We need to call the rest of the super readers call them with me say, calling all super readers [kids] calling all super readers to the book club [kids] to the Book Club Come on, to the book club whyatt here woof woof p is for pig Red Riding Hood rollin in princess pea at your service [sniffing] and you, say your name. Great were all here. Together we will solve reds problem lets go [computer beeping] ok, red, state your problem. Princess and i are putting on a castle play. Nice sweet shes going to be a queen, but i dont know what to do. What can i do in the castle play . Super question, red. oc and when we have a question, we look. soso [all] in a book ss [magical chiming]du lets read the title of this book. Princess gwennie saves the day. We know what to do we need jump into this book and find the answer to reds question. First, we look for super letters. And then put them in our super duper. Computer super duper computer, how many super letters do we need . Hmm, in this story, we need five super letters. And then well get. our super story answer its time to transform ready . [all] ready come on, puppy youre coming too woof super duper arms in put your arm in super readers. [all] to the rescue alpha pig. With alphabet power wonder red. With word power princess presto. With spelling power super why. With the power to read and woofster. With dictionary power together we are. [all] the super readers whyflyers were ready to fly into this book [magical chiming] super readers to the rescue its time to fly with the super readers cause weve got a problem to solve super readers to the rescue super readers working together with powers to read into books we fly to find the super story answer its super why super readers to the rescue presto were in the book princess gwennie saves the day. Lets read why writer. Highlight read with me once upon a time, there was a princess named gwennie. Hello, im gwennie princess gwennie. On gwennies birthday, her father gave her exciting news. Gwennie, you are now old enough to choose any job you want at the castle. Oh, boy gwennie did not know what job she wanted to do. I dont know what i want to do at the castle. And that, super readers, is why we are in this book both gwennie and red dont know what to do at their castles. To princess gwennie hi, princess gwennie. Were the super readers. Hi. Today i have to figure out what job to do at the castle. Im a minstrel singing a minstrel song oh, what lovely music oh, thank you im a minstrel. Yes, its my job as a minstrel to sing and play music at the castle hey, maybe thats what i can do maybe my job at the castle could be singing and playing music too if you want to play music youll need a harp [she gasps] a harp oh, ive always wanted a harp. [whispering] whats a harp . Woofster to the rescue with my doggie dictionary, i can tell you what any word means harp means a triangleshaped Musical Instrument that you play by plucking the strings with your fingers. Harp. Now we know what it means. Woofdedoo give your tail a wag. Wow playing a harp looks like fun. Yay my turn. [she clears her throat] this is my harp song harpy harp harp Bong Bong Bong uhoh. Thats not good. My harp broke and thats nothing to sing about. Alpha pig to the rescue with my amazing alphabet tools, i can fix the harp. Abc, sing with me abcdefg hijklmnop qrs and tuv wxy and z sing with me amazing alphabet singing now, we need to find all of the letters in the word harp. Which one is the letter h . [kids] there theres the h better already now we need the letter a. Wheres the a . [kids] there theres the a now we need the letter r. Where is the r . [kids] there theres the r last letter we need the letter p. Wheres the p . [kids] there theres that p harp harp oh, thank you licketyletters we built the word harp and fixed the harp lets give ourselves a big thumbs up oh, goody now i can get back to my harp song. This is my harp song [others laughing] harp harpy harp harp harpy harp harp harpy harp oh, gwennie, youre silly [laughing] thanks. Thank you. But, uh, i dont. Think i want to be a minstrel. Yeah, playing music at the castle is not the job for me. Oh, youre back [kissing] i hope you find what you want to do me toooooo [laughing] oh. I still dont know what i want to do at the castle. [horse neighing] ah woof whoa what was that . Woof, woof thats a knight. Hey, i wonder what he does at the castle. Maybe i could do that. Yoohoo knight wait for us woof, woof, woof you see super letters . Which letters did you find . [kids] n y n, y. Cool lets put them in our super duper. [whyatt and kids] computer three more super