Super Why!

2007 • PBS

3.9

86 reviews

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Season 1 episodes (10)

1 The Three Pigs

9/3/07

Season-only

Jill keeps knocking down Pig's tower and he wants her to stop! The Super Readers fly into the Three Little Pigs story and come face to face with the big bad wolf himself. After all, he knows a thing or two about knocking things down. When all the huffing and puffing dies down, Pig learns an important lesson about friendship.

2 Jack and the Beanstalk

9/5/07

Season-only

Baby Joy, Whyatt's little sister, is having a GIANT-sized tantrum, and nothing will calm her down! The Super Readers use their literacy powers to venture up Jack's Beanstalk and meet a real giant, who's acting like a big baby! Whyatt learns about the soothing power of music from his big brother Jack and the Super Readers save the day.

3 The Tortoise and the Hare

9/12/07

Season-only

On your mark, get set...wait! Princess Pea and Red are in a potato sack race in the park but can't agree on how fast to go! The Super Readers fly into the famous race between the Tortoise and the Hare, and help these friends as they head to the finish line. Will slow and steady win this race, could fast be more fun, or will our fairytale friends learn a completely different lesson?

4 Goldilocks and the Three Bears

9/14/07

Season-only

Whyatt accidentally messes up Jack's room and is in BIG trouble with his big brother! The Super Readers pay a storybook visit to Goldilocks and the Three Bears and find Goldilocks surrounded by three broken chairs, three bowls of porridge and three times the mess! How will they solve this problem before the bears get home?

5 Rapunzel

9/18/07

Season-only

Princess Pea's kitten is stuck in the top of a tree! The Super Readers jump into a book and meet Rapunzel, who is also stranded high up in her tower. When climbing Rapunzel's hair proves to be (ouch!) a hair-raising idea, The Prince works together with the Super Readers to come up with a brand new rescue plan! Princess Pea discovers the value of a helping hand.

6 The Ugly Duckling

9/25/07

Season-only

Princess Pea's twirls are falling flat, and her dance recital is fast approaching! The Super Readers soar into the story of the Ugly Duckling, who's having just as much trouble trying to swim! With a little hard work, the Ugly Duckling hits his stride, and Princess Pea learns that practice makes perfect!

7 The Elves and the Shoemaker

9/26/07

Season-only

Whyatt has a secret admirer! The Super Readers visit the Elves and the Shoemaker and discover that the shoemaker is just as curious about his own secret friends! The Super Readers help the Shoemaker write a note of his own, and Whyatt uncovers his mysterious admirer.

8 Cinderella

9/28/07

Season-only

Red doesn't feel like much of a Princess, so how will she fit in at Sleeping Beauty's princess party? The Super Readers magically leap into the book of Cinderella who has a party of her own to get to! When the clock strikes midnight, Red learns that she doesn't need the help of a fairy godmother to feel great about who she is!

9 Little Red Riding Hood

11/21/07

Season-only

Boo! Wolfy won't stop tricking Littlest Pig and he has had enough! The Super Readers travel "Over the River and Through the Woods" into the story of Little Red Riding Hood on an adventure to find Little Red, her Grandma, and the Wolf himself! Will talking to the wolf help Pig, or does this wolf have more tricks up his sleeve?

10 Tom Thumb

11/22/07

Season-only

Littlest Pig is ready for an adventure…but his brothers tell him he's too young! The Super Readers jump straight into the story of Tom Thumb, a guy who knows what it feels like to be little...really little! Tom Thumb is about to set off on his own adventure, and lucky for him the Super Readers are there to get him out of a few scrapes! Can tiny Tom Thumb teach Pig a BIG lesson?

About this show

From PBS KIDS - Welcome to Super Why!, a breakthrough preschool series designed to help kids ages 3 to 6 with the critical skills that they need to learn to read (and love to read!) as recommended by the National Reading Panel (alphabet skills, word families, spelling, comprehension and vocabulary). Super Why! is the first original program from Out of the Blue Enterprises, an innovator in interactive children's entertainment led by Angela C. Santomero, an Emmy-nominated co-creator of Blue's Clues, and Samantha Freeman Alpert, a veteran in children's entertainment. Super Why! makes reading an empowering adventure by using interactive literacy games that need YOU to play. In Super Why! reading is power!

Ratings and reviews

3.9

86 reviews

Patrick Locke

April 9, 2018

Super Why all those great awesome shows up there I give you all of 5 or 10 if I could you're just all so great teach kids different things

E BH

August 7, 2014

my son loves The Emperors New Clothes and Baby Dino's Big Discovery

6 people found this review helpful

Cassandra Gravelle

April 28, 2016

Super Why - kids 4 & 2 love it