Do you have children and/or grandchildren who love watching the Dinosaur Train on PBS? I know my 17 month old -great grandson LOVES that show! Both of my now adult kids and all of my grandchildren & great-grandchildren grew up watching the quality children’s TV programming that PBS has offered over the years.
PBS Distribution has announced that they will be releasing “Dinosaur Train: What’s At the Center of the Earth?” on DVD February 21st, 2017. The DVD has a run time of 120 minutes and an SRP of $12.99. This DVD contains 8 stories from the beloved PBS KIDS series Dinosaur Train. Below is a listing of the episodes included on the DVD along with a description.
“What’s at the Center of the Earth? Layers!”
The Conductor takes the Pteranodon family on a very special journey on a new invention – the Drill Engine Train – in search of the perfect spot for a new Underground Dinosaur Train Station! Don is THRILLED to be venturing into the BIGGEST HOLE THE EARTH HAS EVER KNOWN! Shiny is nervous to be underground, until they meet a new friend (a Mesozoic Mole named Natasha Necrolestes), who teaches them all about the different layers of the Earth.
“What’s at the Center of the Earth? Fossils!”
As the Pteranodon family continues their journey underground, Don accidentally breaks Buddy’s trilobite fossil (the oldest fossil in his collection)! When the search for another trilobite fossil turns up empty, their new friend Natasha Necrolestes takes them to Fossil Alley, where the kids learn that the older the fossil, the deeper underground it is.
“What’s at the Center of the Earth? Troglobites!”
The Drill Engine Train burrows into an underground limestone cave, where the Pteranodon family meets some strange creatures without eyes called “troglobites.” In a contest to see who would make the best troglobite, Buddy, Tiny, Shiny, and Don participate in a treasure hunt – with their eyes closed! The kids have to rely on their other senses (with some guidance from the actual troglobites) to navigate the cave and find the prize.
“What’s at the Center of the Earth? Minerals!”
While digging even further underground, the drill bit on the Drill Engine Train breaks. The Pterandon family find themselves in the Cave of Giant Crystals, where they learn all about rocks and crystals (what they are, how they’re different, how they form). In order to get back home, the Pteranodon Family has to fix the drill bit by finding a mineral harder than the mineral that broke the bit in the first place.
“Nest Swap”
The Pteranodon family decides to take a little vacation and swap nests with Larry’s friends: a family of pterosaurs (Nemicolopterus, to be exact). But when the Pteranodon family arrives at the Nemicolopterus nest, they realize that the Nemicolopterus family is MUCH smaller than them, so everything is smaller: the Pteranodon family doesn’t even fit in their nest! Can the family make do, try something new, and still have a good time?
“The Herd is the Word”
Tank Triceratops is really excited to show Buddy, Tiny, Shiny, and Don his favorite picnic spot, but when they arrive, the spot is overrun with a whole herd of Triceratops. Tank and the kids try to find another place with a little more privacy (and a lot less Triceratopses), but no matter where they go, the herd follows them. Will Tank be able to find a quiet spot without the herd, or does the herd have a good reason for following Tank around?
“Spinosaurus Super Model”
When Don stumbles across a stick that looks EXACTLY like Old Spinosaurus, he’s determined to have the grumpy old dinosaur pose for his sculpture (so he can get the Spinosaurus’s features exactly right). But when they arrive at Old Spinosaurus’s home, he makes it clear that there’s no way he’s posing for anything. Can Don convince Old Spinosaurus to pose for his sculpture, or will Don have to come up with another plan?
“Where Have All the Lizards Gone?”
The Conductor takes the Pteranodon Family for a special trip to Lizard Island, where they discover that it’s been overrun by plants and bugs, and there are few precious lizards left. The Conductor concludes that the Changyuraptor family (that he dropped off there awhile ago, and has since multiplied) has been eating all the lizards and throwing the entire ecosystem out of balance. Can the Pteranodon family and Mr. Conductor convince the Changyuraptor family to leave their home in order to get the island ecosystem back in balance.
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My kids love Dinosaur train and their favorite is Buddy. My son has been watching it for about 5 years.
My son is OBSESSED with Dinosaur Train!
My nephew loves this show! His fave character is Buddy. My own kid is a bit too old for this show but would have loved it…she loves anything with dinosaurs.
When babysitting a fav for the kids. They all same to like the smallest dinosaur.
not sure if my nephew watches it
We have never seen this before but would love to
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My Great Grandchildren love this show. They always want to watch it here. I really don’t know who their favorite Character is, they seem to like all of them. 🙂 My favorite is the Dinosaur’ Such a Happy go Lucky Guy! Don’t really know how long they have been watching it. the Oldest is 5. 🙂
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My kids love Dinosaur Train and have been watching for a few years. They love Buddy and Tiny the best 🙂
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My cousin loves this show! She has been watching it for a few months and loves that it has dinos in it. I don’t know her favorite character.
My daughter loves watching Dinosaur Train. She loves Buddy the most.
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My son likes watching Dinosaur Train. Buddy is his favorite.
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My son enjoys this show. It has introduced us to many dinosaurs.
We love dinosaur train it combines two thing my kids love, Dinosaurs and Trains. I love all the hidden education in the show! I think the conductor and King would probably be our favorites!
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I have not seen this show. My grandson is just getting into dins. I bet he would enjoy it.
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My son loves the show! His favorite character is Buddy.
My son likes the show. His favorite character is the conductor
We watch this and some other goodies like Arthur and Super Why. I love them all!
have never seen this before but I think my little niece would love it
My granddaughter used to watch a few years ago and I think my grandson will be enjoying this show soon when he is a little older.
My kids do not watch this show but I think they would like it because they like dinosaurs and train. Thanks for the giveaway. I hope that I win.
I can’t really say that my grandson and I have watched this yet. He loves dinosaurs and trains and asks why so often, that I think I will have to check this out! Thanks for sharing!
My kiddos love this show. They have watched it for a couple of years now. Their favorite character is Buddy.
The kids have not watched this show on PBS yet but now I am going to look for it as they love dinos. I really love anything that PBS puts on because I can trust it to be good for kids to watch.
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My grandson’s favorite character on this show is Buddy.
This would be for my nephew; I’m not sure if he currently watches this show but it looks really cute.