letters, and then well get. Our super story answer right on, readers hello, knight. Hellooo, horse. [horse neighs] i need to choose a job at the castle. What does a knight do . A knight rides a horse and wears creaky armour. See . Haha one leg there. Hehheh tada sounds fun maybe i can do that at the castle. [horse neighs] [gwennie laughing] ooh. Ah. This armour is very creaky. Creaky and. Heavy whoa whoa ah sorry sorry, sorry. Oh, no. Horsey come back i cant be a knight without a horse. Neither can i. [gwennie and knight] what are we going to do . Cue the sparkles, cue the music, princess presto to the rescue with my magic spelling wand, i can spell the word horse and make the horse come back ready . Spell with me what letter makes the sound huh . [kids] h h wands up write a lowercase h with me. [magical chiming] [horse neighs] i heard the horse neigh shes coming back now we need the letter o. Write a lowercase o with me. [magical chiming] spectacular and now, what letter makes the sound rrr . [kids] r r write a lowercase r with me. [magical chiming] [horse neighs] i can see the horse. Keep spelling what letter makes the sound sss . [kids] s s write a lowercase s with me, like a little snake. [magical chiming] [horse neighs] splendid s the last letter in this word is a silent e. We dont hear it, but we still need to write it. Write a lowercase e with me. [magical chiming] [horse neighs] horse. Horse presto [horse neighs] spectacular spelling we spelled the word horse and got the horse to come back lets take a bow. I gotta tell you, horsey, im glad youre back. Come on, lets dance ladeedala [laughing] what a lovely dancer you are, horsey [she sighs] well, being a knight was fun for a little whilebut i dont think thats what i want to do at the castle. Best of luck, princess gwennie. [horse neighs] [fanfare] my father is coming back to the castle woof, woof, woof you see a super letter . Which letter did you find . [kids] u u lets put it in our super duper. [whyatt and kids] computer two more super letters, and then well get our super story answer way to go, super readers hello, my princess so, what job have you chosen . Will you play music like a minstrel . [king laughing] no. [minstrel sobs] ride horses like a knight . [horse neighs] mmm. Not so much. Well, then, what are you going to do . I dont know i. Still havent figured out what i want to do. [dragon roaring] [gwennie gasps] [all] a dragon [grunting with effort] [dragon roaring] daddy the dragon has you princess gwennie, save me oh, no, daddy. Im scared just look at my story. Gwennie is scared. See . I cant save you if im scared of the dragon. What will i do . Super why to the rescue with the power to read, i can change this story and save the day lets change the word scared in this sentence. Zzzap why writer, write super readers, which word will help gwennie save the king from the dragon . We need the word that is the opposite of scared. What word is the opposite of scared . Is it sleepy, brave, or hungry . Lets try. Brave. Which is the word brave . It starts with a br. [kids] there there zzzap zzzap lets read gwennie is brave. [dragon roaring] im feeling very brave. [whispering] daddy, im ready to save you from the dragon. [dragon roaring] help me but how will i save him . I know i will do something silly. You will do what, now . Just watch. The dragon will laugh and let go of you hey, dragon dragon, dragon look at me over here ooh, over here princess chicken bokbokbok, bakaw bokbokbok, bakaw [dragon laughing] im a chicken bakaw [dragon laughing] im saved bakaw and you, my princess, are funny [laughing] did the word brave help gwennie save the king from the dragon . [kids] yes yes princess gwennie was brave, so she wasnt scared of the dragon. Super job, super readers we changed the story and saved the day woofdedoo [laughing] princess chicken i love it i want you to make me laugh all the time. [laughing] hey, maybe that can be my job at the castle making people laugh yes you can be the castle jester. Thats what a jester does makes people laugh. Im a jester you sure are. Woof, woof, woof you see super letters . Which letters did you find . [kids] f n f, n. Lets put them in our super duper. [whyatt and kids] computer we found all of our super letters now we can get our super story answer thanks for a silly fun time, super readers youre welcome bye, gwennie bye whyflyers back to the Book Club Come on, woofster woof we found the super story answer with super why [magical chiming] [computer beeping] super duper computer, give us our super story answer read the letters with me funny. Funny. The