Dora turns 10

MANILA, Philippines - On Aug. 23 at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m., Nickelodeon will celebrate Dora the Explorer’s 10th year with the premiere of Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure, a new, hour-long TV movie that follows Dora and Boots on a whirlwind journey through Magic Storybook Land. The TV movie features guest stars Rosie Perez as La Bruia (the witch), John Leguizamo as the Flying Monkeys and Hector Elizondo as the Wishing Wizzle.   

Dora fans are invited to join the Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure activity in Power Plant Mall in Makati City. The Latina heroine is preparing for a big birthday celebration and needs help with five items she needs for her party. They can help her by going around the mall to look for those party items and by dropping their completed activity entry forms at the Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure drop box located at the Nickelodeon station at the mall’s third level. Participants who correctly identify the five party items may win over 50 prizes such as Dora The Explorer themed cakes, toys and gift certificates/meal vouchers. The free activity is until Aug. 23. 

Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure is in partnership with Power Plant Mall, Kidz Station and Cibo Bimbi.

Dora the Explorer, created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner, is a play-along, animated adventure series starring Dora. Dora is a seven-year-old Latina heroine whose adventures take place in an imaginative, tropical world of jungles, beaches and rainforests. She explores her world just as preschoolers do every day, and the show is designed to engage its audience in an interactive quest using various learning techniques.