Customer Reviews

Dora's Backpack Adventure [VHS]

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My son is a huge fan of Dora, and the material is great. Unfortunately the quantity of advertising at the beginning of this video is outrageous. I know that Ads at the start of a video are the standard, but over 10 minutes before the video starts on a child's video is outrageous. To wade through this much advertising to see the content they should give the video away for free. Yes, you can use the fast forward button every time your child watches, or you can record episodes easily direct from your own T.V. As this tape only contains two twenty minute episodes you won't have to work to hard to make your own comparable tape.

We didn't realize how much our daughter liked Dora until our local cable company dropped "Nick Jr." programming, when she was 8 mo. old. At age 15mo. she saw Dora's picture at a bookstore, and thereafter would ask us, "D-D-D-Dora". Anything an 8 mo. baby remembers that long must be good.

So we got the Prince video, and the only problem is our tolerance for r-r-r-repeat showings.

We really like the clear language used, the repitition, the sort of "normal" fantasies (as opposed to sensory overload action/sound), and the Spanish inclusion. If they'd do the same stories with Chinese inclusions (or French, etc., etc.,) that would be great.

Our great objection is the 7 minutes of senseless advertisements at the beginning of the tape. When will Americans wake up and object forcefully to the invasive carcinoma that is excessive commercialization of society?

What a great latina-girl role model for my little one. And great exposure to spanish, problem-solving skills. ...

This is a great learning tape!! Children use problem solving skills, counting, logic, and of coarse learn a little spanish along the way. Dora is adorable, as well as the rest of the animals in the cast. Every preschooler we have over that has watched this tape loves it, whether it be a boy or girl.

I would highly recommend this Dora video. My 15 month old daughter watches it over and over. And, I swear that her first word was "backpack"! She laughs at and babbles to the tape, claps, and thoroughly enjoys every minute that she's watching.

Graduated to Video that is... Dora is very popular at our house. After a long stint with Bob the Builder we were happy to find something new for your 2 year old to watch after nap time while I get dinner ready!

I like the format of the Dora show and video.. the repetition is excellent for this age group and I find that now my son will sing along, and actually really interact with Dora, Boots and Backpack! It's very cute to listen to from the other room...

I love dora and so too does my 2 year old. we are from Australia and i have ordered heaps of books and videos from amazon[.com] for us both to watch and read. They are all fantastic products, with great learning skills. Thanks amazon[.com].

I must agree with some of the other reviews herein; the advertising is heavy-handed in the beginning and this sort of thing is what would encourage one to just tape the shows off of the TV instead of buying this book. It really discourages me to buy any other titles from Nickleodeon. Shame on Nickleodeon!

KIDS, THERE ARE FOUR THINGS YOU SHOULD SAY NO TO IN LIFE:
1.TOBACCO AND CIGARRETTES
2. ALCOHOL
3. DRUGS
4. THIS PIECE OF JUNK THAT I AM REVIEWING