The Magic House Opens Super WHY!: Super Readers, Power Up!
ST LOUIS (January 24, 2025) – Super Readers to the rescue! The Magic House, St. Louis Children’s Museum is excited to announce the grand opening of their newest exhibit, Super WHY!: Super Readers, Power Up! on February 1, 2025. Based on the hit PBS KIDS® TV series Super WHY!, created by Angela C. Santomero, whimsical environments and hands-on interactives bring favorite nursery rhymes and stories to life. The exhibit invites families to step into magical Storybrook Village, where they team up with storybook superheroes to use the power of reading to solve problems when they, “Look in a book!”.
In the Book Club, kids can become a superhero as they don a cape and discover the special powers of Super Why, Wonder Red, Princess Presto, Alpha Pig and Woofster, a super dog, before jumping into a “Why Flyer” to explore Storybrook Village.
- At Super Why’s house, visitors slide down Jack’s Beanstalk and bake gingerbread men cookies;
- At Princess Presto’s castle, kids search for magical gems, put Humpty Dumpty together (again) and take a ride in Cinderella’s carriage;
- At the winding Alphabet Path, families play a life-size game to discover secret letters, then join Alpha Pig to build with bricks and blocks;
- At Wonder Red’s House, children meet the three bears, then race Wonder Red to collect rhyming words in her basket;
- At the Teapot Café, kids pour tea and serve treats and then explore Storybrook Park to meet three billy goats, a troll under a bridge and much more.
Super WHY!: Super Readers, Power Up! is an immersive exhibit developed and fabricated by The Magic House, St. Louis Children’s Museum in collaboration with PBS KIDS® and 9 Story Media Group. The exhibit encourages a love for reading and storytelling while enhancing literacy skills through interactive play. Each exhibit activity is designed to be educational and fun, reinforcing the core themes of Super WHY!, problem-solving, literacy, and teamwork.
Super WHY!: Super Readers, Power Up! is included with museum admission and will be at The Magic House from February 1 through September 7. Afterward, it will join The Magic House’s nationally traveling exhibit series, showcasing at museums across the country. Current exhibits include Alma’s Way: Welcome to My Neighborhood! Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: The Exhibit, Molly of Denali: An Alaskan Adventure, Ciao Bambini, Namaste India, Kenya’s Kids, Argentina’s Niños, and Children’s China.
Thanks to Nine PBS for their support as our local media sponsor.
About The Magic House, St. Louis Children’s Museum
The Magic House is a not-for-profit participatory museum that provides hands-on learning experiences that spark imagination, pique curiosity, enhance creativity and develop problem-solving skills within a place of beauty, wonder, joy, and magic. Serving more than 550,000 visitors annually, the Museum has 55,000 square feet of hands-on exhibits designed for children ages 2-11 years. In 2019, the Museum opened a 7,000 square foot satellite location in the City of St. Louis, MADE for Kids, that contains a Makers Space, Art Studio, Design Lab and Entrepreneur Marketplace geared for children 4-14 years.
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About 9 Story Media Group
9 Story Media Group is a leading creator, producer and distributor of kids and family-focused intellectual property, now part of Scholastic’s portfolio. Its award-winning animation studio, Brown Bag Films, is recognized around the world for best-in-class brands such as Doc McStuffins , Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Octonauts, Wild Kratts, and Blue’s Clues & You. The company’s international distribution arm, 9 Story Distribution International based in Dublin, represents 5,000 half-hours of animated and live-action programming, seen on some of the most respected international channels and platforms. Its in-house consumer products division, 9 Story Brands, builds international entertainment brands for kids, with expertise across creative, brand marketing, and licensing.
About Nine PBS
As an essential community institution, Nine PBS magnifies and deepens understanding of our community to help our region flourish. We tell stories that move us. We meet people where they are the most comfortable consuming content. Nine PBS’s platforms include four distinct broadcast channels (Nine PBS, Nine PBS KIDS®, Nine PBS World, and Nine PBS Create), ninepbs.org, social media, the free PBS App, streaming services, live and virtual events, and the Public Media Commons. Since 1954, Nine PBS has accepted the community’s invitation into their homes, schools, and businesses. Follow Nine PBS on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.