

Between the Lions
Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. The target audience is children 4 to 7 years old. It has the same puppet style as Sesame Street and several season 2 episodes, notably in Dance in Smarty Pants, had a few characters from Sesame Street guest appearing. Between The Lions started its 10th and final season on September 20, 2010. The Show Ended in November, 22 2010 Along with Reading Rainbow
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West
03-04-200030mTheo reads the cubs a book about the wild adventures of Pecos Bill, specifically about the time ol' Bill wrangled a tornado. When the tornado escapes from the book, however, and wr...
- Ep 2
2.The Lost Rock
04-04-200030mA lost rock mysteriously appears in the library, and he can't remember who he is or where he comes from. The lions then decide to set out and search for clues as to what book the r...
- Ep 3
3.Little Big Mouse
05-04-200030mWhen a mouse from a children's book becomes a hero, everyone in the library floods her with fan mail - which leaves Click the Computer mouse feeling unwanted.
- Ep 4
4.Farmer Ken's Puzzle
06-04-200030mLionel plays a computer game called ""Farmer Ken's Puzzle"", in which he must figure out how to get a hen, cat, and bag of seed, across a river one at a time. When Leona wants to p...
- Ep 5
5.Shooting Stars
07-04-200030mThe lions try to stay awake at night, in order to see a meteor shower. Of course, this is not as easy as it sounds, as Theo says, ""Lions need a solid 22 hours of sleep a day!""

6.The Hopping Hen
09-04-200030mA Hopping Hen causes a mighty ruckus in the library, so the lions decide to put up ""No Hopping Hen Here"" signs, in order to stop the problem. But the problem is only beginning, b...
- Ep 7
7.Touching the Moon
11-04-200030mCleo reads the cubs a bedtime story about a Queen who wants to be able to touch the moon, but can't. However, Leona is then unable to get to sleep without wanting to learn more abo...

8.The Boy Who Cried Wolf
12-04-200030mClick the Mouse brings the Boy from the story ""The Boy Who Cried Wolf"" out of the storybook, so he can learn more about how to properly care for his sheep.
- Ep 9
9.Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?
13-04-200030mThe famous Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear from the classic children's rhyme visits the library, where everyone is immediately caught up in ""Fuzzy Wuzzy Mania!"" Everyone except Lionel, because...
- Ep 10
10.Lionel's Antlers
14-04-200030mLionel wakes up one morning, much like he does every day, to find that overnight, he's grown a pair of antlers on his head! To help him feel better, Cleo reads him the book ""Imoge...
- Ep 11
11.To the Ship! To the Ship!
16-04-200030mThe lions learn about a real-life pirate named Ann Bonnie, after Lionel refuses to let Leona play pirates with him (claiming that there was no such thing as girl pirates).
- Ep 12
12.The Chap With Caps
18-04-200030mWriter Babs Caplan visits the library, hoping to smooth out the bumps in her new book, called ""The Chap With Caps"". It's going to need more than just a little smoothing out - bec...
- Ep 13
13.Pandora's Box
19-04-200030mAfter reading the story ""Pandora's Box"", Lionel and Leona come across a similar-looking box, themselves, and wonder if they should open it or not. Apparently ignoring the moral o...
- Ep 14
14.Lionel's Great Escape Trick
20-04-200030mLionel gets a few pointers on the technique of doing magic tricks, from the master magician Harry Houdini, himself. When he locks himself in the closet for his act, though, Leona f...
- Ep 15
15.There's a Fly in My Soup
20-04-200030mThe Lions try to make Click laugh by reading jokes out of Theo's ""The Universal Encyclopedia of Fly Jokes"" book, only to find out from Click that computer pointing devices are no...
- Ep 16
16.The Popcorn Popper
23-04-200030mLionel and Leona read a book about a popcorn popper, and get the idea to take the popper out of the book and into the library, so they can pop all the popcorn they want.
- Ep 17
17.Something Fishy
25-04-200030mLionel and Leona learn about Eagles and Fish after reading Cliffhanger's latest adventure.
- Ep 18
18.Hug, Hug, Hug!
26-04-200030mA sculpter named Pygmalion carves a statue of a woman, falls in love with her, and gives her a hug - only she can't hug him back. The Lions then try to help find ways for the statu...
- Ep 19
19.The Ram in the Pepper Patch
27-04-200030mThe naughty ram from the book ""The Ram in the Pepper Patch"" escapes into the library, where he proceeds to make a mess out of everything!
- Ep 20
20.A Peck of Peppers
28-04-200030mBabs Caplan comes to the library to create a fantastic tongue twister, with some help from the Lions. Then, Babs and Leona go head-to-head with the master of all Tongue Twisters, L...
- Ep 21
21.Sausage Nose
01-05-200030mThe Lions watch a video of a foreign film called ""Sausage Nose"", in which a poor couple receives three wishes from a wise old woman. Somehow, a sausage gets wished onto the wife'...
- Ep 22
22.Red Hat, Green Hat
02-05-200030mLeona makes her very own hat, with one red side and one green side. When she walks through the library with it on, one group of people see the green side, and the other group sees...
- Ep 23
23.The Lucky Duck
03-05-200030mA cute little duck from a cute little children's book becomes sick and tired of being cute all the time! With Lionel's help, the duck tries to become a rock-n-rollin' leather-clad...
- Ep 24
24.The Old Man
04-05-200030mBabs Caplan returns to the library to work on her new book called ""The Old Man"". Unfortunately, it has no middle or end to it! But with the Lions' help, Babs just might be able t...
- Ep 25
25.A King and His Hawk
05-05-200030mLionel and Leona read a very sad story about a King and his friend, the Hawk. After, Leona wants to take and hide the book where no will be able to find it, so they can't read it a...
- Ep 26
26.The Roar That Makes Them Run
08-05-200030mLionel and Leona try to convince Theo to show them his Lion-powered ""Mighty Roar that Makes them Run"", but Theo is reluctant to do so -- after all, they're in a library!
- Ep 27
27.Piggyback, Piggyback
09-05-200030mAfter reading a book about a king who rode on his friend's back (because he didn't want to get his feet dirty), Leona wants to do the same. So she hops on her dad's back, and doesn...
- Ep 28
28.The Fox and the Crow
10-05-200030mWhen ""The Fox and the Crow"" fable is read in the library, Walter and Clay get angry over the way the crow was depicted as a ""bird brain"", and then protest to have the story ban...
- Ep 29
29.Giants and Cubs
11-05-200030mLionel gets upset over the outcome of a baseball game, where the Giants clobbered the Cubs. Theo and Cleo decide it would be a good idea to bring the Giants into the library, for L...
- Ep 30
30.Be Bop
12-05-200030mThe jazzy, rhythmic sounds of Be Bop make their way into the library one day, and soon everyone is singing nonsensical Be Bop tunes -- everyone except Barnaby B. Busterfield III, w...
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