Product Details

• Actors: Harrison Chad, Kathleen Herles, Marc Weiner, Sasha Toro, Jake Burbage
• Directors: Arnie Wong, Sherie Pollack
• Writers: Chris Gifford, Eric Weiner, Valerie Walsh
• Producers: Brown Johnson, Helena Uszac, Steve Socki
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Nickelodeon
• DVD Release Date: August 3, 2010
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003KSO3PM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,315 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dora's Big Birthday Adventure" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Happy Birthday Dora!! It’s the final episode in the Magic Storybook trilogy. Dora and Boots need to get home from Wizzle World! Join Dora and Boots on an epic quest to get past a mean witch and find the Wishing Wizzle so they can wish themselves back home in time for Dora’s big birthday party! ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Dora!

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great storybook adventure!, August 7, 2010

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Amy Phipps (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dora's Big Birthday Adventure (DVD)

My two kids loved this latest Dora adventure! Dora and Boots find themselves trapped in Dora's magic storybook, and have to work their way through the book to find the Wishing Wizzle and wish themselves to the real world in time for Dora's birthday party. Every time Dora and Boots get into trouble, they flash back to scenes from Dora episodes of the past that help them figure out how to solve their problems. This double-length episode was really cute, and my kids greatly enjoyed the re-appearance of characters and locations from long time favorite Dora adventures. Really well done!

The DVD also includes two older, Wizzle-themed bonus episodes, "Dora Helps the Birthday Wizzle" and "Wizzle Wishes," giving this DVD a total running time of about an hour and twenty minutes. Great Dora fun and highly recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dora's Big Birthday Bash - 10th Anniversary, September 15, 2010

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Brimful Curiosities (WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dora's Big Birthday Adventure (DVD)

A new Dora DVD titled Dora's Big Birthday Adventure (released August 03, 2010) contains the 10th anniversary birthday episode aired on TV along with two other episodes. All three episodes feature the Wizzles and Wizzle World and form the Magic Storybook Trilogy.

"Dora's Big Birthday Adventure" - Dora is preparing to celebrate her birthday with her friends and family but a twisting wind blows Dora and Boots into the Magic Storybook and the Wizzle World. Dora ends up with a wishing crystal and must take it to the Wishing Wizzle before she can return home. Hmm, sounds a little familiar...what follows is a plot relatively similar to The Wizard of Oz. There's a mean witch (La Bruja) with flying monkey helpers, a nice Snow Princess, a star studded road, and even a scarecrow. To find to the Wishing Wizzle Dora must first find her way through Sea Snake Lake, The Dancing Forest and go over the RAINBOW. Along the way she looks into the wishing crystal and her memories of her family and friends (shown as hazy flash backs to previous episodes) help propel her over the obstacles. My children especially enjoyed the birthday celebration at the end of the show.

"Dora Helps the Birthday Wizzle" - In this episode about birthday wishes, the Birthday Wizzle is celebrating his own birthday. As he prepares to make his own birthday wish come true, a strong wind blows his wishing wand out of the storybook. Dora catches and works to return the wand to the Birthday Wizzle before the candles on his cake burn out. She goes through the Unicorn Forest and Dinosaur Caves and ends up on Wizzle Mountain. There's a Birthday Express train in this episode that appealed to my toddler son.

"Wizzle Wishes" - A little Wizzle happily holds a bag of four wishing stars, but a strong wind blows the wishes right out of his bag and the storybook. He follows them out of the book, and Dora helps him try to capture the wishing stars so that he can wish his way back home. They follow the path through a flowery garden and nutty forest all the way to the wishing well.

The new birthday episode is enjoyable to watch because it includes all the characters from previous Dora episodes. My daughter was happy to see the Piggies. The DVD cover we received includes a big pop up flap and a sticker sheet so that kids can actively join in the birthday fun. My kids also enjoyed counting the ten candles on the cake displayed on the cover. (Review copy received from Nickelodeon)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Surprises for Dora and Parents find all the OZ clues!!, September 8, 2010

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Mom, homeschooler, small business owner (Arlington, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dora's Big Birthday Adventure (DVD)

My kids loved this. Dora and Boots have to remember FOUR things this time. And too funny for parents. Watch for the parallels to the Wizard of OZ. My kids even had fun watching for them. I won't tell you and spoil all the fun...