Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow
Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow!
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Overview
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.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 1983-06-06
Runtime: 0h 30m
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
Top Cast
LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton
Self - Host
Episodes - Season 1
Tight Times
Tight Times
Episode 1
A young girl's father loses his job.
Miss Nelson Is Back
Miss Nelson Is Back
Episode 2
As 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 about a group of rowdy students who try to take advantage of their teacher's absence when she's out sick one day, and how she gets revenge on them by pretending to be "the meanest teacher in the world, Viola Swamp."
Bea and Mr. Jones
Bea and Mr. Jones
Episode 3
LeVar 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 featured book, Bea and Mr. Jones. Madeline Kahn reads the book about a kindergarten student and her father who get so bored with their jobs that they decide to experiment by switching places for the day.
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Episode 4
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Louis the Fish
Louis the Fish
Episode 5
Louis the Fish
Digging Up Dinosaurs
Digging Up Dinosaurs
Episode 6
Technically 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 capsule, containing (among other things) a can of old Coke and his picture. Linda Gilman reads Digging Up Dinosaurs, a story about how paleontologists unearth dinosaurs skeletons and preserve them in museum exhibits.
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
Episode 7
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
Episode 8
In 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.
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
Episode 9
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
The Gift of the Sacred Dog
The Gift of the Sacred Dog
Episode 10
The 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 Places, Sacred Lands" which lists several words originating from various locations of the United States and the tribal meaning of their names.
Gregory, the Terrible Eater
Gregory, the Terrible Eater
Episode 11
Today's subject is goats and what they eat.
Three by the Sea
Three by the Sea
Episode 12
Three by the Sea
Arthur's Eyes
Arthur's Eyes
Episode 13
LaVar explores seeing and our other senses, as Bill Cosby tells the story of how the young aardvark, Arthur Read acquired his pair of glasses.
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
Episode 14
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
Ty's One Man Band
Ty's One Man Band
Episode 15
LeVar 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 how to make music using household items.
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