PBSKids: WorldGirl: WordGirl vs. The Energy Monster

ENRICH VOCABULARY USAGE WITH

“WORDGIRL VS. THE ENERGY MONSTER,”

ARRIVING ON DVD MAY 14 

The Fourth DVD Released Featuring the Emmy Award®-Winning 
Animated Children’s Program

  

Arlington, Va. – April 17, 2013 – PBS Distribution announced it is releasing “WORDGIRL VS. THE ENERGY MONSTER” on DVD. “WordGirl®” is the critically acclaimed and award winning animated series from Scholastic Media, a division of Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, that follows the life and super hero adventures of WordGirl as she fights crime and enriches vocabulary usage. In this new DVD, which includes three fun-filled learning adventures, WordGirl and her sidekick Captain Huggy Face fight the good fight against dastardly villains and bad vocabulary!

These three episodes of “WordGirl” introduce new vocabulary words and reinforce their meanings in a variety of fun and interesting contexts. “WordGirl” enriches vocabulary skills, fosters better reading comprehension and instills a love of language in all children. “WORDGIRL VS. THE ENERGY MONSTER” will be available on DVD May 14, 2013. The run time of the program is 50 minutes and the DVD SRP is $9.99. DVD special features include interactive games, video shorts and coloring pages. Details about the episodes features on this DVD are below.

“Dinner or Consequences, Part 1”

Dr. Two Brains is stealing all of the city’s milk and using it – with help from the unusually talkative Energy Monster – to superpower his new ray and turn the whole city into cheese! It’s up to WordGirl to find the disappearing dairy and stop Dr. Two Brains even if it means missing her family feast and having to face the consequences. 

“Dinner or Consequences, Part 2”

Becky has to rely on an old Botsford tradition – the family trial – to convince her family that she vanished from the feast for a good reason. But when the Energy Monster breaks Dr. Two Brains out of jail and the two head over to the Botsfords to take back a powerful invention, will Becky be able to prove her innocence and transform into WordGirl in time to stop the two super villains?

“Best Fan Club Meeting Ever”

TJ plans a meeting to divulge a secret about WordGirl to International WordGirl Fan Club members. However, when Tobey finds out that a secret about his love/nemesis will be revealed, he crashes the meeting with an eavesdropping robot and threatens to destroy the clubhouse. WordGirl has to spring into action to save the clubhouse and her fans! 

“Day at the Museum”

Scoops takes Becky, Bob, and Violet to the museum to find inspiration for his news story for The Big City Times. When they hear a rumor about a haunted treasure, the team goes on a search – with The Butcher right behind! Can Scoops, Becky, Bob, and Violet find the treasure, evade The Butcher, and do it all in time for Scoops to keep his deadline? 

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About Scholastic

Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and a leader in educational technology and related services and children's media. Scholastic creates quality books and ebooks, print and technology-based learning materials and programs, magazines, multi-media and other products that help children learn both at school and at home.  The Company distributes its products and services worldwide through a variety of channels, including school-based book clubs and book fairs, retail stores, schools, libraries, on-air, and online at www.scholastic.com.

About PBS Distribution

PBS Distribution is the leading media distributor for the public television community, both domestically and internationally, extending the reach of these programs beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system and our production partners.

PBS Distribution offers a diverse range of programming to our customers, including Ken Burns’s films, documentaries from award-winning series such as NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, dramas from MASTERPIECE, as well as films from independent producers and popular children’s programming. As a multi-channel distributor, PBS Distribution pursues wholesale/retail sales, consumer and educational sales through PBS-branded catalogs and online shops, and international broadcast and video sales. PBS Distribution is also a leader in offering programming through digital platforms including internet and mobile devices.

WORDGIRL: WORDGIRL VS. THE ENERGY MONSTER

Street Date: May 14, 2013

Genre: Children’s Programming

Run Time: 50 Minutes

SRP: $9.99

Format: DVD

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