Ay, caramba!

Dora the Explorer is growing up? Say it isn't so! My three (nearly four) year old grand-daughter will be distraught. Dora is her heroine of the moment, and at that age you need stability and assurance, What would she make of a tween-age Dora? I can understand that those who have grown up with the character, and are now themselves older would relate more to her if she were to grow up with them, and maybe this is the thinking behind the change, but don't forget the little ones. Perhaps the intention is to have two Dora programmes - the original for the tots, and the new one for the slightly older children, and I can go along with that. Vamos....