Great videos/dvds for kids in Spanish?

[matroyshka]

I'm looking for some really great kids' videos in Spanish. So far we've just been watching Magic School Bus with the Spanish turned on, but my older kids are getting kind of tired of it.

We just watched an absolutely fabulous series from Spain called Celia (http://www.amazon.com/Celia-3-DVD-NON-USA-FORMAT-Reg-0/dp/B000F4VAYG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1227034540&sr=1-1), about a mischevious but good-hearted 7-yo girl. My kids want to watch it every night now, even though they don't really understand a lot of the Spanish yet.

This made me think that there's got to be other good dvds out there that were made in Spain or Latin America that I don't know to look for, rather than just watching English stuff dubbed. If I look at Amazon for Spanish film, it's pretty much all for adults - but once I had this title, it's actually there, there must be more.

Any recommendations? I have a region-free DVD player, so it doesn't matter if it isn't in US format (my Celia is PAL).

TIA!

[Renai]

Take a look at http://www.spanishtoys.com. They have a lot of Spanish media.

[nmoira]

We like Pocoyo (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pocoyo+en+espa%C3%B1ol&search_type=&aq=0&oq=pocoyo+) (you can see these in Spanish on YouTube), but unfortunately there is no Spanish language track on the North American release. The Triplets (Las Tres Mellizas) is also good. Three DVD's are available in Spanish from Amazon, the rest are available here (http://www.thetriplets.com/).

[matroyshka]

We like Pocoyo (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pocoyo+en+espa%C3%B1ol&search_type=&aq=0&oq=pocoyo+) (you can see these in Spanish on YouTube), but unfortunately there is no Spanish language track on the North American release. The Triplets (Las Tres Mellizas) is also good. Three DVD's are available in Spanish from Amazon, the rest are available here (http://www.thetriplets.com/).

Thank you! I think my kids are a bit old for Pocoyo, but I really like the Mellizas - especially since I have mellizas! (well, twins, not triplets :-)

Do you know what's on the DVDs at Amazon? The titles are a bit vague (grandes viajes, grandes aventuras).

[matroyshka]

Take a look at http://www.spanishtoys.com. They have a lot of Spanish media.

Thanks! Most of the stuff there is the kind of thing I want to avoid (Barney in Spanish - ick!), but I did find some Mexican stuff - The Cantinflas Show and El Capuchin Colorado - has anyone seen those to know if they're good or just cheesy??

[nmoira]

Thank you! I think my kids are a bit old for Pocoyo, but I really like the Mellizas - especially since I have mellizas! (well, twins, not triplets :-)

Do you know what's on the DVDs at Amazon? The titles are a bit vague (grandes viajes, grandes aventuras).
We don't have the Christmas one. Both the titles you mentioned have three episodes. The Grandes Aventuras episodes riff on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Three Musketeers, and Around the World in 80 Days. The Grandes Viajes episodes are called: Africa, The Circus and Space. All episodes are in both Spanish and English. Most of the DVD's on The Triplets website are Spanish and Catalan only.

[matroyshka]

Moira -

Wanted to say thank you, thank you for the Las Tres Mellizas recommendation! I ordered all three DVDs, and they are a huge hit!!