BONITA SPRINGS, Fla., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- NCircle Entertainment today announced that two new WordWorld titles, "Welcome to WordWorld" and "Rocket to the Moon," will be released for the first time to major mass market and specialty channels on January 15th as part of a multi-year North American content distribution deal with Word World, LLC. The 3D CGI animated children's series will be available at the suggested retail price of $14.99.
WordWorld, which is currently airing daily on PBS KIDS(R), is partially funded by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the Ready to Learn Partnership literacy initiative. The introductory DVDs are being supported by a 10-month national print media campaign yielding 150 million monthly impressions.
"The WordWorld series has a clever and fresh approach to pre-reading concepts. Preschoolers love the upbeat and funny stories, which lays a strong foundation for their early literacy development," stated Debbie Ries, Senior Vice President and General Manager of NCircle. "NCircle's commitment to such high-energy, interactive content demonstrates to our partners -- both current and future, retailers and consumers -- that we are intent on building a solid brand with exciting growth potential and core family-friendly values."
Each DVD includes fascinating comic adventures totaling 60 minutes of running time combined with four engaging episodes. Each disc contains eight Build-A-Word songs and a Music Video bonus feature.
"Welcome to WordWorld" synopsis -- "Happy Birthday Dog!" -- Dog's friends are planning a surprise birthday party for him, but they don't have a cake! With a little help from Pig, Frog gathers letters C-A-K-E... but can he get them to the party without ruining the surprise? -- "Sh-Sh-Shark!" -- When Duck befriends a Shark, he learns that the letters S and H make the "sh" sound, and everyone else discovers that you can't judge a shark by his sharp-toothed cover. -- "The Mystery of the Disappearing Pie" -- Pig's pie for Bear has gone missing! Have no fear -- Detective Sheep is ready to help her WordFriends follow the letter clues and solve the mystery of the disappearing pie! -- "Snug as a Bug" -- When Bug can't sleep because he needs to be snug, he and his favorite neighbor Frog, have to figure out the end of the rhyme: "Snug as a bug in a..." Can you guess the end? "Rocket to the Moon" synopsis -- "Pies, Pies, Pies!" -- Pig has promised to make pies for everyone in WordWorld... but he doesn't have enough letters to make them! Luckily, Dog has a magical way to help Pig keep his promise -- it's all about the letter S! -- "Rocket to the Moon" -- Frog thinks that in order to build a big ROCKET he needs big, uppercase letters. But when he needs to rescue the Little Piggies in outer space, he learns that a r-o-c-k-e-t could work, too! -- "Dog Wants to Play Ball" -- All the WordFriends have a ball trying to guess what Dog wants to play. Can you help? -- "There's an Ant in Every Giant" -- Tiny Ant is tired of being the smallest WordFriend in WordWorld! When he adds "GI" to his name, he becomes a GIANT and soon learns that being small isn't so bad after all!
Look for WordWorld's next title, "Duck's Family Reunion," slated for release this spring. For more information about NCircle or to purchase WordWorld home entertainment, please visit http://www.ncircleentertainment.com/.
About NCircle Entertainment/Alliance Entertainment Corp.
NCircle Entertainment, an Alliance Entertainment, LLC division, licenses, manufactures and distributes family and children's programming and related images for home entertainment and consumer products. Alliance maintains the largest in-stock catalog of CDs and DVDs in the U.S. -- a combined total of more than 335,000 titles. The Company was named the 2006 Large Wholesaler of the Year by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM).
Alliance is a subsidiary of Source Interlink Companies, Inc., a media and marketing services company, one of the largest publishers of magazines and online content for enthusiast audiences and is also a leading distributor of home entertainment products, including DVDs, music CDs, magazines, games, books, and related items. With annual "run-rate" revenue in excess of $2.5 billion, Source Interlink serves approximately 110,000 retail store locations throughout North America. Supply chain relationships include consumer goods advertisers, subscribers, movie studios, record labels, magazine and newspaper publishers, confectionary companies and manufacturers of general merchandise. You can learn more about Alliance at http://www.aent.com/ and Source Interlink at http://www.sourceinterlink.com/.