super story answer is funny [fireworks] but why . [pig] because princess gwennie is funny and once she figured out that she liked being funny, she decided that would be her job at the castle. So my question is what can i do in the castle play . [pig] and your answer is [all] funny i can be a castle jester and be funny just like princess gwennie come on, princess pea. We have a show to do. Presenting our castle play. Awesome. Yes im the queen of this glorious castle. How do you do . Hellooooooo im the funny castle jester aloha hey, who turned out the lights . [laughing] woof, woof hello . [whispering] your cape is over your head. Oh well, thank you. [laughing] woof and you are really, really funny woof, woof woohoo, and thank you hip, hip, hurray the super readers save the day hip hip hurray hurray the super readers save the day we changed the story we solved the problem we worked together so hip hip hurray hip hip hurray hurray the super readers save the day hip hip hurray hurray the super readers save the day announcer labor day on pbs kids. Hi, neighbor one little idea. Do something nice for your neighbor is about to become one big celebration neighbor day. 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Kids a boat a boat excelente you can play more word games with the super readers at pbskids. Org, and now its time to take a ride with our friends on dinosaur train. Hi, there hi, everyone wow look at all these great instruments for making music, musica. Do you know how to use them . No, but we could figure them out. This one has little strings that i can play. Nice thats a ukulele. This one has buttons that i can play. Great thats an accordion. This one has no strings or buttons. Hmm. Maybe if i blow into it, it might make a sound. Great job excelente you all learned that each Musical Instrument works in a different way. You guys are talented. Whoa hooper, you play the bagpipes . [scottish accent] aye but of course, lassie hello, folks. Its me, the conductor. Today, were going to meet some turtles from the cretaceous and the triassic time periods. So come on along with me on the dinosaur train. All aboard was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from. Her name was mrs. Pteranodon sitting on her nest she heard a scratching and said. Oh, boy my eggs are hatching baby pteranodons 1, 2, 3 ill name you tiny, shiny, and don. But tiny said. Wait theres one more, mom last little baby was a different size with teeth and a tail and big green eyes he didnt look anything like the rest what am i doing in a pteranodon nest . But dear, old mrs. Pteranodon said. Oh, this is your family, and im your mom. You may be different, but were all creatures. All dinosaurs have different features. Come on, buddy. Well take a vacation. Ill get us a ticket at pteranodon station. Well travel the world in sunshine and rain and meet all the species on the. Dinosaur train dinosaur train dinosaur train onna ride [whistle blows] the dinosaur train [roaring] [captioning made possible by the jim henson company] awk whoohoo ha ha ha awk ok. Lets play thats not a dinosaur. You have to point out an animal thats not a dinosaur. Ill start. Ah thats not a dinosaur. Thats a snake. [croaking] thats not a dinosaur. Its a frog. [gasp] look. A dragonfly. Thats not a dinosaur. Its an insect. Aww, i was gonna pick dragonfly. Now what species can i pick . Hmm. Awk this rock isnt a rock. Aah hello. Im tiny pteranodon. This is don and buddy and shiny. Who are you . Im adam, adam atticus. Im a turtle. Whoa so. Does that mean youre not a dinosaur . Nope, im not a dinosaur. Im a water turtle. Whoohoo thats not a dinosaur its a game were playing. [knocking] what do you call this part of you . Thats my shell. Beauty, huh . Yeah. How does your head go all the way into your shell . We atticus are turtles that can retract them. That means to pull them in. Our heads are retractable. Retractablegood word. [sniffing] ahahahahchoo ah whoa awk that was amazing, adam. Hey maybe i can retract my head. [grunting] [laughter] whoa unh [laughter] nice try, don. Well, adam, that is one amazing shell. Its sort of like you carry your home around with you. Exactly. My shell is my home. I wonder what itd be like to carry my home around with me. Wow. So many creatures live in different kinds of homes. Some of us creatures live in a nest thats the home that we love best others are critters that live in trees all day long they can feel the breeze some dinosaurs like to dig around they make a home from a hole in the ground but turtle homes are special, you know they carry their shells wherever