Product Details

• Actors: Harrison Chad, Jason Thornton, Kathleen Herles, Sasha Toro, Marc Weiner
• Directors: Arnie Wong, Sherie Pollack
• Writers: Chris Gifford, Eric Weiner, Valerie Walsh
• Producers: Brown Johnson, Helena Uszac, Steve Socki
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Rating: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: May 28, 2002
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000640Y4
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,730 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Good company makes any trip more enjoyable. In this animated double episode from the Dora the Explorer series, preschool viewers get better acquainted with little Dora's closest and most helpful travel companions: Backpack, Map, and Boots the monkey. Together, the group successfully returns Dora's library books on time and rescues Boots's red boot, all in about 45 minutes. However, this team of talking pals accomplishes so much more than simply enhancing the story lines. Whether Dora faces a grumpy troll, a huge rock, or a raging waterfall, her three sidekicks provide ample opportunity for interactive learning. All the characters speak and sing to their viewing audience, challenging them to point to the right supply from Backpack's cache, verbally repeat the route suggested by Map, and shout simple English and Spanish commands with Dora. Bright, evenly paced, and repetitive enough to inspire quick comprehension, this series scores big with little adventurers. --Liane Thomas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 2 episodes after 10 minutes of ads, August 11, 2002

By	M. Rothman (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My son is a huge fan of Dora, and the material is great. Unfortunately the quantity of advertising at the beginning of this video is outrageous. I know that Ads at the start of a video are the standard, but over 10 minutes before the video starts on a child's video is outrageous. To wade through this much advertising to see the content they should give the video away for free. Yes, you can use the fast forward button every time your child watches, or you can record episodes easily direct from your own T.V. As this tape only contains two twenty minute episodes you won't have to work to hard to make your own comparable tape.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best animated baby's video -- 8mo.-2 yrs, August 19, 2002

By	jw (los altos, ca United States) - See all my reviews

We didn't realize how much our daughter liked Dora until our local cable company dropped "Nick Jr." programming, when she was 8 mo. old. At age 15mo. she saw Dora's picture at a bookstore, and thereafter would ask us, "D-D-D-Dora". Anything an 8 mo. baby remembers that long must be good.

So we got the Prince video, and the only problem is our tolerance for r-r-r-repeat showings.

We really like the clear language used, the repitition, the sort of "normal" fantasies (as opposed to sensory overload action/sound), and the Spanish inclusion. If they'd do the same stories with Chinese inclusions (or French, etc., etc.,) that would be great.

Our great objection is the 7 minutes of senseless advertisements at the beginning of the tape. When will Americans wake up and object forcefully to the invasive carcinoma that is excessive commercialization of society?

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cute bilingual adventurous girl, June 22, 2002

By	"ccmstudent" (Portland,, OR USA) - See all my reviews

What a great latina-girl role model for my little one. And great exposure to spanish, problem-solving skills. ...