Baby Einstein - World Animals

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Summary: Downhill since Disney takeover
Review: If you own Neighborhood Animals you will be VERY dissappointed in this release. NA was released under the original company, while this release was under Disney. Lots of corner (and time and footage) seem to have been cut. The segments are short, and the "digital flash cards" on this DVD are IDENTICAL to the ones on Neighborhood animals, so you get cheated on that...
I won't be buying any Disney Baby Einstein releases after seeing how this one was SO short changed.

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Summary: Great video
Review: Like the Neighborhood animals video, my son did not take to this one right away (he was used to his Baby Mozart and Bach). But by 8 months old, he loved it and it is now one of his favorites at 11 mos. The pictures of the animals are great and will keep a baby's interest. I also recommend the Baby Dolittle flash cards, which have the same beautiful pictures as this video. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Excellent video!!
Review: My 18 month old daughter loves this video. She has a smile on her face and laughs through the entire video and she has watched it 4-5 times a week for the past month and hasn't gotten bored yet! We first purchased the Neighborhood Animals when she was about 14 months old and it was all she wanted to watch (she especially loved the kids singing Old MacDonald). Now she prefers the World Animals over the Neighborhood Animals (but you never know with a toddler, it could change tomorrow!).

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Summary: Entertaining!
Review: My 18 month old LOVES this video - it is her favorite. Since watching it, she has learned to say many of the animals names and their sounds. She lets us know she wants to watch it by saying "E-I-E-I-O"!

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Summary: A new Favorite
Review: My 2 1/2 year old has grown up on the Baby Einstein series and loves Baby Mozart and Baby Bach very much. His baby brother who is 9 months enjoys them just as much. Baby Doolittle is a new favorite for my older son, though. Between the real animals and Jane the sock-monkey, he's just thrilled to watch it every time. Of course, he loves to make the animal noises and pretend things when he's watching. But what surprised me most was when he started to sing along to the words of the song played during the "Sea Animals" section. The baby likes watching all of the animals, but sometimes think he's more entertained by watching his older brother dance around and make animal noises. A MUST SEE for any child that enjoys the Baby... series. And, as usual, I like to watch it too and make animal noises back. Sometimes I might even join in the singing and dancing, but I wouldn't admit that in public... :)

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Summary: Learning and Fun
Review: My 2 year old loves this video. We also have the neighborhood animals. He has learned all of the animals and their sounds! It has been very educational and entertaining. Our 7 month old will watch it also but he is more interested in the language nursery video (which is great too)!!! My 2 year old loves these videos and wants to watch them over and over again. I highly recomend them for parents looking to teach animals to their child. More appropriate for toddlers than babies. Go Einstein!!

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Summary: Baby Dolittle - World Animals
Review: My 2-year-old daughter was mesmerized by this video. It is a wonderful combination of puppetry and footage of real animals, and was extremely well done. We very much enjoyed some of the other Baby Einstein videos when she was younger (Baby Bach, Baby Mozart, Baby Einstein), and this was a wonderful addition to our collection as she is getting a little bit older. This will definitely be a video that we watch over and over and over again.

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: My 7 month old son got this for Christmas and he loves it! I pop it in for him and he watches, enthralled. I am going to add more of these to his collection.

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Summary: 8 month old not captivated . . .yet!
Review: My 8 month old son loves Baby Mozart and Baby Neptune and so does my 16 month old grandson (my son's nephew :>), but neither were captivated by this one. There seems to be too much stopping to announce what sequence is coming next - it loses them everytime. If they kept the music going it would help, that seems to be a big part of the babies' enjoyment and when they cut it off to say, "What animals are in the Savannah" and then open a little door to a still life picture of each animal the babies' attention is lost. A note of interest this DVD seems to be the same or really close to the newest Baby Einstein:
Baby Noah.

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Summary: Teaching about animals
Review: My child loves the Baby Einstein series of videos. They captivate her. When this video arrived, I could not wait to see her reaction to the video. She loves it! Her attention is on the Baby Dolittle video when played in the VCR. I watched the video with her. This video is a wonderful way to introduce a child to animals and the spelling of the animals' names. It is also a way to introduce a child to an animal that he or she may never see on a regular basis if the parents do not own the animals. My compliments on an excellent video go to the Baby Einstein Company.