they go yeah ha ha ha youre very talented pteranodons and one terrific trex. Thanks i have a hypothesis. All turtles retract their heads to keep them safe from predators. Youre right. That is why we retract them. But ive heard that there are some other species of turtles that cant retract their heads. Really . But how do they protect themselves from predators . Hmm. What a good question, tiny. Oh, boy we have a mystery to solve da da da lets take the dinosaur train the conductor will know where we can find those turtles. Dad . Sure why not . Sounds like an adventure the perfect expedition for our family. Hooray huh . Bye. Tickets, please. Tickets. Where to, pteranodons . Were not exactly sure. Were looking for a turtle that cant retract its head into its shell. Hmm. A turtle that cant retract his head. To see one of those, wed have to go way back to the triassic time period, when the first turtles liveda turtle like proganochelys. Progrannowhatsit . He said proganochelys can we go back to the triassic, mom and dad . Hmm. We havent been to the triassic in a while. Please . [chuckling] well, thats why we came on the train, team, to find us some turtles. The pteranodon family is going all the way back to the triassic hooray then tuck your tails and ride the rails because its time for the time tunnel time tunnel approaching riding in the time tunnel back to the triassic hanging with my family and everythings fantastic take it, shiny. Oh. Tiny thinks the time tunnels fun but im usually happiest when its done [laughter] next stop, proganochelys place in the triassic time period. So long, pteranodons and buddy. Good luck finding out about turtles and retractable heads thanks bye [laughter] phew its hot in the triassic. Heh heh hey, why dont you kids search for turtles while your mom and i sit here in the shade . Ok. See you soon, kids. Stay where we can see you. Hmm. Im not sure what a proganochelys smells like, but since turtles live in the water, lets look around this pond. Proganochelys proganochelys progderuh, progouh. Turtle no turtles by the pond. No turtles in the bushes. And its hot mmm. Ahh. Huh . Hello. Awk oh, im sorry. I thought you were a rock. Are you a proproggy yup, a proganochelys. My names Pauline Proganochelys. Hi, pauline. My names don. Oh, buddy and tiny and shiny will be so glad i found you. Hold on. Ill call them. Awk everybody, come here i found a triassic turtle pauline, meet buddy, tiny, and shiny. Hello. Im surprised that don found you up here in the bushes. We were all looking for you down by the water. Oh. I dont go in the water. I just drink it. I spend my time on dry land looking for tasty plants to eat. Shes a herbivore. She eats plants. Just like adam atticus. Hes a turtle friend of ours from the cretaceous. You mind if we compare features . Go right ahead. One big, hard shellcheck. Yup. My shell is made of about 60 bony plates. 1, 2, 3, 4. Two sharp beak for cutting tough plants. Check. 3 tough armorcovered feet. Check. And now the big question does Pauline Proganochelys have a retractable head . A what . Don . Oh, right. Ahahchoo uh, boo pauline, why isnt your head retractable . Retractable . Ooh, whats that mean . To pull your head into your shell, like this. [grunting] wow, that looks hard. Ill try. [grunting] nope, i dont think i can do it. Well, we live in the cretaceous time period, and we met a turtle that can retract his head into his shell. Wow that sounds amazing. The cretaceous time period, you say. Ive never been there. Oh, youd love the cretaceous, pauline. We have flowers. Flowers . Yeah theyre plants that grow out of the ground, and they have these beautiful petals. They can be all different colors. They sound delicious. Ill have to ride the dinosaur train to see the cretaceous someday and see these flowers for myself. I still dont get it. If she cant retract her neckpauline, how do you protect your head and neck from predators that want to eat you . Well, check out the spikes along my neck. Really tough stuff. Hmm. Her neck is more armory than adams neck. How about your tail . Oh, im especially proud of my tail. If a predator tries to eat me, i swing this big thing at him. Ooh but the most important feature that turtles all seem to have is their big, beautiful shell. Aw. Youre right, buddy. Pauline, were you born with your shell home already on . You know, over at our nest area, we have some eggs that are about to hatch. Why dont you go and see for yourselves . Some babies are about to hatch . Are they yours . Some of them are. Arent you gonna be there . Oh, baby proganochelys have so much armor, they