Customer Reviews

The Rainbow Fish and Dazzle the Dinosaur [VHS]

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I felt that the video was a poor adaptation of the lovely story by Marcus Pfister. In the book, the fish is naively vain, too wrapped up in himself to realize that he is alienating others. In the video, he is outrageously mean and rude, making the redemption story at the end unbelievable. I had to hide the video because my toddler was learning some very rude phrases from it. In addition, there is a gratuitously scary segment in the middle that wasn't in the book and that did nothing for the storyline.

I bought this video two years ago and have found that the children really love it. I show it on rainy days for recess, and it has served to spark many valuable conversations about the morals discussed, interested the children in reading the other books in the series, and interested them in a wonderful card game that has been produced to go with the story. They love both stories and want to watch them over and over.

We bought this video on fluke and have absolutelyloved it. My kids are 3 & 5 and watch it all the time, and really seem to understand the morals in the two stories. It's a wonderful, low pressure way of sharing values with kids in a subtle and artistic manner.

I love this video. My five month old son can watch this video over and over - it is one of the only things that keeps his attention for more than 10 minutes. The songs are nice and both stories have good themes - one of sharing and the other one of courage - I highly recommend it!!

I was disappointed in this video. Although my twin daughters love it, I believe rainbow fish comes across as very mean-spirited and vain. Dazzle the Dinasaur has parts that are very scary and Dazzle and Mia are rewarded for disobeying their mother. This is not a lesson I want my girls to learn!

It is very cute 2 stories. My children (3 and 5 year old) liked it). But remember it is only 30 min DVD. I think it is very expensive for a such short play time.

My 2 1/2 year old daughter loves it. Be borrowed it of a friend 3 months ago and had it for 2 weeks in which time i think we nearly wore it out. Since giving it back she still asks for it so im buying it for us. We have another rainbow fish movie but none seems to quiet equal the one with dazzel the dinosaur. We didnt find it scarey!

My son, who is three, did not care too much for "The Rainbow Fish", but loved "Dazzle the dinosaur". We watched it together many times, and now he wants me to tell him the story everyday. If your child is interested in dinosaurs, he/she would love to watch this movie. It is short enough to retain the child's attention span and simple enough for him/her to understand and remember.

My 4-year old daughter likes The Rainbow Fish, but she especially loves Dazzle the Dinosaur. It is a story about how two young dinosaurs, Maia and Dazzle, reclaim their family's rightful home from the mean Dragonsaurus. She especially likes the video musical score ". . . it's all about courage, believing in yourself . . ." as the two go about their mission. My daughter also has the book, which we read to her at night.

The children in my kindergarten class love these movies. We have used them to talk about how to treat others and the importance of being a friend. They love to sing the songs, I really need to find the lyrics - if anyone has them or knows where to find them I would appreciate it.