Between the Lions
Between the Lions
TV ShowEnded

Between the Lions

7.5 / 10
2000
10 seasons
140 episodes
KidsComedy

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

    03-04-200030m

    Theo 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

    04-04-200030m

    A 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

    05-04-200030m

    When 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

    06-04-200030m

    Lionel 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

    07-04-200030m

    The 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!""

  • The Hopping Hen

    6.The Hopping Hen

    09-04-200030m

    A 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

    11-04-200030m

    Cleo 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...

  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf

    8.The Boy Who Cried Wolf

    12-04-200030m

    Click 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?

    13-04-200030m

    The 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

    14-04-200030m

    Lionel 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!

    16-04-200030m

    The 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

    18-04-200030m

    Writer 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

    19-04-200030m

    After 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

    20-04-200030m

    Lionel 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

    20-04-200030m

    The 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

    23-04-200030m

    Lionel 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

    25-04-200030m

    Lionel and Leona learn about Eagles and Fish after reading Cliffhanger's latest adventure.

  • Ep 18

    18.Hug, Hug, Hug!

    26-04-200030m

    A 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

    27-04-200030m

    The 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

    28-04-200030m

    Babs 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

    01-05-200030m

    The 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

    02-05-200030m

    Leona 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

    03-05-200030m

    A 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

    04-05-200030m

    Babs 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

    05-05-200030m

    Lionel 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

    08-05-200030m

    Lionel 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

    09-05-200030m

    After 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

    10-05-200030m

    When ""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

    11-05-200030m

    Lionel 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

    12-05-200030m

    The 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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