Booksneeze Review
I recieved this DVD in return for reviewing it for the Booksneeze Blogger Review Program through Thomas Nelson Publishers.
I saw this DVD and thought I would get it for my son.
The synopsis sounded good, and it read like it would teach some very valuable lessons.
The DVD follows Marty the monkey and Gerard the giraffe in their adventures in a place called Booga Booga Land. Through their adventures Marty and Gerald learn lessons from the parables of Jesus.
The Parable include the following: The Weeds – Matt 13:24-30, The Valuable Pearl – Matt 13:45-46, and The Wedding Banquet – Matt 22:2-14.
My son found them entertaining, but I had a hard time following the actual lesson of the parable and I am an adult. I find it hard to believe that kids will be able to pull the parable lessons out of these episodes.
They are no Veggietales, that if for sure. They kind of reminded me of Spongebob Square Pants cartoons. The quirky characters and the humor. My wife and I do not like Spongebob and we quickly got annoyed with it.
Others may like this series, but for me I think we will stick to Veggietales.
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Never heard of those cartoons. My children are 6 and 4 and they love Veggietales. Their stories are well made and the characters are funny. Both a win to keep kids attentive.
Wouldn’t waste money on these…Veggietales are great. My son loves them as well.
Are these new? Maybe they haven’t found their footing yet.
Not sure.
I purchased the Booga Booga land DVD at Ollies. The price was right and as I read the DVD cover, it looked like a winner. I decided to watch a clip from youtube first, and I decided to return the unopened DVD.
I, too, had a hard time following what was going on. If I want my wee ones to learn a Biblical lesson from watching a DVD, this would not be a good tool to do so!