Nickelodeon, the number one entertainment brand for kids, and The Van Horn Automotive Group invite families to meet Dora star of Nickelodeon's preschool phenomenon Dora The Explorer, on July 13, 2013 at the Mill Street Festival, in Plymouth. The Nickelodeon costumed character will be roaming about the kid’s area on the east end of Mill Street in twenty-minute intervals from 9:30 a.m. until noon. Dora will also be available to pose with kids and families to take photos.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 filled with jungles, beaches and rainforests. She explores her world just as preschoolers do everyday, and the show is designed to actively engage its audience in an interactive quest using a variety of learning techniques.
This year marks Dora the Explorer’s 10th anniversary, which Nickelodeon will celebrate throughout the year with “Beyond the Backpack”–a multiplatform pro-social campaign that champions overall school readiness for preschoolers; four prime-time Dora-themed television specials; an original documentary directed by Academy Award®-nominated Brett Morgen; and a dedicated website DoratheExplorer.com.
Nickelodeon, now in its 31st year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in almost 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 15 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit www.nickpress.com.
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