sticker storybook),”The Life of Prince Moses”(coloring activity book),”The Palace and Desert”(coloring activity book).


GIFT PACKAGES

Wal-Mart’s goes for $19.96 and features two movie tickets, a storybook and a musical CD. Sam’s version is $29.99 with four tickets, storybook, CD and lithograph.

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