To the Ocean, On Stage and More - A WordWorld Pearl
George Buttner | Dayton, Ohio United States | 08/26/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
""WordWorld: Castles in the Sea" features four stories from the PBSKids program "WordWorld." The stories are ""Castles in the Sea," "The Dancing Duck Bonanza," "A Star is Born" and "Tick Tock Space Clock." These stories are fine examples of the program, showing Duck and Shark learning to believe in themselves, how anyone can solve problems with some imagination and smart thinking and how to be a good friend to others. Along the way, they teach literacy and a love of words with fun music and songs and excellent humor.
Special Features:
- "Ride the Slide" Music Video and Scene
- Song selection for all of the songs from the stories featured on the DVD
- Message to parents from a co-creator of "WordWorld"
- Trailers for other programming released by NCircle Entertainment
- "A Star is Born" Behind-the-Scenes-- plays the story with a storyboard reel running alongside it. Let's be honest-- I'm not sure how much anyone in the show's target audience is going to care about this, but for animation fans, this is a real treat.
All stories are presented in widescreen and closed-captioned (special features not captioned), 5.1 surround sound or 2.0 surround sound available.
Great DVD release on the whole. My only gripe is that the creators of the DVD for some reason were averse to including the closing credits for the program. What's that all about? Note-- this DVD is currently being offered as a part of a two-pack in many retail stores. The second disc includes a sampler of various programs released on DVD by NCircle Entertainment, including "Will & Dewitt," "Hooray for Huckle" and "Tiny Planets." Or if you don't want it from the store you can also find it here at Amazon-- WordWorld: Castles in the Sea/Front Row Fun"
Great like all the other Word World videos but,
KingAce | Los Angeles, CA | 03/02/2010
(4 out of 5 stars)
"3 of the 4 episodes are on other Word World DVDs. So I bought this DVD for just one new episode. Oh well, thats my fault, but a warning for future buyers. Word World is great though, my daughter loves it and she is learning a lot from it."