Three times the fun! If your children are big fans of “Dora the Explorer” and you are looking for an educational DVD for your children, you can’t go wrong with this special fairytale storybook adventures DVD box set for your younger children. For five hours of content and for its price, it’s a great deal for parents wanting more bang for the buck when it comes to educational animated series on DVD.
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DVD TITLE: Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Storybook Adventures
DURATION: Dora’s Fairytale Adventures (94 Minutes), Dora Saves the Snow Princess (93 Minutes), Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom (92 Minutes)
DVD INFORMATION: Full Screen, Dolby Digital
COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount
RATED: NOT RATED
RELEASE DATE: September 13, 2011
Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes, Eric Weiner
Executive Producer: Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes
Supervising Producer: Jeff DeGrandis
Producer: Miken Wong
Story Editor: Rosemary Contreras
Unicorns, dragons, kings, witches, Pegasus, a giant, and more! Join Dora for her most magical, double-length fairytale adventures in this three-DVD box set! Leap into a storybook to help her bring color back to the Crystal Kingdom and to rescue the Snow Princess from a mean Witch!
Are you a parent who wants to purchase “Dora the Explorer” DVD’s but are looking for the best deal possible? Or a parent wanting more episodes and more bang for the buck? To be released in September is the latest “Dora the Explorer” DVD Box set titled “Dora’s Storybook Adventures” featuring classic “Dora the Explorer” DVD releases such as:
This latest DVD contains three DVD’s: “Fairytale Adventures” (2004), “Dora Saves the Snow Princess” (2008) and “Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom” (2009). The theme are storybook style of adventures and like previous “Dora the Explorer” DVD’s, children can learn Spanish language skills, math skills and new songs and the importance of having friends, caring, matching, counting and colors plus other learning and problem-solving skills.
Included on the “Fairtytale Adventures” DVD is a compilation of past “Dora the Explorer” episodes combined into one full episode (94 minutes). But included are two bonus episodes:
- What Happens Next? – The wolf huffed and puffed but what happens next? Dora uses her imagination to add an exciting adventure to the end of the story.
- The Magic Stick – Dora and Boots find a magic stick and will do a magic trick atop the Highest Hill.
Included on the “Dora Saves the Snow Princess” DVD are the following episodes:
- Dora Saes the Snow Princess – A double-episode. A mean witch has trapped the Snow Princess in a tower, Dora and friends jump into the storybook to join the Snow Fairy in a quest to rescue the Snow Princess.
- Dora’s Jack-In-the-Box -Â Dora buys a Jack-in-the-Box for her baby brother and sister but Jack doesn’t know when to pop out of the box.
- Bark, Bark to Play Park! – Dora’s puppy Perrito has a surprise waiting for him at the Twin’s Day Party- his twin puppy brother! Help Dora, Boots and Perrito on “Ruff-Ruff” adventure.
Included on the “Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom” DVD are the following episodes:
- Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom – A double-episode. The greedy king has taken the crystal and drained the Crystal Kingdom of its color! Jump into Dora’s storybook with her on an epic quest to recover the crystals. She’ll nned your help facing knights, dragons and more to bring color back to the kingdom.
- First Day of School – Dora is taking Boots and Tico to their first day of school. Help Boots learn Spanish and Tico learn English.
- Boots Banana Wish – oots wishes that he will get bananas every time he says “Bananas”.
VIDEO & AUDIO:
The episodes in “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Storybook Adventures” is presented in full screen and in Dolby Digital stereo. Animation features vibrant colors and dialogue is clear and understandable. Picture quality is good as these are newer episodes. Bare in mind that animation quality differs as “Fairytale Adventures” is from 2004, while the other two are from 2008-2009.
But overall, this is for the children and the picture quality is vibrant while the audio is clear and understandable.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Dora the Explorer – Fairtyale Adventure†feature the following special features:
- Sing-along – (1:13) Sing-along with Dora and Friends.
- Song Sleection – Featuring the songs “Fairytale Land Theme Song”, “Magic Music Box Song”, “iCaliente!” and “We Did It!”
- Photo Gallery – Using your remote or computer’s right and left keys, you can view images.
- “Find the Fairytale Friends” Game – Using your remote, you can find the fairytale friends.
- Nick Jr. Baby Video Sneak Peak
- Previews – Previews for upcoming Nickelodeon DVD release
“Dora the Explorer – Dora Saves the Snow Princess” features the following adventures:
- “Snow Princess Maze Adventure” Game – Using arrows keys on your computer or remote, help Dora in this maze game.
- “Pegasus” Music Video
“Dora the Explorer -Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom” features the following adventures:
- Crystal Color Matching Game – Using arrows keys on your computer or remote, help Dora match Crystal Colors.
EXTRAS:
All three DVD’s come inside a “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Storybook Adventures” slipcase.
If your children are fans of “Dora the Explorer”, you’ll definitely want three times the educational fun through the latest DVD box set “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Storybook Adventures”. These three DVD’s feature nearly five hours of “Dora the Explorer” content and for the parents wanting more bang for the buck, you really can’t go wrong with this latest DVD box set release.
“Fairytale Adventures”, “Dora Saves the Snow Princess” and “Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom” are fun DVD releases for children and also parents who want to find DVD’s that can be educational for children.In these episodes, children learn Spanish language skills, musical/auditory skills, physical movement and decision making/problem solving skills.
My young son literally grew up in his young toddler years watching “Dora the Explorer” and through this series, it was very helpful in helping him develop skills on decision making and also learning a little Spanish.
I’ve been critical in the past of Nickelodeon children DVD’s not having any special features but this time around, all three DVD’s included special features and DVD remote (or PC button directional controlled) games for the children.
For the most part, your young children should be entertained by this release and with the theme of this box set centering around storybook adventures, there are a lot of make-believe exploration in these latest episodes and you are definitely getting your money’s worth, especially if you are children love this series or you are wanting a safe, fun and educational animated series for your younger children.
Overall, for the amount of episodes these box sets contain for a great price, “Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Storybook Adventures” is recommended!