Nickelodeon Favorites – Once Upon a Rhyme (a J!-ENT Children’s DVD Review)

April 13, 2013 by alder · Leave a Comment

“Nickelodeon Favorites – Once Upon a Rhyme” is recommended for parents wanting something educational and fun for their children. Featuring seven episodes from Nickelodeon’s top children’s shows, this DVD is recommended for younger children!

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DVD TITLE: Nickelodeon Favorites – Once Upon a Rhyme

DURATION: 7 Episodes (139 Minutes)

DVD INFORMATION: Full Screen, Dolby Digital

COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount

RATED: NOT RATED

RELEASE DATE: April 30, 2013

Bubble Guppies

Created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull

Team Umizoomi

Written by Soo Kim, Michael Smith, O. Kevin Strader, Brian L. Perkins, Jennifer Twomey, Jeff Borkin, Sascha Paladino, Clark Stubbs

Produced by Soo Kim, Michael Smith

The Fresh Beat Band

Executive Producer: Scott Kraft, Nadine Van der Velde

Dora the Explorer

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh and Eric Weiner

Wonder Pets!

Executive Producer: Josh Selig

Blue’s Room

Executive Producer: Traci Paige Johnson, Angela C. Santoromero

Developed by Wendy Harris, Dave Palmer, Jennifer Twomey, Dr. Alice Wilder

Join your Nickelodeon friends for storytime in 7 enchanted takes! Explore fairy tales with Dora, Bubble Guppies and Blue! Search for treasure with team Umizoomi! Save nursery rhymes with the Wonder Pets, and join a royal wedding with the Fresh Beats!

In the latest Nickelodeon children’s DVD compilation of “Nickelodeon Favorites”, the theme is nursery rhymes. Featuring seven episodes from Nick Jr. children’s shows such as “Bubble Guppies”, “Team Umizoomi”, “The Fresh Beat Band”, “Dora the Explorer”, “Wonder Pets!” (note: “Wonder Pets!” comes with a second episode) and “Blue’s Room”.

Included are the following episodes:

Bubble Guppies – “Who’s Gonna Play the Big Bad Wolf” - The Bubbleguppies learn about actors and what a play is about and find out who will play the Big Bad Wolf.
Team Umizoomi – “The Umi City Treasure Hunt” – Team Umizoomi meets their friend Square Beard the Pirate. And he gives them the map to the long-lost treasure of Umi City.
The Fresh Beat Band – “Royal Wedding” – The band is excited that a royal wedding is happening in town, but what happens when the princess calls off the wedding because she wants to marry Twist?
Dora the Explorer – “Dora Saves the Three Little Piggies” - Dora and Boots go to Fairy Tale Land and must help the Three Little Piggies.
Wonder Pets – “Help the Cow Jump Over the Moon/Save the Unicorn!” – The Wonder Pets are contacted by a pop-up book that needs them to help a young cow from a nursery rhyme, jump over the moon. In the second episode, the Wonder Pets jump into a storybook to help a unicorn who’s horn is lost inside a tree.
Blue’s Room – “Little Red Riding Blue” – Blue, Sprinkles and Joe do their own version of “Little Red Riding Hood”.

VIDEO & AUDIO:

The episodes featured in “Nickelodeon Favorites – Once Upon a Rhyme” are presented in full screen and in Dolby Digital stereo. Animation features vibrant colors and dialogue is clear and understandable.

Picture quality is dependent on the series as “Dora the Explorer” is animation-based, “Team Umizoomi” and “Wonder Pets!” tend to combine CG, while “The Fresh Beat Band” and Blue’s Room utilizes real live actors and puppets. But also the fact that these episodes range from 2007-2012.

But I doubt children will be to picky with video and audio, but if anything, picture and audio quality for this DVD is very good.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Nickelodeon Favorites – Once Upon a Rhyme” comes with no special features.

Are you a parent looking for a children’s DVD that your young children will love, episodes that are safe but also episodes that your children can learn from? Definitely give Nickelodeon’s “Once Upon a Rhyme” a try as children can learn about popular stories derived from nursery rhymes. But also episodes filled wit a lot of adventure, fun and as always, is educational for children.

With “Bubble Guppies”, “Go, Diego, Go!”, “Dora, the Explorer” and “Wonder Pets, these four episodes showcase the importance of teamwork and decision-making, while The Fresh Beat Band utilizes music to entertain the children with music and “Team Umizoomi” utilizing math.

And with Nickelodeon often releasing children’s DVD’s based on a certain theme, this is the first DVD compilation to feature episodes that revolves around the nursery rhyme theme.

My child was raised watching these Nickelodeon educational children’s shows and I do believe that it helped in his development as he is doing exceptionally well at school, especially when it comes to decision making and also an appreciation for other cultures and languages.

Overall, your young children should be entertained by this DVD. All episodes are safe for children and parents will also be happy to know that they can learn from each of these episodes and also it will definitely help keep the children occupied as well.

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Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Collection (a J!-ENT Children’s DVD Review)

March 10, 2013 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment

Just in time for Easter! The latest “Dora the Explorer” DVD Set features “Dora’s Easter Adventure”, a step forward in the look of the popular children’s animated series and the older “Dora the Explorer: Egg Hunt” DVD. The series still retains its safe and educational approach of introducing children to Spanish, helping with their decision making abilities and more! Recommended for parents and their young children!

