[.ca] Dora the Explorer - Dora's Backpack Adventure

From 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

Best animated baby's video -- 8mo.-2 yrs:
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?

Less than stellar:
I must agree with some of the other reviews herein; the advertising is heavy-handed in the beginning and this sort of thing is what would encourage one to just tape the shows off of the TV instead of buying this book. It really discourages me to buy any other titles from Nickleodeon. Shame on Nickleodeon!

Great learning tape:
This is a great learning tape!! Children use problem solving skills, counting, logic, and of coarse learn a little spanish along the way. Dora is adorable, as well as the rest of the animals in the cast. Every preschooler we have over that has watched this tape loves it, whether it be a boy or girl.

Dora the explorerýDora's backpack adventure:
I love dora and so too does my 2 year old. we are from Australia and i have ordered heaps of books and videos from amazon\o.com\c for us both to watch and read. They are all fantastic products, with great learning skills. Thanks amazon\o.com\c.

"i'd give it 0 stars but that was no option":
KIDS, THERE ARE FOUR THINGS YOU SHOULD SAY NO TO IN LIFE: 1.TOBACCO AND CIGARRETTES 2. ALCOHOL 3. DRUGS 4. THIS PIECE OF JUNK THAT I AM REVIEWING