BOZ. Thank You God for Friends and Helpers (discovering God's World Together) | 
 enlarge | Actor: Boz The Green Bear Next Door
Studio: Exclaim Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 27962
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 45
UPC: 852857001026
EAN: 0852857001026
ASIN: B000EYA084
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Product Description
Introducing BOZ The Green Bear Next Door. Laugh, Love, and Learn with BOZ! This whimsical, musical bear joyfully explores Gods world with all his friends. Join in the adventure with Drew and Gracie, their family and friends and BOZ, the green bear next door! Discover Gods World...Together! THANK YOU GOD FOR FRIENDS AND HELPERS INCLUDES 3 EPISODES: A Lesson for the Teacher! Doing Our Fair Share! RescueMan to the Rescue! Plus 2 Music Videos.Parents and children are going to love this new faith-based, early preschool DVD series that has been developed by Exclaim Entertainment founders Jon Green and Dennis DeShazer, co-creator of BarneyTM the Dinosaur. With a mission to entertain, educate and inspire young children and families, Exclaim has partnered with Provident-Integrity to launch BOZ with 4 DVD titles releasing exclusively to Christian retail in 2006. Look for 2 more BOZ DVDs to release fall 2006! Each BOZ DVD includes three 11 - 13 minute episodes, and two interstitial songs/music videos between the episodes that reinforce developmentally appropriate themes. BOZ plush, music, and other licensed products are currently in development for 2007.
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 Perfect for Toddlers and Preschoolers January 22, 2008
Boz is a big hit in my house, and my 2 year old daughter watches her DVD's almost every day. I trust these videos enough that I'm able to put one in and walk away to work on dinner or other chores without wondering what exactly my daughter is learning. To be honest, I've never watched the first episode of this DVD because I am working on something else until my daughter drags me back by her side to watch the rest of the episodes!
The whole DVD is 45 minutes long, broken down into three episdoes. The first one is called "Rescue Man to the Rescue" and is about sharing things with others in need. "Doing Our Fair Share" is one of my favorite episodes because Drew and Gracie can't go to the fair since Grammy B hurt her ankle. They start to sulk until Boz shows them that it's fun to help others (especially Grammy who always takes care of them) and they turn chores into their own fun fair. "A Lesson for the Teacher" shows Gracie that it's fun to help her friends learn new games, but it's also okay for her to be the student and learn new things from others.
I love this DVD because it is teaching my daughter social skills. She isn't around other children other than for an hour at Sunday School every week, and while it's great that she's learning colors, shapes, numbers, etc., I really wanted to find something that taught how to share and help others. Boz is perfect! I really like Drew and Gracie's friends who are African American---for a minute there I was afraid there wasn't enough diversity in Boz videos, so I'm relieved to see the other characters. Plus, this DVD isn't all about Boz! Unlike the others where Boz is the main teacher/character, in this DVD he takes a supporting role and only pops in occasionally to add to a lesson. (If you're a parent who gets easily irritated by Boz's Barney-like giggle, then this is the Boz DVD for you!)
Great Series November 28, 2007
My wife found out about Boz at her local MOPS group and after our first DVD, we were hooked. Our son at only 18 months just loved it and always asks for it. Now at 2, it's still his favorite. We now have every Boz DVD made and key an eye out for the new ones.
As parents, we really like the values portrayed (concepts of friends, family, forgiveness, honesty, sharing, etc.) in a fun and clear way that's enjoyable for pre-schoolers across a wider age group.
We have all of the Disney movies that you can imagine, but many of them are still too scarey for younger viewers. You don't realize how bad they all started off until you think about your 2 year old watching them (typical theme of overcoming adversity starts with someone killing the mother, ala Bambi or Fox & Hound, or the kitten or puppies getting tossed in a sack out of a moving car, etc). While G rated, the concepts are still a bit much for younger viewers, so it will be a while before we move up to Disney movies.
So for now, we are estatic about the entire Boz series of DVDs and highly recommend them.
Caveat - these are Christian based videos. No specific denomination are ever mentioned. No church scenes and no mention of attending any kind of services, but there is a prayer in every episode (in a family setting while tucking the kids in for bed or at dinner) and blatant use of the G-o-d word. While the values taught still transcend specific religious beliefs, if you are offended by religious messages and prayer, these will not be for you.
 If you don't like Barney don't buy these November 13, 2007
Pros:I really like the animation of these videos. The Christian family values are hard to find too.
Cons:The main character has to be the same voice that they used for Barney. He does the same giggle and over the top enthusiasm in most of the characters. I am not a Barney fan, so the voice is very irritating to me. This is my main hang up with the series. These are not movies I would want to watch again and again for these reasons.
If you like Barney than you will love these. Same creators and voice.
Cute Sayings instead of Scripture July 6, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
All of these reviews are true. However, if you are looking for a good christian video with some Biblical content, you won't find it here. Rather than referring to God's Word as a tool to live your life, Boz relies on cute sayings like "make lemonade when life hands you lemons". It is a ton better than most cartoons out there, but it drops the ball when it comes to the opportunity to spread the Gospel.
A BIG HIT!!! May 14, 2007
My two year old daughter loves this DVD - we got colors and shapes as a gift and she liked that - this one she likes even better!
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