Reading Rainbow
“Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow!”
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
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Trailer
PBS Kids Promo: Reading Rainbow (2002)
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Tight Times
06-06-198330mA young girl's father loses his job.
- Ep 2
2.Miss Nelson Is Back
07-06-198330mAs part of his birthday celebration, LeVar gets made-up like a movie monster, and then gets involved in Harry Blackstone's magic act. Ruth Buzzi reads Miss Nelson Is Back, all abou...
- Ep 3
3.Bea and Mr. Jones
08-06-198330mLeVar is already worn out after working on several scenes all day long on the production of the series. He feels he needs to take on another identity, segueing into introducing the...
- Ep 4
4.Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
09-06-198330mBringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
- Ep 5
5.Louis the Fish
10-06-198330mLouis the Fish
- Ep 6
6.Digging Up Dinosaurs
13-06-198330mTechnically not the first science-related show in its history, LeVar seeks a place where archaeologists retrieve dinosaur bones. At the end of the program, LeVar buries a time caps...
- Ep 7
7.Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
14-06-198330mLiang and the Magic Paintbrush
- Ep 8
8.Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
15-06-198330mIn the featured book, a young boy and his family move from New York City to the Southwest and he has many misconceptions about what his new home is like.
- Ep 9
9.Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
16-06-198330mThree Days on a River in a Red Canoe
- Ep 10
10.The Gift of the Sacred Dog
17-06-198330mThe first of many programs favoring Native Americans. In this instance, a Midwestern legend suggests how horses arrived to the tribe. Later in this episode is the song "Ancient Pla...
- Ep 11
11.Gregory, the Terrible Eater
20-06-198330mToday's subject is goats and what they eat.
- Ep 12
12.Three by the Sea
21-06-198330mThree by the Sea
- Ep 13
13.Arthur's Eyes
22-06-198330mLaVar explores seeing and our other senses, as Bill Cosby tells the story of how the young aardvark, Arthur Read acquired his pair of glasses.
- Ep 14
14.The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
22-06-198330mThe Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
- Ep 15
15.Ty's One Man Band
23-06-198330mLeVar is ready to find music everywhere, and he does. This show includes the animation Onomatopoeia. Lou Rawls reads the story of Ty's One-Man Band, about a man who teaches a boy h...
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