Product Details

• Actors: Global Wonders
• Directors: Global Wonders
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• 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: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Global Wonders
• DVD Release Date: October 21, 2008
• Run Time: 41 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001GN0DAW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,452 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Welcome to Global Wonders! A delightful new series introducing your child to the vibrant and varied cultures from around the neighborhood and around the world. Dazzling animation meets fascinating live action footage in a world where cultures are shared, compared and discovered.

In Global Wonders Around the World join all of our families and friends for a fun day at the park. Through fun group activities you will discover new customs, music, languages, and lifestyles from around the world. Build a Blarney sand Castle with Brianna, sing happy birthday in Spanish with Marisa, taste Japanese Karaage with Rina, and play the ney with Amir. When Lorenzo's World Cup soccer ball goes missing, team up with all your new friends on a ball hunt to save the day.

With Global Wonders, your child can gain a broader understanding of themselves and the world around them, fostering a stronger self-identity, increased self-esteem, and improved cultural and social skills.

Global Wonders was created by Rashmi Turner, a working mother and the former Executive Producer for Disney's Baby Einstein Company. The Global Wonders DVD series includes new animation, music, and stories written and performed by Emmy award winning leaders in children s entertainment including:¶ ¶ Sindy McKay Writer: A two-time Emmy winner including 2006 Outstanding Animated Program for her work on Jakers! , and whose work includes Clifford The Big Red Dog.
Ed Wexler Animation Director, Character Designer, Art Director: An Emmy-nominated, 20-year veteran of Walt Disney Animation ( Little Einsteins, My Friends Tigger and Pooh ).
¶ Jim Latham Music Composer: Emmy winner whose work includes original songs, themes and underscore for children's programming ( JoJo s Circus, Dragon Tales, Disney Princess: A Christmas of Enchantment ).

Among the expert contributors to the Global Wonders brand is developmental expert and educational advisor J. Kevin Nugent, Ph.D., founder and director of the Brazelton Institute at Children s Hospital in Boston and faculty member of Harvard Medical School in the Department of Pediatrics.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An instant favorite in our house!, October 17, 2008

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Kristen Stoller (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Global Wonders: Around The World (DVD)

I received a screener of this DVD and watched it with my 4 year old daughter. It was an instant hit! She loved all the characters and immediately related to one child that looked just like her. She really loved learning about different cultures and recognizing some places and landmarks that she has seen in books and in our family travel photos. She literally wanted to pause it when I tried to talk to her about something so that she did not miss a second of the show.

Best of all is that I really loved the video too - the music and voices were great but not annoying like many other kid videos and there was such a wonderful, diverse and positive representation of many different people. I also really liked the combination of animated graphics and real-life imagery. It is important to me for her to see people, places, cultures, etc as they occur in the real world, not just in animation. Global Wonders is definitely on my go-to list as a great holiday gift this year!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Parents! Great way to introduce different cultures!, October 13, 2008

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CB Clark "Keek" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Global Wonders: Around The World (DVD)

I screened this video with my five year old daughter. She loved it!! The characters are cute and interesting, the music is great and the "real-life" footage is entertaining. She was captivated throughout the entire video.... and I actually found it interesting as well. Vocabulary is introduced from several different languages - a learning experience for me too. This is a great way to expose your child to other cultures. I look forward to more. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thumbs Up!, October 16, 2008

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Ann-Marie ""My Readable Feast"" (Firestone, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Global Wonders: Around The World (DVD)

These are great videos for the preschool, pre-K and kindergarten crowd like my five-year-old Lucie who enjoyed the program immensely. She sang along with the music and repeated the foreign words and phrases when prompted. I enjoyed the animation and also liked how they approached world culture. The Global Wonders series puts an emphasis on what cultures share rather than differences - everyone celebrates birthdays, children like to play sports, and we all enjoy music. I appreciated that they showed grandparents and an African-American dad who is a college professor, too. Other positive role models include families who spend time together and children who like to learn, sing, be outside and play sports. Lucie and I give Global Wonders a thumbs up.