Product Details

• Format: 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
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Buena Vista Home Video
• DVD Release Date: March 12, 2002
• Run Time: 71 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005YUPT
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #95,296 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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Since early on, the Baby Einstein Company's mission has been to expose young children to the "greatest forms of human expression"--language, poetry, art, and music. Since receiving widespread acclaim for such solid programs as Baby Bach and Baby Mozart, the company has made a natural progression into another expressive realm--the animal kingdom--with its Baby Dolittle series. Neighborhood Animals was the first foray into critter country followed by this exquisite sequel, World Animals, introducing youngsters, ages 1 to 4 years old, to the wonder, beauty, and hilarity of earth's creatures. In this 30-minute program, viewers journey to three natural animal habitats--jungle, ocean, and savannah--to watch tigers prowl, elephants romp, and giraffes glide with grace. They'll meet zebras, lemurs, starfish, and squirrels, toucans, pandas, and bears in footage both stunning and whimsical. Catering to the short attention span of its viewers, the video seamlessly flows from live action footage to colorful puppet segments (starring Jane the monkey) using engaging stage props (like a giant bubble blower) and kids' drawings. Animal paw prints morph into words and finally photos so that children learn to recognize the various animals while laughing out loud at their antics--monkeys swinging, dolphins diving, and sea turtles swimming. Requisite classical music accompanies the action, including symphonies by Dvorák and Mendelssohn, along with an assortment of kid-friendly songs. Expect repeat play of this lovely, captivating video from a production company that continues to outdo itself. --Lynn Gibson

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating for all children!, December 23, 2002

By	Heather Walton (Chico, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Baby Einstein - World Animals (DVD)

This is the second Baby Einstein video I bought, the first being Neighborhood Animals. It is so colorful and eye catchy to young children. My child is 28-month's old with Autism. She normally does not like to watch videos for more then 10 minutes, but this one captivates her for the entire 30 minutes. Do not let the 101 minutes on the label fool you, that is 30 minutes of video and 61 minutes of music you can listen to like a CD. The animals are: Tigers, Elephants, Tropical Parrots, Giraffes, Dolphins, among many others all beautifully filmed in action. It is much like a really good PBS Nature show, but with each animal on the screen for no more then 5 minutes. In-between the animals segments there are puppets playing and some toys to watch- all animals of course. We love this video and it looks incredible on DVD! A must have as well as Neighborhood Animals. I just bought some more Baby Einstein DVD's and will review those as well, but the animal ones are by far the best.

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Slight disappointment to the Einstein collection., July 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Baby Dolittle - World Animals (DVD)

We have just about every video in the series for our 2 year old and most are good. However, comparing this baby dolittle world animals to neighborhood animals, this one is inferior. The footage of the nine or so wild animals (elephant, giraffe, tropical birds, turtles, dolphin, fish, lion, monkey, tiger) is great, as is the music (much like the other videos). However, the puppeteering is SO tiring after a while, and just not very good in this one. Way too much time is wasted in between animal sequences, with dull puppet displays and babies horribly dressed in animal costumes. The toys are neat but otherwise, show us more animals and lighten up on the other stuff please! If you are trying to choose between baby dolittle's, buy neighborhood animals, there are probably better wild animal videos out there.

51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars our seven month old loves it, May 30, 2003

By	Amy M. Sheflin (Lafayette, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Baby Einstein - World Animals (DVD)

I think it's hard to review Baby Einstein videos, because as an adult there are so many things that seem annoying or bothersome that are not so for my child. Yes, I find the kids dressed up in animal costumes annoying, but my son loves them. The puppetry (in this one especially) doesn't make any sense to me either, but my son loves it.

We own 8 various Baby Einstein videos, some DVD and some VHS and my son likes this one as well as all the others. We also own the Neighborhood Animals video and I don't really understand why some reviewers prefer it over this one. They are slightly different, but my son doesn't prefer one of them over the other (at this age anyway). The only thing I've noticed is that he likes to have a variety rather than watch the same one every day (that's how our collection got so big). As a parent, I actually enjoy watching World Animals with him more than Neighborhood Animals, because I find the videos of the animals more interesting. While I would prefer to watch a nature special on PBS, my son enjoys the way Baby Einstein breaks up the footage with animation and puppetry (however corny it seems to me), it helps his short attention span out.

I do recommend the DVD over the VHS if you are choosing between the two. The DVDs are a much better value in my opinion. We've already begun to wear out our VHS tapes (the sound is garbled in spots now) and I love the interactive flash cards and other extras that come with the DVDs.

All in all, my son watches this video over and over again even back to back sometimes and loves every minute. To me that says it all.