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VeggieTales - Heroes of the Bible - Lions, Shepherds and Queens (Oh My!)

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A couple of months ago I checked out the first volume of Veggietales from the local library. I found the first story to be pleasant, but when the scallions in "Daniel and the Lion's Den" started dancing and singing "Oh No!", I knew we had found a winner. My four-year-old son, my teenage daughter, and I have become big Veggietales fans, and this DVD was one of several I purchased when I decided that we had to stop borrowing the videos from the library because we just wanted to keep them for ourselves!
My son's favorite Veggietales story is still "Daniel and the Lion's Den" (it's one of my favorites, too, along with "Josh and the Big Wall"). I like the other two tales, too, but also have one question: What kind of vegetable is Esther exactly? She's the same veggie as the thankful family in the Madame Blueberry story, but I have no idea what she is (she looks like a green spoon to me, but I may be just unaware of all existing vegetables).
yes, it is a good DVD for anyone to watch.

Dave and the Giant Pickle - 5/5 One of those veggietales that you think to yourself, "When will this be on dvd?"
Ester, the Girl Who Became Queen - 2.5/5 not my favorite veggietales, but it has it's moments.
Daniel and the Lions Den - 4/5 it has a few great musical performances and conversations.
This was sort of a "compilation" of Veggietales that was released on VHS in 1996. Dave in the giant picckle is a 30 minute episode, as is Ester. Daniel is only 15 minutes, but for the price, your paying only a little bit more for two and a half times the running time as opposed to the other videos and dvd's. I really can't wait. Seing the other veggie's on dvd, I'm sure this will have much imroved sound and slightyly improved picture. Feel free to leave me a helpful/not helpful feedback. God Bless America!

This DVD collects some of the best of the Veggie Tales stories. If your kids have never seen any of them, this is the one to start with. The songs are first rate, the humor delighful, the characters likable, and the morals are outstanding. What a breath of fresh air.

Thank you, Big Idea!!!

An addendum: this DVD contains my favorite "Silly Songs with Larry" song: the Song of the Cebu'. The whole thing is just hilarious and the tune is very catchy. Just try to sit still when you're watching it on tv or listening to the CD! :)

This is the first full VeggieTales video that I have watched. I've been hearing about it quite a bit from some friends and it was very big in college (I went to a Christian college). I decided to finally give it a look. It's cute. I'm glad that there is something that is intelligent, funny, and gives the message of Christ to kids all the while being a well-done program. This DVD is three stories. Daniel and the Lion's Den, David and Goliath, and Esther. Having animated vegetables telling Bible stories is a cute and surprisingly effective way to communicate the biblical lessons to children.

This is the first "actual" VeggieTales film I've watched. I watch their Silly Soung Coundown, and both my four-month-old and I enjoy the silly characters, silly music, and all-around silliness. Once I knew that he wouldn't be afraid of the giant pickle or the pirates who don't do anything, I decided to try Heroes of the Bible. This DVD has three short stories, Daniel and the Lions Den, Dave and the Giant Pickle (Goliath), and Esther, the Girl Who Became Queen.

This DVD (or perhaps all VeggieTales movies, since I'm not the VT expert, yet) reminded me a lot of the Simpsons -- of course in a very different way than what may come to mind when one mentiones the Simpsons. I'm not talking about the constant strangling your child by his neck type of "silliness". Rather, the Simpsons use such a type of humor that it attracts viewers of all ages and the humor is not lost is a viewer doesn't see or doesn't understand the other levels of humor. I'll explain . . .

My four-month-old enjoyed Daniel and the Lions Den -- the colors, movements, and songs. He laughed at the king's wisemen (slippery scallions) in their plotting to kill Daniel. Obviously, my son doesn't understand the plotting, but he sees the funny scallions and song exchanges between the wisemen, the king, and Daniel. An older child would understand that the wiseman are trying to kill Daniel and that, instead of killing Daniel, the lions actually became his friends. And my husband and I like the part when Daniel is leaving the lions den and yells down to the lions, "thanks for the pizza!"

My son loves these guys. they have great songs colorful characters and great lessons. They are series and everyone of them are great. this one is no different. It covers a couple of stories in the bible in a fresh new way that is entertaining for the young ones and they will learn something positive while falling in love with positive characters at the same time which is very great for us!! :-)Win win situation

Great lessons, great music, great vidoe. My kids love it.

my son loves veggie tales and I like veggie tales because the cartoon teaches good family values.

I absolutley love it! It has 3 great stories and the kid outtakes are hilarious. It's also nice to not have to stop and change DVDs if you need to get a little longer uninterupted time.