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DVD TITLE: Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Collection

DURATION: Dora’s Easter Adventure: 66 minutes

DVD INFORMATION: Full screen format, Dolby Digital – English Stereo

COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount

RATED: NOT RATED

RELEASE DATE: February 14, 2012

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner

Executive Producer: Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes

Story Editor: Rosemary Contreras

Supervising Producer: Jeff DeGrandis

Producer: Miken Wong, Marc Amiel

Supervising Directors/Consulting Producers: Kuni Tomita, Henry Lenardin-Madden

Directed by George Cialtas, Allan Jacobsen

Featuring the voices of:

Fatima Ptacek as Dora/Baby Animals

Regan Mizrahi as Boots

Yael Goldberg as Hip Hop Bunny/Tico’s Cousins

Skai Jackson as Isa/Tico’s Cousins

Rahzel as Fiesta Trio

Alexandria Suarez as Backpack/Baby Blue Bird/Flower

Marc Weiner as Map/Swiper

Oscar Hutarra as Tico/Bugga Buggas/Baby Animals

Egg Hunt feature the voices of:

Kathleen Herles as Dora

Harrison Chad as Boots

Marc Weiner as Map/Swiper/Fiesta Trio

Sasha Toro as Backpack

Jake Burbage as Benny

Jose Zelaya as Tico

Ashley Fleming as Isa

Get ready for an Egg-Citing Easter Adventure as you help Dora and Boots save the Hip-Hop-Bunny’s basket of eggs! Plus, a troll wedding and a trip to Troll Land! Get ready for an Egg-Citing Easter Adventure as you help Dora and Boots save the Hip-Hop-Bunny’s basket of eggs! Plus, go on an Egg Hunt with Dora.

With Easter around the corner, children can have a double dose of Easter episodes with “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Collection” which comes with previously released “Dora the Explorer” DVD’s “Dora’s Easter Adventure” and “Egg Hunt”.

Does your child enjoy “Dora the Explorer”? Or perhaps you are a parent who wants their children to watch a safe, educational animated show on DVD? With “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure”, children will be treated with a new Easter Adventure episode (featuring new and more detailed animation, a move up in terms of production quality for the series) and also this latest DVD release includes two bonus episodes “The Grumpy Old Trolls Gets Married” and “Dora in Troll Land”.

In this Easter release, “Dora’s Easter Adventure” features Dora and boots as they are waiting for the Hip-Hop Bunny to visit them for Easter and bring them the Easter Eggs needed for the big Egg Hunt!

But when Swiper swipes all the eggs from Hip-Hop Bunny’s basket, Dora and Boots will need your help to make sure that it will be a Hop-Hop-Happy Easter!

For the bonus episodes, “The Grumpy Old Troll Gets Married” features Troll excited about his wedding but Troll needs to get to his wedding, but obstacles are in the way. Can Dora and Boots help Troll get to his wedding?

For “Dora in Troll Land”, Dora and Boots are in Troll Land and not sure how to find the Grump Old Troll. Can you help Dora and Boots?

For “Dora the Explorer: Egg Hunt”, the following episodes are featured:

Egg Hunt – Dora and Boots need pre-schoolers help to find all the eggs including the Big Yellow Egg.
Dora, La Musico – The townspeople are having a musical parade and Senor Shush locks all their instruments in the Music Box, can Dora and Boots save the day?
El Dia De Las Madres – It’s Mother’s Day! Help Dora gather ingredients for Mami’s cake and help Boots, Benny, Tico and Isa to prepare their Mother’s Day gifts.
Pablo’s Flute – Pablo had a magic flute but lost it. Can Dora and Boots find it?

VIDEO & AUDIO:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure” may be heading to a new direction animated wise as the animation is much more cleaner. The backgrounds are well-detailed and CG generated. Even Dora, Boots and friends seem to have more shading for their colors and more frame animations. Even the map is now entirely in CG. The special is presented in full screen but is vibrant with the bright colors. This is probably the most detailed “Dora the Explorer” episode I have seen thus far.

The bonus episodes also feature a more CG art backgrounds but you can tell that with “Dora’s Easter Adventure”, the production for the Easter episode is more detailed and vibrant.

Audio is presented in Dolby Digital and dialogue and music is crystal clear.

“Dora the Explorer: Egg Hunt” features episodes from 2004, so picture quality is not as good as vibrant “Dora’s Easter Adventure”. There is a bit of compression but children will more than likely not care about the picture quality. Audio is clear and understandable.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure” comes with the following special features:

Dora’s Easter Adventure: Interactive Play Mode – Help Dora Explore while watching “Dora’s Easter Adventure”, your child can use a remote and clicking a button when you see an Easter Egg.
Karaoke Music Videos – Karaoke music videos for “Busca Los Cascarones”, “Row Row Row”, “On Our Way to Troll Land”, “The Grump Old Troll is Getting Married” and “We Did It!”.
Previews

“Dora the Explorer: Egg Hunt” comes with the following special features:

Dora’s Egg Adventure Game – A find it game where you look at a still picture and find items.
Linny the Guinea Pig Under the Ocean – (2:29) Linny the Guinea Pig dances in the ocean
Linny the Guinea Pig in Space – (2:47) Linny the Guinea Pig pretends he is going to space.

EXTRAS:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Collection” comes with a slipover case and a “Dora the Explorer” Easter sticker sheet.

I know for my family and I would assume for many other families, “Dora the Explorer” has helped a lot of children. May it be to introduce them to Spanish or increasing their decision making skills, the series continues to be popular in America and in other countries.

And with the release of the “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Collection” set featuring “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure”, the series takes a bold step forward in terms of look and quality. I am not exactly sure if this is how “Dora the Explorer” will look from here on in but if so, parents will happy to know that the series features better animation and backgrounds that are detailed and colors that are much more vibrant. I was pretty impressed with how things look and when you watch this Easter episode, compared to the two bonus episodes, you will notice a bump up in animation and art backgrounds.

And as a bonus, you also get the older “Dora the Explorer: Egg Hunt” DVD featuring episodes that deal with an Egg Hunt, La Musico Parade and Mother’s Day and more!

I can easily remember watching him and seeing him really get into the series and taking part in the challenges. And now he’s older, doing exceptionally well in school but he has done well since kindergarten and even pre-school and I would like to think that children’s series such as “Dora the Explorer” were one of the reasons for why he is doing well.

