Customer Reviews

Franklin - Eight Favorite Turtle Tales

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This first-ever DVD release of "Franklin" television stories includes a nice range of stories from the first through third seasons of the show. Included is the very first story, "Franklin Plays the Game," as well as other great stories like "Franklin's Camp Out" (in which Franklin learns about doing things for himself) and "Franklin's Birthday Party" (in which he and his Dad come up with a creative solution to entertain his extravagant birthday plans.)

There's nothing to complain about as far as the story selection goes, but the DVD also promises exciting special features. However, when I went to take a look at them, it turns out that these so-called special features are actually an exact duplicate of what was included on the "Back to School With Franklin" DVD, right down to the song from it. They're nice and all, but I've seen them before.

Also, each time you pop the DVD in, a promo track for other DVDs and such starts up. It does let you fast-forward it, but it won't let you skip it, which tends to grate a bit. On the positive side, the problem with the captions that existed on the "Back to School With Franklin" DVD has been fixed. On that DVD, the captions had a problem in which they tended to extend off the edge of the screen, and they were also riddled with punctuation errors. On this DVD, captions for longer lines are split into two rows, so that they don't extend off the screen. (Note that rather than the traditional caption format, these captions look more like subtitles, with larger text and no black background.)

My 3 year old loves this video. It is eight episodes on one DVD - great!!! It is annoying how they won't let you skip through the previews and I have to get out the remote to fast forward through them. Other than that, I would highly recommend this video.

The Franklin stories are wonderful for 3-6-year-olds. I live in Switzerland, where we don't get shows like this very often, and I find the lessons heartwarming and valuable. Franklin's perspective is always realistic for a child, and more importantly, easy for kids to identify with. The Blanket episode perfectly fits my 3-year-old, and the story about learning to ride a bike actually inspired my cautious 5-year-old to go back out on his own bike and try again. I'm disappointed to see the low ratings based on such things as a possible defect in a particular DVD, rather than the content of the shows themselves. I highly recommend this DVD.

My grandson age 2 1/2 Loves Franklin so needless to say this was his favorite when we played it for him on Christmas day. One of the series is not being played anymore on TV so it was a great treat for him.
Grandma does it again

This is the perfect gift for any child. My daughter loves Franklin and so do I. Unlike most cartoons for children that I can not stand to watch because they are so irritating, I enjoy watching Franklin with my child. A must have for anyone with a young one.

came in perfect condition. my 2 year old has enjoyed watching this dvd over and over. he was very pleased.

Good quality DVD, but the contents have been changed from the books, so sometimes my kids
will ask questions

My daughter loves Franklin and she was excited to see the books we've been reading come to life on the screen.

This is a great collection of stories for toddlers/ young children. It's clean and cute.

Franklin is a favorite at our house and this DVD, with its eight episodes, is a nice addition. It's nice to have so many episodes on one DVD and they play continuously without end credits which is a nice feature for my child. However, a big negative is that when the DVD is initially loaded, we are forced to sit through ALL the previews which takes about five minutes. While a message states that one should be able to get to the menu to skip the previews, at least on my player this is not possible. I haven't had this problem with other DVDs so it may be unique to this disc.