Dora the Explorer - Dora Saves the Prince

Buy This Item Dora the Explorer - Dora Saves the Prince by Nickelodeon  Available from Amazon  $4.74  on 11-2-2008     Dora sticks to the formula that finds kids flocking to her Nick TV show in this double feature, making it a foolproof proposition for a fuss-free 50 or so minutes. The title episode catches up with the plucky, huge-eyed Latina as she and Boots rally to rescue a banished prince. Along the way, they enlist preschoolers' help to <I>abre</I> (open) forbidding gates and doors and count to three in Spanish. "El Coqui" keeps the same helpers spellbound as they finagle, with Dora, through three obstacles to return a lost frog home. An improbable array of skill builders factor into these shows (math, Spanish, map reading, and others), but they're all as easily evidenced as they are effective. In the end, Dora not only saves the prince, she also saves parents from concerns that cartoons like hers will turn their kids' brains to mush. <I>--Tammy La Gorce</I> Reader Reviews I'm fairly new to the Dora scene as we didn't have cable when my oldest was a preschooler, but was apalled today to hear Dora and Boots singing a song teaching my child wicken!! I can live with witches on the show and pretend play of fairytale lands, but to actually promote something like that is just wrong. Unless Dora is going to start singing "Jesus Loves Me" and maybe something Jewish, I think she needs to leave out the wicken! I TOTALLY agree with the other mom who was so upset about finding this in a children's show. She probably misspelled things because she was so upset. If you all are so concerned about it being such a wonderful teaching tool, then you are paying very close attention to what it's really teaching! My daughter that didn't have Dora learned Spanish just fine from Big Bird and Rosetta and that's where we'll stay!

Dora the Explorer - Dora Saves the Prince Available from Amazon Price: $4.74 Updated on 11-2-2008.

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