Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: October 5, 2004
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002JP5CW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #247,145 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best one yet!, October 31, 2004

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mommy in cary (cary, nc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dora the Explorer - Dora's Fairytale Adventure (DVD)

My 17 month old daughter is in love with Dora. We have not stopped playing this Dora DVD since we bought it. For whatever reason, this particular Dora adventure has her glued to the screen. She loves helping Dora along the way and the songs have a good beat to them. I highly recommend this DVD.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Just For Girls..., January 19, 2005

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Sharna Campos (Fullerton, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dora the Explorer - Dora's Fairytale Adventure (DVD)

From the reviews, you would think that only girls should watch Dora. In fact, I see very few reviews for any of the Dora videos mentioning sons. This surprises me.

My almost 3 year old son has loved the Dora shows and videos since he was just months old. Early on, I'm sure it was the colors, the repition and music that attracted him. Now he loves the adventure, the language, the lessons and characters. My husband often speaks Spanish to my son, but he retains more from Dora. He loves that Dora can be a princess, a pirate, a musician, a balloonist, an explorer, a friend or anything else she happens to be that day.

I hope that other parents of boys are not avoiding Dora based on the gender of the main character. That would be a shame. These videos provide such good lessons (both moral and educational) that should apply to children of any gender.

Hooray for Dora!! My son is all boy, and we love her at our house!!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This girl is something, June 7, 2005

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Kristin J. Johnson "Three-time published author" (Hilo, Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dora the Explorer - Dora's Fairytale Adventure (DVD)

You're welcome in Fairytale Land! Si!

I've watched this DVD for the 50th time with my nephew and I still appreciate how spunky and smart Dora is. You have to love a series that has titles such as "Dora Saves the Prince," and in this new fairy-tale adventure, Dora must race against time to wake up Sleeping Boots. As we all know, Boots will drop anything for a banana! Unfortunately, like Snow White (who appears in the story), he falls fast asleep once he eats a banana enchanted by a wicked witch. Why is she wicked? It just seems to go with the archetype.

Dora must become a true princess in order to break the witch's spell. With a little help from her friends Iza, Tico, Benny, Map, and Backpack as well as the denizens of Fairtyale Land, Dora is on her way! Come on, vamonos, everybody let's go!

Dora is a terrific heroine for girls: she doesn't get easily frustrated, she loves to laugh, and she's loyal to her friends. Best of all, she doesn't wait around for someone to save her!

The other story in which Dora and Boots imagine a continuation of the Three Little Pigs story is terrific too.