Technical note:.Animated drawings. Study guide available.

Animation, Les Drew ; director, Les Drew ; original music, Normand Roger ; sound editing, Normand Roger ; animation camera, Pierre Landry, Jacques Avoine, Raymond Dumas ; re-recording, Hans Peter Strobl ; producer, William Pettigrew ; executive producer, Douglas MacDonald.

Storyteller, Emma Levine.

Recorded 1988.

Created by award-winning animator/director Les Drew, this magical animation film is bound to win little kids' hearts! The Dingles is full of singular characters that children can relate to, languid sunshine and warm friendship, sudden adventure and suspense, a happy ending, and just good fun. The film's characters are a caring, grandmotherly figure, Doris Dingle, and her three delightful cats. Snobbish Donna is forever sorting through and admiring her collection of bird feathers. Curious DeeDee spends most of her time investigating the oddest details of Doris Dingle's activities, while all-round-good-guy Dayoh is intent on digging a hole to China. The plot involves an unexpected gale that bursts violently into the family's idyllic life. Just how the Dingles escape certain doom is for viewers to find out! Young children will marvel at the storm's intensity, then sigh with relief to see Donna, DeeDee and Dayoh snuggled up in bed, safe and secure after an adventure-filled day. The Dingles is an ideal film for home viewing, and a wonderful tool for education, pre-school to grade 3. An adaptation of The Dingles, written by Helen Levchuk and illustrated by John Bianchi - a Groundwood Book published by Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver and Toronto, 1985.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Red Ribbon Award - Category: Literary Adaptations for Children , 1990 First Prize - Category: Short Film Animation (5-10 minutes), 1989 1002 Parent's Prize Award, 1993

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).