Where most of the “Dora the Explorer” TV shows have been instrumental in teaching children Spanish and counting as well as teamwork, the same can be said about this latest DVD.

As for special features, you get an interactive game and also karaoke music videos, so you can sing along with Dora and Boots.

Overall, “Dora the Explorer: Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Collection” is great DVD set for parents or relatives looking for safe, educational episodes for children. Parents who have other kids that grew up in the series, will note the more modern and updated look of “Dora the Explorer: Easter Adventure” in the latest Easter episode featured on this DVD, especially quality differences compared to the older “Dora the Explorer: Egg Hunt”.

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Collection” is recommended for parents and their young children!

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Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Butterfly Ball (a J!-ENT Children’s DVD Review)

February 1, 2013 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment

The latest adventures of “Dora the Explorer” in the latest DVD “Dora’s Butterfly Ball”. Featuring three fun, educational episodes for younger children, help Dora and friends help Mariposa the butterfly get to her Butterfly Ball in the sky, help her friend paint a mural and also help build a present for her father.

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DVD TITLE: Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Butterfly Ball

DURATION: 69 minutes

DVD INFORMATION: Full screen format, Dolby Digital – English Stereo

COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount

RATED: NOT RATED

RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2013

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner

Executive Producer: Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes

Story Editor: Rosemary Contreras

Supervising Producer: Jeff DeGrandis

Producer: Miken Wong, Marc Amiel

Supervising Directors/Consulting Producers: Kuni Tomita, Henry Lenardin-Madden

Directed by George Cialtas, Allan Jacobsen

Featuring the voices of:

Fatima Ptacek as Dora

Regan Mizrahi as Boots

Linet Adorno as Mariposa

Michael Longoria as Balloon Ride/Butterfly King

Dyllan Marshall as Baby Jaguar/Butterflies

Joaquin Mas as Singing Diego

Jacob Medrano as Diego

Alexandria Suarez as Backpack/Butterflies

Marc Weiner as Map/Fiesta Trio

Soar with Dora in these 3 colorful high-flying adventures! Loop-de-loop with pretty magic wings at the Butterfly Ball, explore art, and catch a runaway kite on Father’s Day! V monos!

Dora’s friend, Mariposa, needs to get to the Butterfly ball in the clouds. But Mariposa needs help in order to go up to the clouds to attend the ball and get her magical wings. Can Dora, Boots and Diego help Mariposa? Find out in “Dora the Exporer: Dora’s Butterfly Ball”.

Does your child enjoy “Dora the Explorer”? Or perhaps you are a parent who wants their children to watch a safe, educational animated show on DVD? With “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Butterfly Ball”, children will be treated with a new episode plus two bonus episodes of “Vamos a Pintar!” and “Feliz Dia de los Padres!”.

In this new DVD release, “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Butterfly Ball” features Dora and Boots along with Diego trying to help their friend Mariposa get up to the clouds for the Butterfly Ball in order to get her magical wings. Can they find a way to get her way up to the clouds?

For the bonus episodes, “Vamos a Pintar” features Dora and Boots painting a giant mural with Daniela and she needs Dora and Boots help in order complete it. Can you help them as well?

For the episode “Feliz Dia de los Padres”, Dora and her mother are working on a special present for her father for “Father’s Day”. Dora wants to make a kite, can you help her?

VIDEO & AUDIO:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Butterfly Ball” may be heading to a new direction animation-wise as the animation is much more cleaner and vibrant. The backgrounds are well-detailed and CG generated. Even Dora, Boots and friends seem to have more shading for their colors and more frame animations. Even the map is now entirely in CG. The special is presented in full screen but is vibrant with the bright colors.

Audio is presented in Dolby Digital and dialogue and music is crystal clear.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Butterfly Ball” comes with no special features.

EXTRAS:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Butterfly Ball” comes with a slipcover case and a sticker sheet.

Are you a parent looking for an educational DVD for your child? “Dora the Explorer” is definitely a series I recommend and with “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Butterfly Ball”, you get three recent episodes of popular animated series on DVD.

And with the release of “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Butterfly Ball”, the three episodes help children learn about teamwork, a little Spanish and also creativity.

Where most of the “Dora the Explorer” TV shows have been instrumental in teaching children Spanish and counting as well as teamwork, the same can be said about this latest DVD. You get a total of three episodes and while there are no special features, included for children is a sticker sheet.

Overall, “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Butterfly Ball” is a perfect DVD for parents or relatives looking for safe, educational and fun episodes for children. Recommended!

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Nickelodeon Favorites – Rootin’ Tootin Wild West (a J!-ENT Children’s DVD Review)

January 13, 2013 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment

“Nickelodeon Favorites – Rootin’ Tootin Wild West” is recommended for parents with children who love to play cowboy or cowgirl and for parents wanting something educational and fun for their children. Featuring seven episodes from Nickelodeon’s top children’s shows, this DVD is recommended for younger children!

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DVD TITLE: Nickelodeon Favorites – Rootin’ Tootin Wild West

DURATION: 6 Episodes (137 Minutes)

DVD INFORMATION: Full Screen, Dolby Digital

COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount

RATED: NOT RATED

RELEASE DATE: January 29, 2012

Team Umizoomi

Written by Soo Kim, Michael Smith, O. Kevin Strader, Brian L. Perkins, Jennifer Twomey, Jeff Borkin, Sascha Paladino, Clark Stubbs

Produced by Soo Kim, Michael Smith

Dora the Explorer

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh and Eric Weiner

Go, Diego, Go!

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes

Bubble Guppies

Created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull

The Fresh Beat Band

Executive Producer: Scott Kraft, Nadine Van der Velde

Wonder Pets!

Executive Producer: Josh Selig

You can count on your Nick Jr. friends to make learning math as easy as 1,2,3 in these five play dates! Count comets with Team Umizoomi, journey through school with Dora, figure out Blue’s favorite number, plus more!

