CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY by Roald Dahl Performed by the author (1975, 67 minutes, $11 cassette, ages 4 to 8) Even if you didn't see the 1971 movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -- especially if you didn't see the movie -- you'll be moved by the plight of poor Charlie, and up-lifted by this moralistic fantasy. Amusing and haunting in equal measures. A-
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE...AND OTHER STORIES BY MAURICE SENDAK Performed by Tammy Grimes (1977, 45 minutes, $11 cassette, ages 4 to 8) Grimes does justice to the title story, as well as to the quirky "Chicken Soup With Rice." The Mozart soundtrack is unnecessary, but nice. B+
THE RUNAWAY BUNNY and GOODNIGHT, MOON by Margaret Wise Brown Performed by Si Kahn, Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer (1989, approximately 20 minutes each, $6.95 and $7.95 respectively, ages 2 to 6) Each tape has sing-alongs and spoken stories long enough for a toddler to study the accompanying paperbacks, or tear them up. Moon's song is a dirge. Are those kittens and mittens sleeping, or dead? B+
WINNIE-THE-POOH by A.A. Milne Performed by Carol Channing (1988, 56 minutes, $9.95 cassette, ages 4 to 8) A golden oldie. The bubbly Channing is Pooh, whose misadventures must have inspired I Love Lucy's writers. Channing's accents make this a tour de force; effete, upper-crust Rabbit is unforgettable. A
