Customer Reviews

Caillou - Caillou's Train Trip & Other Adventures

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

My 3.5 year old daughter absolutely adores Caillou -there is something about this little bald-headed 4 year old boy with an unusual name and a boisterous personality that just captivates her. The DVD here contains the following episodes: We All Love to Travel, Caillou the Explorer, Caillou's Sailboat, Caillou's Train Trip, Exploring the Neighborhood, New House, New Neighbors, Garage Sale, and Supper with Sarah.

The stories themselves are interesting and educational. My only grouse is the puppet segment where we have Caillou's stuffed dino, and pet cat Gilbert among others doing their own thing. It is quite annoying, and my daughter doesn't care much for them. I think they've cut those segments out in the more recent Caillou stories on PBS [thank goodness!], but this DVD still has those segments. Yet, it's nothing a fast forward button can't help, and I would still recommend the Caillou series for young children, especially the 2-4 age group.

My 2 year old daughter loves Caillou, but wasn't very interested in the puppets that take up at least 1/2 of this video time. Still satisfied the Caillou fix, though!

Caillou has a bit of an annoying voice at first, but if you can get over that it's really quite a sweet boy. I agree the puppets inbetween episodes is pretty boring for the 2, but the 4 is moderately interested. Calillou is 4 and has a younger sister around 1, so it fits our family well. I like these quite a bit, definitely worth getting if you are looking for a calm "cartoon".

We bought this dvd for our 3 year old. While she loves Caillou, she did not like the puppet shows at all. Plus, what is the point of showing Caillou having a temper tantrum during the opening credits. (Thankfully, I found a few reviews on here letting me know what dvd's don't have the ridiculous puppet shows.) Since, our daughter won't give this dvd the time of day, it was definitely a waste of money.

Caillou is whiny and there are these puppets that disrupt the flow of the episodes. My 22 month old gets upset with the whiny/crying Caillou and the puppets. I am sticking with the episodes made from around 2006 and later. When I figure out which ones they are, I'm gonna create a list of these DVDs so that no one makes the same mistake of buying this one.

My two year loves Caillou but this DVD is mainly the little muppets talking which drove him crazy as he keep calling where's Caillou. Would not advise for serious Caillou fans!!!

My 2 year old LOVES Caillou. He is by far his favorite cartoon to watch. BUT he gets upset when the puppet and children skits comes on and cries for "More Caillou Mommy!!!" So every few minutes I'm fast forwarding through the segments he doesn't care for which is A LOT in this particular video. We have other Caillou videos that don't have these segments and they are great!

I was a little disappointed for this video because instead of recieving pure cartoons, it contains few of them. The majority of the video is just a bunch of animals talking..MY KIDS HATED IT!!

Santa brought this DVD for our near-3 year old as she loves to watch Caillou on PBS. Now, I understand that it is a Canadian production - I used to live in Canada, and I'm well attuned to the differences between American and Canadian programming.

However, I have to honestly say that I have never seen, nor never wish to see again, the multiple silly (read: idiotic) segments that take place between Caillou episodes. Dancing children with someone singing (sounds like the person who voices Caillou), a little girl going on a car ride with her mother, etc.

My daughter kept coming over to me and asking "Where's Caillou? I wanted to watch Caillou?"

I wanted to say "Well, honey, Santa obviously messed up big time with this one..."

If you want all Caillou, which I'm guessing all Caillou fans want, this is not the video for you. We are/were very disappointed, and this will sadly make it onto either eBay or into the back of our media cabinet.

My grandson who I care for 24/7, will be 2 yrs. old on Aug 10th has been watching Caillou since he was 1 1/2. He loves Caillou and stops whats he's doing just to sit and watch him. He humms to the song and can say his name too. He likes all of them but especially loves the Train Trip and Christmas one because he loves trains and santa HOHOHO. There is just something about that sweet boy's voice,bald head that captivates my grandson's heart. ..........He loses interest in the puppets. Why did they have to insert that puppet show in every DVD? Thats a waste of space.
HEREFORD,TX