Global Wonders: Around The World | 
| Director: Global Wonders
Actor: Global Wonders
Studio: Global Wonders
List Price: $17.99
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Seller: Coconut Beach Media
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 48863
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 41 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 893474
UPC: 097368934740
EAN: 0097368934740
ASIN: B001GN0DAW
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Welcome to Global Wonders! A delightful new series introducing your child to the vibrant and varied cultures from around the neighborhood and around the world. Dazzling animation meets fascinating live action footage in a world where cultures are shared, compared and discovered.In Global Wonders Around the World join all of our families and friends for a fun day at the park. Through fun group activities you will discover new customs, music, languages, and lifestyles from around the world. Build a Blarney sand Castle with Brianna, sing happy birthday in Spanish with Marisa, taste Japanese Karaage with Rina, and play the ney with Amir. When Lorenzo's World Cup soccer ball goes missing, team up with all your new friends on a ball hunt to save the day. With Global Wonders, your child can gain a broader understanding of themselves and the world around them, fostering a stronger self-identity, increased self-esteem, and improved cultural and social skills. Global Wonders was created by Rashmi Turner, a working mother and the former Executive Producer for Disney's Baby Einstein Company. The Global Wonders DVD series includes new animation, music, and stories written and performed by Emmy award winning leaders in children s entertainment including:¶ ¶ Sindy McKay Writer: A two-time Emmy winner including 2006 Outstanding Animated Program for her work on Jakers! , and whose work includes Clifford The Big Red Dog.
Ed Wexler Animation Director, Character Designer, Art Director: An Emmy-nominated, 20-year veteran of Walt Disney Animation ( Little Einsteins, My Friends Tigger and Pooh ).
¶ Jim Latham Music Composer: Emmy winner whose work includes original songs, themes and underscore for children's programming ( JoJo s Circus, Dragon Tales, Disney Princess: A Christmas of Enchantment ). Among the expert contributors to the Global Wonders brand is developmental expert and educational advisor J. Kevin Nugent, Ph.D., founder and director of the Brazelton Institute at Children s Hospital in Boston and faculty member of Harvard Medical School in the Department of Pediatrics.
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 Multicultural drivel October 28, 2009
R. Jensen (Ebola, CA USA)
Want to sum up this DVD in one sentence? How about "Let's indoctrinate little American kids into believing Caucasian kids don't even EXIST and every playgroup is one big happy stew of Indians, Japanese, Latinos, Iranians, Africans, and 7 other semi-brown kids picked at random."
And unless you speak with an accent, you are NOT cool. If you don't inject a foreign language phrase or word into every other sentence, you are NOT cool. If you don't find a way to praise a non-American culture each time you speak up, you are NOT cool.
I fully expected any second for all the kids to get up on a hill, hold hands, and praise Coca-Cola.
A completely nauseating production that is almost guaranteed to make any kid of European ancestry feel odd and left out.
Only reason I gave it 2 stars was because my kids stayed perplexed just long enough to watch it, so it saved me $5 on babysitting.
 Wonderfully Fun and Engaging January 13, 2009
Neil and Tracy (IA)
We don't let our four year old watch too much television. When I heard about The Global Wonders DVDs I was excited to let him watch these videos because they celebrate diversity and cultural awareness. The Global Wonders series currently features four DVD s that are aimed at children. They currently have "Around the World," "Mexico," "India," and "African-American." Created by the former Executive Producer for Disney's "Baby Einstein", the videos opens children s eyes and ears to the worlds of various cultures through food, playing games, vocabulary and traditions.
 Great content October 28, 2008
Barry Lieberman (Southeast Florida)
My 4 year old loves the movie, and we can't wait to purchase more in the series. However, the wondervision feature will not function for us, we have tried on 4 dvd players, and the picture freezes while the kaleidoscope is on, but nothing happens, the movie resumes playing normally. Anyone else have this issue, or is it isolated to my new copy?
Great video October 22, 2008
Aarti Mankad (Santa Monica, CA)
Great video! It's entertaining and educational, so I have no problem with my daughter watching it as many times as she wants. Highly recommended.
Great series - My child absolutely loves them October 20, 2008
dss
My four year old daughter loves this series. Like most four year old girls, she can be very picky (about everything!) and this is her hands down favorite things to watch. While being very entertaining (some of the Baby and Little Einstein people are the creative forces behind this), this is also a great educational experience. Our daughter has asked us to learn more about some of the themes touched on in this series. Overall, this is very highly recommended.
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