Super Why: Jack and the Beanstalk and Other Fairytale Adventures

Young reading aficionado Whyatt and friends—including Little Red Riding Hood, Princess Pea, and Pig—go on adventures centered around words and spelling in this lesson-filled compilation from the PBS Kids series. Interactively asking viewers to help out, the Super Readers team here tackle various problems, going from Storybook Village to their Book Club, where they become super versions of themselves and each have different powers relating to the alphabet, rhyming, spelling, and changing words in a story in order to solve issues, often gathering letters that provide answers to the situation du jour. In “Jack and the Beanstalk,” the gang uses alphabet stairs to meet the giant and stop his tantrum. “The Princess and the Pea” finds the titular heroine worried about passing a princess test, which takes the team back into the original story. “The Three Little Pigs” and “Little Red Riding Hood” both feature Pig dealing with bullies, as the crew turns the Big Bad Wolf into the Small Good Wolf and changes another lupine villain into who should really be in Grandma's bed…Grandma! Colorfully produced with minimal songs and lots of excitement over reading (“When we have a question, we look in a book!”), extras here include interactive games, music videos, printable activities, and resources for parents. Recommended. Aud: K, P. (J. Williams-Wood)