FLICK PICKS: Family film classics

THE ESSENTIALS - Sunday at 8 p.m., Turner Classic Movies

Little Miss Sunshine star Abigail Breslin and Kit Kittredge costar Chris O'Donnell host Turner Classic Movies' new weekly film series The Essentials Jr., designed to get kids cinema-literate.

All summer long, we'll see family-friendly classics like the first one, at 8 p.m. this Sunday, June 1: National Velvet, starring a child Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney and a real purty horse. (Watch a clip here or trailer here.)

Upcoming entries include 20 Million Miles to Earth, The Courtship of Eddie's Father and Harvey. More at TCM's Essentials Jr. page.