Has your child ever wanted to be a cowboy or cowgirl? With the new children’s DVD from Nickelodeon titled “Rootin’ Tootin Wild West”, six episodes with a western theme will be available in January 2013.

Featuring seven episodes from Nick Jr. children’s shows such as “Bubble Guppies”, “Team Umizoomi”, “Dora the Explorer”, “The Fresh Beat Band”, “Go, Diego, Go!” and “Wonder Pets!” (note: “Wonder Pets!” comes with a second episode).

Included are the following episodes:

Bubble Guppies – “The Cowgirl Parade” - After Molly and Gil meet cowgirl Dusty, the two want to head to the Cowgirl Parade and learn what cowboys and cowgirls do.
Team Umizoomi – “Shooting Star!” – Shooting Star is a young horse who wants to be big like the other horses, so Team Umizoomi try to help her by finding four magical horseshoes that will make her grow.
Dora the Explorer – “Pinto, the Pony Express” - Dora and Boots ride on Pinto to deliver cowboy cookies to their friend Benny.
The Fresh Beat Band – “Hip Hop Hoedown” – The Fresh Beat Band are going to a hoedown! But they’re going to play country music and square dance, but because the music is different from what Twist is usually used to playing on his mix tables, what can he play?
Go, Diego, Go! – “The Great Roadrunner Race” – Diego is visting his friend Roady Roadrunner who is about to compete in a race but Roady is a bit nervous. So, Diego helps Road out.
Wonder Pets – “Save the Pony Express!/Help the Groundhog” – The Wonder Pets must help a Young Poony in the Old West to make her first delivery as part of the Pony Express. The second episode features the group trying to help a groundhog build a new home in the snowy forest.

VIDEO & AUDIO:

The episodes featured in “Nickelodeon Favorites – Rootin’ Tootin Wild West” are presented in full screen and in Dolby Digital stereo. Animation features vibrant colors and dialogue is clear and understandable.

Picture quality is dependent on the series as “Dora the Explorer”, “Go, Diego, Go!” are animation-based, “Team Umizoomi” and “Wonder Pets!” tend to combine CG, while “The Fresh Beat Band” utilizes real live actors.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Nickelodeon Favorites – Rootin’ Tootin Wild West” comes with no special features.

Are you a parent looking for a children’s DVD that your young children will love, episodes that are safe but also episodes that your children can learn from? Definitely give Nickelodeon’s “Rootin’ Tootin’ Wild West” a try as children can learn about cowboys, cowgirls and also about match, decision making, teamwork and more through these seven episodes.

And with Nickelodeon often releasing children’s DVD’s based on a certain theme, this is the first DVD compilation to feature episodes that revolves around the cowboy/cowgirl theme.

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Nickelodeon Favorites – Let’s Learn 123s (a J!-ENT Children’s DVD Review)

December 31, 2012 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment

Parents looking for a children’s DVD that revolves around 123′s, we’ll find Nickelodeon’s “Let’s Learn: 123s” to be the DVD they want! Featuring six episodes from Nickelodeon’s top children’s shows such as “Team Umizoomi”, “Dora the Explorer”, “Blue’s Clues”, “Go, Diego, Go!” and “Wonder Pets!”. Recommended for parents and their young children who are starting to learn their 123′s!

DVD TITLE: Nickelodeon Favorites – Let’s Learn: 123s

DURATION: 6 Episodes (137 Minutes)

DVD INFORMATION: Full Screen, Dolby Digital

COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount

RATED: NOT RATED

RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2012

Dora the Explorer

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh and Eric Weiner

Go, Diego, Go!

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes

Bubble Guppies

Created by onny Belt and Robert Scull

Wonder Pets!

Executive Producer: Josh Selig

With the importance of educating young children who are trying to learn their ABC’s and 123′s, Nickelodeon will be releasing two DVD’s in January 2013 to help aid parents who need that extra help in getting their children ready for pre-school and kindergarten.

With many DVD’s featuring their popular Nick Jr. lineup, “Let’s Learn ABC’s” and “Let’s Learn 123′s” will feature six episodes tailored to helping children learn. With “Let’s Learn 123′s”, kids can learn how to count with Team Umizoomi, journey to school with Dora, figure out Blue’s favorite number and more!

Included are the following episodes:

Team Umizoomi – “Counting Comet”/”Super Soap!” – Featuring two Team Umizoomi episodes, “Counting Comet” is about a baby comet who likes to count but hurts himself when he falls to Earth. In “Super Soap!”, Silly Bear gets messy and he needs some super soap to help clean him up.
Dora the Explorer – “Pepe’s School Day Adventure” - Dora must help Pepe the Pig plan his popcorn party at school.
Blue’s Clues – “Numbers Everywhere!” – In this episode, Blue and Joe explore numbers, counting and basic arithmetic.
Go, Diego, Go! – “Three Little Condors” – Diego and Alicia have found a mommy and daddy Condor for three little condors (Uno, Dos and Tres) a tthe Animal Rescue Center. And Diego and Alicia must help the babies get to their new parents.
Wonder Pets – “Save the Old White Mouse!” – The Wonder Pets travel to Linny’s grandmother’s local nursing home to rescue an old white mouse who got stuck inside a cuckoo clock.

VIDEO & AUDIO:

The episodes featured in “Nickelodeon Favorites – Let’s Learn: 123s” are presented in full screen and in Dolby Digital stereo. Animation features vibrant colors and dialogue is clear and understandable. Picture quality is dependent on the series as “Dora the Explorer”, “Go, Diego, Go!” are animation-based, “Team Umizoomi” and “Wonder Pets!” tend to combine CG. While “Blue’s Clues” combines both animation and a live host. Some episodes are newer, while some were created years ago. But overall, this is for the children and the picture and audio quality is good!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Nickelodeon Favorites – Let’s Learn: 123s” comes with no special features but comes with a DVD cover with a “Let’s Learn 123s” sheet on the reverse side.

