The Rainbow Fish and Dazzle the Dinosaur

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Summary: WONDERFUL SONGS
Review: I BOUGHT THE "RAINBOW FISH " BOOK WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD. NOW SHE'S 2 1/2 YRS OLD AND I FOUND THE VIDEO. SHE REALLY LOVES IT. ESPECIALLY THE MUSIC. IT'S GREAT CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CARTOONS. IT TEACHES THE KIDS GOOD VALUES LIKE SHARING AND COURAGE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. IT'S AS GOOD AS THE BOOK.

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Summary: WONDERFUL SONGS
Review: I BOUGHT THE "RAINBOW FISH " BOOK WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD. NOW SHE'S 2 1/2 YRS OLD AND I FOUND THE VIDEO. SHE REALLY LOVES IT. ESPECIALLY THE MUSIC. IT'S GREAT CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CARTOONS. IT TEACHES THE KIDS GOOD VALUES LIKE SHARING AND COURAGE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. IT'S AS GOOD AS THE BOOK.

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Summary: A first grade teacher's opinion
Review: I bought this video two years ago and have found that the children really love it. I show it on rainy days for recess, and it has served to spark many valuable conversations about the morals discussed, interested the children in reading the other books in the series, and interested them in a wonderful card game that has been produced to go with the story. They love both stories and want to watch them over and over.

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Summary: A first grade teacher's opinion
Review: I bought this video two years ago and have found that the children really love it. I show it on rainy days for recess, and it has served to spark many valuable conversations about the morals discussed, interested the children in reading the other books in the series, and interested them in a wonderful card game that has been produced to go with the story. They love both stories and want to watch them over and over.

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Summary: teaches unsavory behavior
Review: I felt that the video was a poor adaptation of the lovely story by Marcus Pfister. In the book, the fish is naively vain, too wrapped up in himself to realize that he is alienating others. In the video, he is outrageously mean and rude, making the redemption story at the end unbelievable. I had to hide the video because my toddler was learning some very rude phrases from it. In addition, there is a gratuitously scary segment in the middle that wasn't in the book and that did nothing for the storyline.

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Summary: A Disappointing Adaptation of the Book
Review: I felt that the video was a poor adaptation of the lovely story by Marcus Pfister. In the book, the fish is naively vain, too wrapped up in himself to realize that he is alienating others. In the video, he is outrageously mean and rude, making the redemption story at the end unbelievable. I had to hide the video because my toddler was learning some very rude phrases from it. In addition, there is a gratuitously scary segment in the middle that wasn't in the book and that did nothing for the storyline.

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Summary: The Rainbow Fish and Dazzle The Dinosaur
Review: I just bought this video for my 2 year old and I'm so disappointed. We just love the board book Rainbow Fish, so I assumed, wrongly so, that this video was age specific, and therefore perfect for her. It has two scary scenes with a big toothed shark chasing Rainbow Fish as well as a snaggly toothed dinosaur who roars and tries to get Rainbow Fish. It starts with Rainbow Fish being so unkind to his fellow ocean creatures. Even though the ending teaches a lesson, it comes too late into the story, and appears to be insincere. I would not recommend this video to anyone.

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Summary: The Rainbow Fish and Dazzle The Dinosaur
Review: I just bought this video for my 2 year old and I'm so disappointed. We just love the board book Rainbow Fish, so I assumed, wrongly so, that this video was age specific, and therefore perfect for her. It has two scary scenes with a big toothed shark chasing Rainbow Fish as well as a snaggly toothed dinosaur who roars and tries to get Rainbow Fish. It starts with Rainbow Fish being so unkind to his fellow ocean creatures. Even though the ending teaches a lesson, it comes too late into the story, and appears to be insincere. I would not recommend this video to anyone.

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Summary: teaches unsavory behavior
Review: I was disappointed in this video. Although my twin daughters love it, I believe rainbow fish comes across as very mean-spirited and vain. Dazzle the Dinasaur has parts that are very scary and Dazzle and Mia are rewarded for disobeying their mother. This is not a lesson I want my girls to learn!

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Summary: Nice but short
Review: It is very cute 2 stories. My children (3 and 5 year old) liked it). But remember it is only 30 min DVD. I think it is very expensive for a such short play time.