New 'Dora' Plug: Mi Casa Es Su Casa

Advertisers targeting the burgeoning Hispanic market are making themselves at home in La Casa de Dora.

Nickelodeon's "Dora the Explorer," a cartoon series starring a bilingual, 7-year-old adventurer, has become one of the most sought-after properties for promotional sponsorships. Now, companies looking to attract Hispanic parents of preschoolers are sponsoring a national mall tour of a more than 1,000-square-foot modular house designed to look like Dora's cartoon home. The tour begins tomorrow in Denver and will travel to 10 U.S. shopping malls in heavily Hispanic cities through May.

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