I have been a big supporter of Nickelodeon’s childrens shows. While my song is now grown up, having reviewed these children shows since he was young and having reviewed them as many friends and associates now have younger children, I credit these shows for aiding with my son’s development at a young age. Not only does he excel in class, I felt that these shows are what helped him receive that head start of learning ABC’s, learning his 123′s but also helping with making decisions and working as a team.

There are a lot of important lesson that are seen on each episode but most importantly, for “Let’s Learn: 123s”, your children will learn 123′s!

Fortunately, with “Team Umizoomi”, this animated series was created for children learning math and numbers, so you get two episodes from this series. You also get five episodes from popular Nick Jr. shows from “Team Umizoomi” and also “Dora the Explorer”, “Blue’s Clues”, “Go, Diego, Go!” and “Wonder Pets!” and they are all numbers-themed. So, parents looking for a DVD for their children to learn about numbers should definitely look into this DVD release.

“Nickelodeon Favorites – Let’s Learn: 123s” is recommended for parents and their children!

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Nickelodeon Favorites – Let’s Learn: ABCs (a J!-ENT Children’s DVD Review)

December 31, 2012 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment

Parents looking for a children’s DVD that revolves around ABC’s, we’ll find Nickelodeon’s “Let’s Learn: ABC” to be the DVD they want! Featuring six episodes from Nickelodeon’s top children’s shows such as “Team Umizoomi”, “Dora the Explorer”, “Blue’s Clues”, “Go, Diego, Go!”, “Ni-Hao, Kai-lan” and “Wonder Pets!”. Recommended for parents and their young children who are starting to learn their ABC’s!

DVD TITLE: Nickelodeon Favorites – Let’s Learn: ABCs

DURATION: 6 Episodes (137 Minutes)

DVD INFORMATION: Full Screen, Dolby Digital

COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount

RATED: NOT RATED

RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2012

Dora the Explorer

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh and Eric Weiner

Go, Diego, Go!

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes

Bubble Guppies

Created by onny Belt and Robert Scull

Wonder Pets!

Executive Producer: Josh Selig

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan

Created by Karen Chau

A is for “awesome” in these six ABC play dates from Nick Jr.! Kids learn about letters and reading as they visit libraries with Team Umizoomi and Diego, help Dora save ABC animals and jump into classic stories with Blue, Kai-lan and the Wonder Pets!

With the importance of educating young children who are trying to learn their ABC’s and 123s, Nickelodeon will be releasing two DVD’s in January 2013 to help aid parents who need that extra help in getting their children ready for pre-school and kindergarten.

With many DVD’s featuring their popular Nick Jr. lineup, “Let’s Learn ABCs” and “Let’s Learn 123′s” will feature six episodes tailored to helping children learn. With “Let’s Learn ABC’s”, kids can learn about letters and reading as they visit libraries with Team Umizoomi and Diego, help Dora with ABC animals and jump into classic stories with Blue, Kai-lan and the Wonder Pets!

Included are the following episodes:

Team Umizoomi – “To the Library” – Olivia wants to read a lost library book for her grandfather, help Team Umizoomi find the lost library book.
Dora the Explorer – “ABC Animals” - Dora and Boots enter an Alphabet Book but aside from Armadillo, all the animals from A to Z are missing! How come?
Blue’s Clues – “Blue’s ABCs” – Steve has “A Really Great book”. But Steve, Blue and friends take part in a special game. Can you help them?
Go, Diego, Go! – “Linda the Librarian” – Alicia is opening a brand new library and Linda the Llama and Diego help out by bringing new books.
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan – “Kai-lan’s Big Play” – Kai-Lan and her friends are putting on a big play about the Monkey King for Yeye. But when Rintoo is chosen to play the main character, Hoho gets jealous and quits. Can Kai-Lan and friends help calm Hoho down, so they can begin the play?
Wonder Pets – “Save Humpty Dumpty/Save the Itsy Bitsy Spider” – The Wonder Pets enter a pop-up book and must try to save Humpty Dumpty and the Itsy Bitsy Spider.

VIDEO & AUDIO:

The episodes featured in “Nickelodeon Favorites – Let’s Learn: ABCs” are presented in full screen and in Dolby Digital stereo. Animation features vibrant colors and dialogue is clear and understandable. Picture quality is dependent on the series as “Dora the Explorer”, “Go, Diego, Go!” and “Ni Hao, Kai-Lan” are animation-based, “Team Umizoomi” and “Wonder Pets!” tend to combine CG While Blue’s Clue’s combines both animation and a live host. Some episodes are newer, while some were created years ago. But overall, this is for the children and the picture and audio quality is good!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Nickelodeon Favorites – Let’s Learn: ABC” comes with no special features but comes with a “Let’s Learn ABCs” trace the dots for A-H (on inside page of DVD cover).

I have been a big supporter of Nickelodeon’s children’s shows. While my song is now grown up, having reviewed these children shows since he was young and having reviewed them as many friends and associates now have younger children, I credit these shows for aiding with my son’s development at a young age. Not only does he excel in class, I felt that these shows are what helped him receive that head start of learning ABC’s, learning his 123′s but also helping with making decisions and working as a team.

There are a lot of important lesson that are seen on each episode but most importantly, for “Let’s Learn: ABC”, your children will learn ABC’s!

With “Dora the Explorer”, in “La Maestra de Musica”, this episode helps your children learn Spanish but also improve their decision-making skills as they try to help a teacher find a quicker way to get to school.

