From PBS Kids comes two new DVDs that get kids reading, spelling, and rhyming, just in time for back to school! Super Why and his super friends go to new and exciting places in the new-to-DVD release Attack of the Eraser.  Join the super friends as they practice spelling, use the power to read and investigate rhyming words in order to change the outcome of the story and save the day!  Martha Speaks: Martha goes to School helps kids with vocabulary as well as lessons about helping your friends and self-image. Both DVDs can be inserted into a computer to access dowloadable coloring pages and educational games.

Super WHY!: Attack of the Eraser

This DVD includes four great new adventures from the Super WHY! gang!

• Attack of the Eraser- Whyatt and his friends are playing kickball in the park when Wolfy erases the score! The super readers fly into a new kind of reading material- a comic book called Attack of the Eraser - to track down the diabolical Eraser who’s causing trouble in Reader Valley
• The Story of the Tooth Fairy- Whyatt has lost his very first
• The Cookbook-W hyatt wants to bake Baby Joy a special cake-but he doesn’t know how! Super Why and his friends soar into a new kind of book –  a cookbook – and get the information they need from a rhyming chef with a silly sense of humor as well as a recipe for fun!
• The Big Game- Whyatt wants to play baseball better, but he keeps missing the ball. The superhero readers jump into The Big Game and join some fairytale heroes gearing up for their big soccer match against their storybook foes.

This DVD is available for about $14.00.

Martha Speaks: Martha Goes to School

This DVD includes 8 episodes to help kids increase their vocabulary!

• Martha Goes to School- T.D. thinks it would be funny to put Martha’s name on the list of substitute teachers.
• T.D. and the Light Bulb of Doom- T.D. panics after he leaves his school project until the last minute.
• Skits Monkeys Around-Skits loves Malcolm (TV’s blue monkey)so much he wants to be Malcolm.
• Ain’t Nothin’ but a Pound Dog, Part 1- Martha Loses her collar and winds up in the animal shelter.
• Ain’t Nothin’ but a Pound Dog, Part 2- Martha decides she can’t leave her shelter friends behind.
• Truman’s Secret- Where has Truman been hiding and why is he acting so weird?
• What’s Bothering Bob?- What’s gotten into Bob? He’s off his chain and chasing Truman all over town.
• Martha Spins a Tale- Martha tells Jake the story of Goldi-Martha, the Skits Hatter and Little Red Riding Helen.

This DVD is available for about $13.00.  I’d like to thank PBS Kids for providing me with these two DVDs for my review.