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Top 10 Los Gatos Library Kids DVDs

The following is the ranking in this genre for the first week of July 2012.

1. Despicable me               

In his quest to be the world's greatest villain, Gru plans to steal the Moon, but he meets his greatest challenge when he adopts three little girls to help him on his mission.

2. Hugo                    

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A young orphan boy puts his secret life in the walls of a Paris train station in jeopardy when he begins stealing parts from the man who runs the toy shop in the station in order to finish rebuilding an automaton that he and his father had started.

3. Mulan                

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When China is invaded by the Huns, Mulan decides that she must disguise herself as male soldier to fight in place of her ill father, who has been called up for war.

4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix                         

Lord Voldemort has returned, but the ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth. They appoint Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts.

5. Diary of a wimpy kid: Rodrick rules   

When Greg Heffley and his brother Rodrick continue to fight, their parents force them to spend quality time together.

6. Mr Popper's penguins                  

Tom Popper, a successful businessman who's clueless when it comes to the really important things in life, until he inherits six 'adorable' penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom's rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland, and the rest of his world upside-down. Adapted from the award-winning classic children's book, Mr. Popper's Penguins is a cool blast of fun for all ages. Bonus features included.

7. Spy kids               

Two international spies traded their jobs in for parenthood. Years later, when they are kidnapped by an evil power, it is their children who must revive the "family business" to rescue their parents.

8. Secrets of the furious five                           

He may have defeated the ferocious Tai Lung, but our Dragon Warrior must now face Shifu's biggest challenge with the help of Viper, Tigress, Monkey, Crane and Mantis, teaching a martial arts class of rambunctious bunny kittens.

9. Happy feet                        

Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all.

10. My neighbor Totoro

Children discover a new world in a tree trunk inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros, which can't be seen by adults.

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