While many of the Nickelodeon favorites with compilations of episodes tend to be a mixed with different episodes of the top Nick Jr. shows, parents who have been wanting DVD’s specially geared to a certain subject, should be pleased with “Let’s Learn: ABCs”. You get six popular Nick Jr. shows from “Team Umizoomi”, “Dora the Explorer”, “Blue’s Clues”, “Go, Diego, Go!”, “Ni-Hao, Kai-lan” and “Wonder Pets!” and they are all ABC-themed.

Overall, your young children should be entertained by this DVD release. All episodes are safe for children and parents will also be happy to know that they can learn from each of these episodes and also it will definitely help keep the children occupied as well.

“Nickelodeon Favorites – Let’s Learn: ABCs” is recommended for parents and their children!

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Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Royal Rescue (a J!-ENT Children’s DVD Review)

September 28, 2012 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Royal Rescue” is a great children’s adventure DVD for parents or relatives looking for safe, educational episodes for their children. While there are many “Dora the Explorer” DVD’s out there, “Dora’s Royal Rescue” is an adventure-driven release in which Dora and friends must save Don Quixote and easily accessible for young boys and girls. Recommended for parents looking for a safe and educational DVD for their children!

DVD TITLE: Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Royal Rescue

DURATION: 69 minutes

DVD INFORMATION: Full screen format, Dolby Digital – English Stereo

COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount

RATED: NOT RATED

RELEASE DATE: October 2, 2012

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner

Executive Producer: Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes

Story Editor: Rosemary Contreras

Supervising Producer: Jeff DeGrandis

Producer: Marc Amiel

Supervising Directors/Consulting Producers: Kuni Tomita, Henry Lenardin-Madden

Directed by George Cialtas

Featuring the voices of:

Fatima Ptacek as Dora/Blue Lobsters

Regan Mizrahi as Boots/Blue Lobsters

Ioana Alfonso as La Maestra Eloisa

Chris Gifford as Big Red Chicken

Leslie Valdes as Senor Tucan

Marc Weiner as Map/Swiper/Fiesta Trio/Delivery Truck

Ride to the rescue – and share a love of reading books along the way – with Lady Knight Dora in these two knightly adventures, featuring the legendary Don Quixote!

It’s another special “Dora the Explorer” with “Dora’s Royal Rescue”, a double-length episode featuring Lady Knight Dora and her Squire Boots on a noble quest to help Rocinante, a horse, save Don Quixote.

Don has been locked in the Story Castle by the mean Malamburno. But to get there, Dora and Boots must brave huge spiders, giant windmills, freeing caged lions and rescue a fellow knight. But in order to do that, she needs your help!

With the release of “Dora’s Royal Rescue”, once again, these episodes can helpchildren develop their decision making skills and also learning Spanish along the way. With many colorful, enjoyable characters, these three episodes will help your children learn how to make decisions and help Dora and friends achieve their goal.

Included with this double feature of “Dora’s Royal Rescue” is “Dora’s Knighthood Adventure”. Don Quixote reads a story to Dora and Boots about a brave knight. This leads to Dora and friends wanting to be knights and taking part in a royal rescue.

VIDEO & AUDIO:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Royal Rescue” like previous “Dora the Explorer” episodes made within the past year have feature backgrounds that are well-detailed and CG generated. Even Dora, Boots and friends seem to have more shading for their colors and more frame animations. The video is presented in full screen.

Audio is presented in English stereo and dialogue and music is crystal clear.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Royal Rescue” comes the bonus episode “Dora’s Knighthood Adventure!”

EXTRAS:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Royal Rescue” comes with a 26-page “Dora’s Quest” coloring book.

Usually around this time of the year, we are greeted with another “Dora the Explorer” special series. And this year, the theme is knights. Featuring one double-lengthed episode plus a bonus episode, “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Royal Rescue” like other “Dora the Explorer” episodes continue to educate children.

May it be to introduce them to Spanish or increasing their decision making skills, the series continues to be popular in America and in other countries.

The adventures for “Dora the Explorer” is much more adventurous as Dora and friends must free Don Quixote, who has been locked up in castle. But she and her friends must be brave to save her friend but learning a few lessons along the way.

My young son literally grew up in his young toddler years watching Dora and through this series, it was very helpful in helping him develop skills on decision making and also learning a little Spanish. And while there are many educational series on television today, “Dora the Explorer” is a long running children’s animated series that continues to be fun and child friendly but also featuring stories that parents can watch and enjoy along with their children.

As for special features, you do get the bonus episode “Dora’s Royal Rescue” but also a 26-page mini-coloring book, which was a great addition for this release and no doubt that children will love it!

Overall, “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Royal Rescue” is a great children’s adventure DVD for parents or relatives looking for safe, educational episodes for their children. While there are many “Dora the Explorer” DVD’s out there, “Dora’s Royal Rescue” is an adventure-driven release in which Dora and friends must save Don Quixote and easily accessible for young boys and girls.

Recommended for parents looking for a safe and educational DVD for their children!

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Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure (a J!-ENT Children’s DVD Review)

July 19, 2012 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment

Just in time before the Summer Olympics, your child can learn and also have fun with these three episodes in “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure”. A DVD to help your child’s decision making skills and also learn a little Spanish, “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure” is recommended for children!

DVD TITLE: Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure

DURATION: 69 minutes

DVD INFORMATION: Full screen format, Dolby Digital – English Stereo

COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount

RATED: NOT RATED

RELEASE DATE: July 31, 2012

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner

Executive Producer: Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes

Story Editor: Rosemary Contreras

Supervising Producer: Jeff DeGrandis

Producer: Marc Amiel

Supervising Directors/Consulting Producers: Kuni Tomita, Henry Lenardin-Madden

Directed by George Cialtas

Featuring the voices of:

Fatima Ptacek as Dora/Blue Lobsters

Regan Mizrahi as Boots/Blue Lobsters

Ioana Alfonso as La Maestra Eloisa

Chris Gifford as Big Red Chicken

Leslie Valdes as Senor Tucan

Marc Weiner as Map/Swiper/Fiesta Trio/Delivery Truck

Skai Jackson as ISA/Student/Chickens

Drew Beasley as Pinto the Pony/Crowd/Boy

Matthew Gumley as Benny/Crowd

Leslie Valdes as Senor Tren/Judge

Help Dora start the Fantastic Gymnastics Show, win a ribbon with Pinto in the Big Horse Show and find Swiper’s favorite things in these 3 big adventures!

