Product Details

• Actors: WordFriends
• Directors: WordWorld
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, 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: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: NCircle Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 29, 2009
• Run Time: 33 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0016Q0OEO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,750 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Video Description

From KIDS FIRST!: With the help of the Word Friends, learning how to read is both entertaining and motivating. In this holiday edition of Word World, animal friends Dog, Duck, Frog, and Bear learn important lessons while they teach viewers reading tips and transform the letters into the things they spell. It is Christmas time and all the animals are filled with the spirit of giving. Duck wants to capture the real Christmas star so he can give it to Frog. With some secret help Duck finds the letters S-T-A-R to give to his best friend. Kids are drawn in and able to participate with the DVD every time the animals spell out a word. In another episode, Dog and his friends spell out all the words needed to build a rock band, like tuba, guitar, and drums. Every episode includes fun songs; Duck sings one when he is hunting stars, and every animal joins in a chorus when they are about to transform a word. Although the animals are always learning how to spell words, they also learn significant lessons, like giving is better than getting. Bear helps Dog search for the missing L to transform his Christmas present B-A-L into a real ball. There are three episodes and they are just short enough to keep kids' attention. With the help of these word-savvy animals, kids will be more motivated to read and excited to learn how to spell. 33 min.; Ages 2-5.

Product Description

The Christmas Star: It's the night before Christmas and FROG needs a star to hang on his Christmas tree. DUCK thinks this will be the perfect present for FROG, and tries to lasso one out of the sky for him. Try as he might, DUCK is unable to catch a star fro FROG, and cries himself to sleep. But while he sleeps, someone leaves him a wonderful present: the letters S-T-A-R...
A Christmas Present for DOG: It's Christmas morning, and all the WordFriends are excited by the presents Santa has brought for them! PIG has a sled, BEAR has a doll, and ant has a cookie. But not all the letters for DOG's present came down his chimney. All he has is a B-A-L. BEAR gets filled with the Christmas spirit and makes a sacrifice to ensure DOG's Christmas will be merry!

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WordWorld A+ in my book!, November 29, 2009

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Cherise Kachelmuss "Mom and More" (IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WordWorld: Happy Holidays WordFriends! (DVD)

WordWorld is one of my son's favorite shows. As soon as the theme song comes on he comes running to the tv or stops what he is doing. I love it too because it is a PBS Kids cartoon and it teaches letters, amongst other things! If you have never seen WordWorld before, it is a show where are the characters and most of the scenery is made up of the letters that spell them. It is adorable and bright and has very catchy music too!

Since Christmas is going to be here in less than a month we have started watching Christmas movies to get into the spirit. Well since Aidan loves Word World, we of course have to watch Happy Holidays WordFriends! It is a new Christmas DVD featuring all the WordWorld characters and features 2 episodes. Aidan was so excited as soon as he saw the box and even more excited when the show started. The two episodes are The Christmas Star and A Christmas Present for DOG. The first episode takes place the night before Christmas and features FROG and DUCK trying to get a star for FROG's tree through teamwork. The second episode takes place Christmas morning and all of the Wordfriends are excited because Santa brought them all presents, except DOG whose present didn't make it all down the chimney. This episode shows sacrifice and friendship.

Overall, we of course love this DVD and will be watching it probably year round! I just love the themes in the episodes and would rather Aidan watch Word World than some other cartoon that doesn't teach anything. I haven't seen this episode yet on PBS and I am not sure if they will be airing it or not, but for $6.99 at Amazon, it is worth it I think!

I received this DVD to review it, but it has not been edited and is 100% my opinion.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 30 min for $7?!, November 16, 2010

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hlg "hlg" (Southern California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: WordWorld: Happy Holidays WordFriends! (DVD)

My son loves Word World, so i got this DVD for him. However, the 'playing time' info on the product description misled me to think there was actually 60 min of episode on the DVD. Not so - it is 30 min. The other 30 min are commercials. Not worth $7 - sorry. Big rip off. Now i know not to purchase any more of these 2-episode sets.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kids love it!, February 15, 2010

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S. Asay "The One Less Traveled" (Provo, Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WordWorld: Happy Holidays WordFriends! (DVD)

I love this series! Even as I write this review, my 3 year old is jumping up and down because he sees the "word word" dvd picture on this page. He should actually be the one writing this review, perhaps. Anyway, you won't regret this purchase!

And as a side note- if you're shopping for Word World DVDs, this and the other themed DVDs don't give you as many episodes for the money, but it is fun to have a themed video to play on the holiday itself.