Product Details

• Actors: Scott Whitesell, Joshua Feinman, Max States, Kelly Cole Smith, Alex Dale
• Directors: Robert Rasmussen
• Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Laurel Hill Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: May 1, 2005
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009R1440
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,336 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Winner! - Telly Award Bronze Medal
Approved! - by the Dove Foundation for Family Friendly Viewing
Endorsed! - by the Coalition for Quality Children's Media
Winner! - Creative Child Magazine's Preferred Choice Award
Winner! - Bronze Telly Award

In A Day in the Life of a Zoo, kids join their fun-filled pals Wink & Blink for an exciting trip to the zoo where they learn all about the animal kingdom. With Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Birds and even Invertebrates there's a whole lot to explore,So come on, let’s go!

Along the way, kids will discover what it’s like to be a zookeeper. They'll also tag along with the zoo veterinarian on a barn-yard house call. How cool!

Best of all, this exciting episode in the Award-Winning Adventures with Wink & Blink educational video series was filmed at three incredible zoos -- including the world-famous San Diego Zoo!

This is a Zoo-riffic adventure for kids of all ages.

Over 1 hour of adventure on every DVD!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars great catchy music, educational but fun, May 11, 2009

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Beatrice Izzey "Nanny Dog" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adventures with Wink & Blink: A Day in the Life of a Zoo! (DVD)

A non-commercial, in depth kid-documentary about a zoo and people who work in them. The garbage truck DVD and firehouse DVD I would also recommend. Catchy music, too.

It's low budget, but the creativity of the writer and producer pulls it all together.

5.0 out of 5 stars Stimulating "edutainment" for kids, November 22, 2007

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Jenn P. "Jenn P." (Los Angeles, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adventures with Wink & Blink: A Day in the Life of a Zoo! (DVD)

I picked up a copy of "Adventures of Wink & Blink: A Day in the Life of a Zoo!" at the Santa Barbara Zoo gift shop. My son (5) and daughter (2) have been watching it multiple times each day since.

Wink and Blink are big, goofy, live-action characters that encourage kids to think and imagine and learn about the world around them. There is some portion of make-believe lands, but the bulk of the DVD is live, on-site footage. This episode goes beyond the standard zoo tour of the habitats. It introduces kids to the feeding and care of the animals too. We see the zoo keepers preparing and distributing lunch to their charges, and we see the zoo veterinarian ministering to sheep and tortoises.

I watched Wink and Blink with my children the first time and found that the DVD contained some lovely surprise features and lessons.

- There is an additional 30 minutes of footage (set to music) of many of the zoo animals at play in their habitats (monkeys, giraffes, lions, bears, otters, sea lions, birds, etc.) which gives my children more time to watch and learn about how the animals interact;
- There's an element of social awareness and tolerance built in to the giraffe segment. One of the SB zoo's giraffes - Gemina - has a crooked neck. Wink & Blink explain that it's ok to be different.
- The Special Features section has sing-a-longs of the songs, with lyrics in large, easy to read text;
- There are great vocabulary building words, animal names as well as shape names and identifications;
- The background music has a lively Caribbean flare;
- And throughout the episode, there is a riddle.

My kids dance around the house singing the zoo songs. They ask us often if Wink and Blink will be at other places we're going - the grocery store, the car wash, the library.... I can only reply that I hope, in the near future, Wink and Blink WILL be at all those places and more, so that they can answer the "How come?" and "Why?".

On the Wink and Blink website (www.winkandblink.com) I found that there are 2 other episodes available and free coloring book pages that you can print out. A Day in the Life of a Fire Fighter! and A Day in the Life of a Garbage Truck! will be holiday gifts for my own kids, and birthday party presents for their friends.