In the latest “Dora the Explorer” DVD, help Dora start the Fantastic Gymnastics Show and join her in two more adventures in “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure”!

Are you a parent that is looking for an educational DVD for your child? For many years, “Dora the Explorer” has been helping children develop their decision making skills and also learning Spanish along the way. With many colorful, enjoyable characters, these three episodes will help your children learn how to make decisions and help Dora and friends achieve their goal.

In this new DVD release, “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure”, Dora and Boots receives a rainbow ribbon which will help her start the Big Gymnastics Show. But Swiper has stolen the rainbow ribbon from her and now she needs your help to find the rainbow ribbon.

In the second episode “A Ribbon for Pinto”, Dora introduces viewers to Pinto the Pony. He is fast, strong and gives the best pony rides. Dora plans to ride Pinto at the Big Horse Show and needs your help in winning a blue prize ribbon.

In the third episode on this DVD, “Swiper’s Favorite Things”, Swiper is in trouble as he has lost his favorite things on Blueberry Hill. Can you help Dora and Boots help Swiper get back his favorite things?

VIDEO & AUDIO:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure” like previous “Dora the Explorer” episodes made within the past year have now been heading to a new direction animation-wise as the animation is much more cleaner and vibrant. The backgrounds are well-detailed and CG generated. Even Dora, Boots and friends seem to have more shading for their colors and more frame animations.

For “Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure”, it looks as if Dora has grown taller and looks much different. Even the map is now entirely in CG. The special is presented in full screen but is vibrant with the bright colors. 2012 has definitely been a positive change for the series as “Dora the Explorer” looks even better.

Audio is presented in English and French Dolby Digital stereo and dialogue and music is crystal clear.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure” comes with no special features.

EXTRAS:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure” comes with a slipcover case.

Just in time for the Summer Olympics. Children can help Dora and Boots find her rainbow ribbon (which was stolen by Swiper the Fox) to kick off the Fantastic Gymnastics Show. But she needs your child’s help to make it happen!

And with the release of “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure”, the series continues to take a bold step forward in terms of look and quality.We have seen the maturation of the series, continuing to be educational but now showing Dora growing up a little.

I am not exactly sure if this is how “Dora the Explorer” will look from here on in but if so, parents will happy to know that the series features better animation and backgrounds that are detailed and colors that are much more vibrant. I was pretty impressed with how things look and when you watch these newer “Dora the Explorer” episodes.

Of course, the adults will notice that right away but for the children, it’s all about the characters, being entertainment and helping Dora and friends in their adventures.

In “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure”, Dora also takes part in a Big Horse Show and also has to help Swiper find his favorite things which he has lost. So, these three episodes will surely entertain and educate your child!

Where most of the “Dora the Explorer” TV shows have been instrumental in teaching children Spanish and counting as well as teamwork, the same can be said about this latest DVD.

As for special features, unfortunately this DVD doesn’t have any. But you do get three episodes on DVD.

Overall, “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure” is great DVD for parents or relatives looking for safe, educational episodes for children. Definitely recommended!

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Nickelodeon Favorites: Dance to the Music (a J!-ENT Children’s DVD Review)

February 18, 2012 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment

Are you looking for a children’s DVD that will educate your child but also make them sing and dance? Definitely give Nickelodeon’s “Dance to the Music” a chance! Featuring six fun-filled episodes from popular Nickelodeon children’s shows including “Dora the Explorer”, “Go, Diego, Go!”, “Team Umizoomi” and more!

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DVD TITLE: Nickelodeon Favorites: Dance to the Music

DURATION: 6 Episodes (144 Minutes)

DVD INFORMATION: Full Screen, Dolby Digital

COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount

RATED: NOT RATED

RELEASE DATE: February 28, 2012

Dora the Explorer

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh and Eric Weiner

Go, Diego, Go!

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes

Bubble Guppies

Created by onny Belt and Robert Scull

Wonder Pets!

Executive Producer: Josh Selig

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan

Created by Karen Chau

At this Nickelodeon dance party, get ready to rock with the Bubble Guppies! Visit music school with Dora! Help the Wonder Pets save the Beetles, and help Diego make it to the Iguana Sing-Along! Don’t forget to dance with Kai-lan and Team Umizoomi too!

Children love to sing and dance, and for parents…why not look for a DVD that is educational but also fun at the same time! “Dance to the Music from Nickelodeon is a DVD that features six episodes from Nickelodeon’s popular children shows. Each are music-themed and features the following episodes:

Dora the Explorer – “La Maestra de Musica” - In this episode, Boots singing friend La Maestra has stopped by. But as the music teacher is riding her bike to school, her chain on the bike has broken. She needs to get to school quickly. Can you help her find the quickest route to the school?
Team Umizoomi – “Butterfly Dance” – Milli and Geo can’t wait to see Sophia wearing her butterfly costume for the butterfly dance show. But Sophia is missing her antennas, wings and jewelry. Can you help her?
Bubble Guppies – “We Totally Rock!” – The bubble guppies are not sure what rock music is. What happens when they form a band?
Go, Diego, Go! – “The Iguana Sing Along” – Iggy is missing and the iguanas can’t do their sing-along and sleep for the winter. Help Diego find Iggy!
Wonder Pets – “Save the Beetles/Save the Fiddler Crab on the Roof” – The Wonder Pets go under the sea to save the Beetles and the Fiddler Crab.
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan – “The Ants Dance” – Kai-Lan shows us the ants who are doing their ant dance. But what happens when the groups of dance each have their own opinion? Help Kai-Lan bring these ants together to work as a team.

