{"id":119,"date":"2009-05-22T17:59:20","date_gmt":"2009-05-23T00:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2009\/05\/22\/uper-why-%e2%80%93-hurray-for-heroes-a-special-two-hour-marathon-on-pbs-kids\/"},"modified":"2009-05-29T11:54:08","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T18:54:08","slug":"uper-why-%e2%80%93-hurray-for-heroes-a-special-two-hour-marathon-on-pbs-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2009\/uper-why-%e2%80%93-hurray-for-heroes-a-special-two-hour-marathon-on-pbs-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Super WHY! \u2013 Hurray for Heroes, a Special Two-hour Marathon on PBS Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Memorial Day, fans young and old across the nation can celebrate heroes with Super WHY! \u2013 Hurray for Heroes<\/em><\/strong>, a special two- hour marathon airing Monday May 25, 2009 on PBS KIDS\u00ae<\/u><\/strong> (check local listings).\u00a0 Super WHY! \u2013 Hurray for Heroes<\/strong><\/em> will delight preschoolers with two debut interactive episodes and two returning favorites, featuring the page-turning storybook adventures of Super Why and his fellow reading superheroes as they unveil what the power of reading can do.\u00a0 The special event also\u00a0features never-before-seen live-action interviews in-between the episodes in which real kids share their thoughts about what it means to be a hero.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The special Super WHY! \u2013 Hurray for Heroes<\/em><\/strong> TV event kicks off a jam-packed summer of reading-powered fun that also will feature special Super WHY!<\/em><\/strong> theme weeks, online games and free downloadable materials designed to help families reinforce the literacy skill building lessons within the series and help nurture their own \u201csuper readers\u201d at home.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe created Super WHY! <\/em><\/strong>to provide kids with superhero role models they can relate to \u2013 who show them the power of reading and that they, too, can look for answers to life\u2019s challenging questions and problems within books,\u201d said Angela C. Santomero, Creator and Executive Producer of the series.\u00a0 \u201cMemorial Day provides a perfect opportunity for us all to reflect on and honor all kinds of heroes and we\u2019re delighted to bring Hurray for Heroes<\/em><\/strong> to PBS KIDS.\u00a0 The summer months are also the perfect time for preschoolers to hone their budding reading skills and we\u2019re pleased to offer a number of great ways for them to do so all summer long.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the action-packed, two-hour Super WHY! \u2013 Hurray for Heroes<\/em><\/strong> TV event, Super Why and his heroic storybook friends help a fairytale knight face his fears in the launch of George and the Dragon<\/em>, travel \u201cover the river and through the woods\u201d in Little Red Riding Hood<\/em>, jump into a book for an interactive island adventure in the debut of The Swiss Family Robinson<\/em>, and show a stranded princess how to rescue herself<\/u> in Rapunzel<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Leading up to the on-air event, PBS KIDS will feature an all Super WHY!<\/em><\/strong> video player at pbskids.org\/video<\/a> where children can view their favorite clips from the show.\u00a0 Kids can also play fun reading games on the Super WHY! <\/em><\/strong>Web site which will launch the new Wonder Red\u2018s Freeze Dance Rhyming Game (http:\/\/pbskids.org\/superwhy<\/a>). <\/p>\n

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The storybook adventures continue in June with the kick-off of a \u201csuper\u201d special summer reading campaign that will engage kids and caregivers through Super WHY!<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s <\/em><\/strong>interactive Web site at pbskids.org\/superwhy<\/a>, and through thousands of libraries across the U.S.\u00a0 Throughout the season, week-long Super WHY!<\/em><\/strong> Reading Camps will boost the early literacy skills of preschoolers in communities from coast-to-coast with learning-rich activities, games, and music. \u00a0\u00a0In August, PBS KIDS will focus on a different Super WHY!<\/em><\/strong> character each week and feature never-before-seen episodes of the top-rated show.<\/p>\n

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Reading is power and Super WHY!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 is the only<\/u> preschool property created to help kids learn the fundamentals of reading through interactive storybook adventures.\u00a0 Produced by Out of the Blue Enterprises in conjunction with Canadian-based Decode Entertainment Inc. and C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Inc., the series has a fresh, groundbreaking multimedia aesthetic \u2013 with a winning combination of two- and three-dimensional animation formats, adorable characters and immersive environments.\u00a0 The program represents a unique approach to preschool educational television, featuring a team of superhero characters with literacy-based powers, who jump into books to look for answers to everyday preschool challenges.\u00a0 The home viewer is the superhero sidekick, who is encouraged and empowered to participate in the reading fun by playing research-based literacy games.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Memorial Day, fans young and old across the nation can celebrate heroes with Super WHY! \u2013 Hurray for Heroes, a special two- hour marathon airing Monday May 25, 2009 on PBS KIDS\u00ae (check local listings).\u00a0 Super WHY! \u2013 Hurray for Heroes will delight preschoolers with two debut interactive episodes and two returning favorites, featuring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-news","category-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paS5I2-1V","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}