Product Details

• Directors: DK
• Format: Color, Full length, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 30
• Studio: DK
• VHS Release Date: June 16, 1997
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0789421550
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,395 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

As any parent knows, raising a family involves a fair amount of protection and self-sacrifice. But, as this 24-minute tape shows, animals often go about things a little differently from humans. For instance, when was the last time you produced nourishing slime on your skin and let the youngsters chow down? Henry the animated lizard is as impressed as your kids should be by this "yucky, but amazing" mama fish. Henry and the narrator focus on mothers and children--the typical animal family--but some time is given to mute swans, one of nature's few nuclear families. While Father Swan is unusually nurturing--taking his turn sitting on the nest, for instance--he also gets to let out a little aggression by harassing other swans at the feeding grounds when they get too close to his babies. Whether it's swans looking for a fight, ibex daycare, or quadruplet armadillos, this video, like the rest of the series, has the right balance of great footage, good information, and kid-size humor. --Kimberly Heinrichs

Product Description

Broadcast nationally on The Disney Channel, Amazing Animals has quickly won children's hearts around the nation. Featuring the lovable Henry the Lizard as the inquisitive object of the narrator's clever questions and insights, each is a riot of humor, live-action footage, animation and information. Children cannot help but have fun as they learn. #1 rated non-Disney program on The Disney Channel(tm) "Fun facts, folklore and animal behavior are rolled into one gorgeous-and entertaining-science lesson."-Publishers Weekly Disney Channel ratings increased 31% for the Amazing Animals broadcast time slot! Amazing Animals: Armored Animals reached #38 on Billboard's Video Retail Charts.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great way for Kids to begin learning about Animals, April 12, 2001

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gweyn (Rock, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amazing Animals: Animal Families [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Our family loves the Amazing Animal series! They are a wonderful way for young children to begin learning about the animals around us. Henry the Lizard is colorful and funny, and is very entertaining for children. It has lots of color, and comedy situations. You learn about many different animal families and how they live. The combination of Animation and real life Video keeps the kids interested over and over again. Our family gives this movie and all Amazing Animal movies a hearty reccomendation.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book Review: Animal Families, April 5, 2009

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T. Jonker - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Animal Families (Hardcover)

Will all high quality, entertaining nonfiction for the lower elementary grades please say "here" -

(A few faint "heres" can be heard above the sound of crickets)

Ah, well, heh, I guess there's not exactly scores of books that fall inside those guidelines. With its subtantial facts, nice layout, and outstanding photos, "Animal Families" will be a nice addition to this group. A good pick for libraries and classroom collections.

Human and animal families have a lot in common. We have parents and homes, we eat and have fun. "Animal Families" covers all of these topics in terms young readers can follow. Each two-page spread tackles a different aspect of animal family life. All animals are tossed in together (with a distinct emphasis on mammals), so you'll see koalas, cats, and gorillas all on the same page. Facts are strewn about, with well captioned photos adding visual appeal. Increasing the kid appeal are the intermittent thought balloons that express what various animals are thinking. To quote a baby koala holding on to its mother:

I cling to my mom's back even when she climbs eucalyptus trees to pick leaves for supper.

One of my favorite features are the "filmstrips" that occasionally stretch across the bottom of the spread. Over the course of five small pictures, they give a time-lapse look at animal life. Lion cubs playing, birds being born, and hippos taking baths are all presented in detail.

"Animal Families" will should circulate nicely in schools and libraries that are wise enough to add it to their collections.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Animal Families, August 31, 2008

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Ellen R. Fissel "aaronfissel" (South Mountain, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amazing Animals: Animal Families [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Another great and entertaining episode of Henry's Amazing Animals. It is a great and educational video for both young and old. As usual, Henry has to learn a lesson.

And this time, it about family. A entertaining and great show that should be one DVD.