VIDEO & AUDIO:

The episodes featured in “Nickelodeon Favorites: Dance to the Music” are presented in full screen and in Dolby Digital stereo. Animation features vibrant colors and dialogue is clear and understandable. Picture quality is dependent on the series as “Dora the Explorer”, “Go, Diego, Go!” and “Ni Hao, Kai-Lan” are animation-based, “Bubble Guppies” and “Wonder Pets!” tend to combine CG. But overall, this is for the children and the picture and audio quality is good!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Nickelodeon Favorites: Dance to the Music” comes with the Bubble Guppies Sing-Along music videos for “I Need to Rock – Rock It!”.

It’s almost spring time and if you have a toddler who gets easily restless during the break, definitely consider “Nickelodeon Favorites: Dance to the Music”, featuring six episodes that are not just educational, but episodes they can sing and dance to.

For Team Umizoomi, the series uses math to help children. In “Butterfly Dance”, children will need to learn how to help a young girl find parts of her costume for her butterfly dance.

In “Bubble Guppies”, for the episode “We Totally Rock!”, your child can learn about rock n’ roll, the air guitar and instruments but also teamwork.

In “Go, Diego, Go!”, your child can learn about iguanas but also improve their decisio-making skills.

In “Wonder Pets”, it’s a fantasy adventure with two episodes as children need to help the Wonder Pets save the Beetles but also a Fiddler Crab.

And in “Ni Hao, Kai-lan”, your child can learn a little Chinese, learn the importance of team work (and not being selfish) and improve their decision-making skills.

As for special features, the DVD does come with “Bubble Guppies” music videos.

Overall, your young children should be entertained by this release. All episodes are safe for children and parents will also be happy to know that they can learn from each of these episodes and also it will definitely help keep the children occupied during the spring break or just looking for a fun series that they can sing and dance to.

“Nickelodeon Favorites: Dance to the Music” is recommended for parents and their children!

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Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure (a J!-ENT Children’s DVD Review)

January 31, 2012 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment

The latest “Dora the Explorer” DVD titled “Dora’s Easter Adventure” features a step forward in the look of the popular children’s animated series and still retaining its safe and educational approach of introducing children to Spanish, helping with their decision making abilities and more! Recommended for parents and their young children!

DVD TITLE: Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure

DURATION: 66 minutes

DVD INFORMATION: Full screen format, Dolby Digital – English Stereo

COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount

RATED: NOT RATED

RELEASE DATE: February 14, 2012

Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner

Executive Producer: Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes

Story Editor: Rosemary Contreras

Supervising Producer: Jeff DeGrandis

Producer: Miken Wong, Marc Amiel

Supervising Directors/Consulting Producers: Kuni Tomita, Henry Lenardin-Madden

Directed by George Cialtas, Allan Jacobsen

Featuring the voices of:

Fatima Ptacek as Dora/Baby Animals

Regan Mizrahi as Boots

Yael Goldberg as Hip Hop Bunny/Tico’s Cousins

Skai Jackson as Isa/Tico’s Cousins

Rahzel as Fiesta Trio

Alexandria Suarez as Backpack/Baby Blue Bird/Flower

Marc Weiner as Map/Swiper

Oscar Hutarra as Tico/Bugga Buggas/Baby Animals

Get ready for an Egg-Citing Easter Adventure as you help Dora and Boots save the Hip-Hop-Bunny’s basket of eggs! Plus, a troll wedding and a trip to Troll Land!

With Easter around the corner, it’s time for children’s Easter episodes and this time around, a new “Dora the Explorer” Easter episode titled “Dora’s Easter Adventure”!

But when Swiper swipes all the eggs from Hip-Hop Bunny’s basket, Dora and Boots will need your help to make sure that it will be a Hop-Hop-Happy Easter!

For “Dora in Troll Land”, Dora and Boots are in Troll Land and not sure how to find the Grump Old Troll. Can you help Dora and Boots?

VIDEO & AUDIO:

The bonus episodes also feature a more CG art backgrounds but you can tell that with “Dora’s Easter Adventure”, the production for the Easter episode is more detailed and vibrant.

Audio is presented in Dolby Digital and dialogue and music is crystal clear.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure” comes with the following special feature:

Dora’s Easter Adventure: Interactive Play Mode – Help Dora Explore while watching “Dora’s Easter Adventure”, your child can use a remote and clicking a button when you see an Easter Egg.
Karaoke Music Videos – Karaoke music videos for “Busca Los Cascarones”, “Row Row Row”, “On Our Way to Troll Land”, “The Grump Old Troll is Getting Married” and “We Did It!”.
Previews

EXTRAS:

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure” comes with a slipover case plus a coupon for Johnson & Johnson “Dora the Explorer” bandages.

And with the release of “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure”, the series takes a bold step forward in terms of look and quality. I am not exactly sure if this is how “Dora the Explorer” will look from here on in but if so, parents will happy to know that the series features better animation and backgrounds that are detailed and colors that are much more vibrant. I was pretty impressed with how things look and when you watch this Easter episode, compared to the two bonus episodes, you will notice a bump up in animation and art backgrounds.

Of course, the adults will notice that right away but for the children, it’s all about the entertainment and also education.

Where most of the “Dora the Explorer” TV shows have been instrumental in teaching children Spanish and counting as well as teamwork, the same can be said about this latest DVD.

As for special features, you get an interactive game and also karaoke music videos, so you can sing along with Dora and Boots.

Overall, “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure” is great DVD for parents or relatives looking for safe, educational episodes for children. Parents who have other kids that grew up in the series, will note the more modern and updated look of “Dora the Explorer” in the latest Easter episode featured on this DVD.

“Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure” is recommended for parents and their young children!

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