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This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on July 11, 1983.[1][2] The final episode aired on November 10, 2006, reruns ceased on August 28, 2009. On June 20, 2012, an app for the show was released.
VHS releases distributed by PBS and Pacific Arts
[edit]| Title | Release Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 | August 13, 1992 | "Rumpelstiltskin", and "Snowy Day: Stories and Poems" |
| Volume 2 | August 13, 1992 | "Dive to the Coral Reef", and "The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth" |
| Volume 3 | August 13, 1992 | "Mummies Made in Egypt", and "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" |
| Volume 4 | August 13, 1992 | "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush", and "The Life Cycle of the Honeybee" |
| Volume 5 | August 13, 1992 | "The Bicycle Man", and "The Adventures Of Taxi Dog" |
| Volume 6 | August 13, 1992 | "Opt: An Illusionary Tale", and "A Three Hat Day" |
DVD releases
[edit]| DVD Name | # of Episodes | Release Date | No. of Discs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Rainbow Favorites | 8 | July 18, 2006 | 4 |
| Reading Rainbow: Family Matters | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Man's Best Friend | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Ocean Life | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Music, Music Everywhere | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Let's Go! | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: How's That Made? | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Birds of a Feather | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Desert Life | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Sea To Shining Sea – Stories of America | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Farm Life | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Math Is Everywhere | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Buried Treasures | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | 4 | May 12, 2015 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Animal Cafe | 4 | June 30, 2015 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: Miss Nelson Is Back | 4 | January 12, 2016 | 1 |
| Reading Rainbow: LeVar's Favorites | 5 | May 10, 2016 | 1 |
Episodes
[edit]155 half-hour episodes produced.
Season 1 (1983)
[edit]All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Narrated by | Original release date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Tight Times" | Ellen Schecter | Patrick McCaffrey | July 11, 1983 | 101 |
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Review Books: Pet Show! by Ezra Jack Keats; When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Diane Goode; The Terrible Thing That Happened at Our House by Marge Blaine, illustrated by John Wallner | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Miss Nelson is Back" | Ellen Schecter | Ruth Buzzi | July 12, 1983 | 102 |
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Review Books: Grandmama's Joy by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Carole Byard; Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree; Daddy is a Monster Sometimes by John Steptoe | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Bea and Mr. Jones" | Ellen Schecter | Madeline Kahn | July 13, 1983 | 103 |
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Review Books: Max by Rachel Isadora; The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen, retold and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley; There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" | Lou Berger | James Earl Jones | July 14, 1983 | 104 |
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Review Books: Rain by Peter Spier; A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley; The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Louis the Fish" | Lou Berger | Vincent Gardenia | July 15, 1983 | 105 |
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Review Books: A Fish Hatches by Joanna Cole and Jerome Wexler; One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz; Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Digging Up Dinosaurs" | Lou Berger | Linda Gelman | July 18, 1983 | 106 |
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Review Books: Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish, pictures by Arnold Lobel; If You Are a Hunter of Fossils by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall; Dinosaurs!: A Drawing Book by Michael Emberley | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Liang and the Magic Paintbrush" | Ellen Schecter | Lauren Tom | July 19, 1983 | 107 |
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Review Books: Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora; If You Take a Pencil by Fulvio Testa; Emma by Wendy Kesselman, illustrated by Barbara Cooney | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport" | Ellen Schecter | Douglas Parvin | July 20, 1983 | 108 |
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Review Books: The Big Hello by Janet Schulman, illustrated by Lillian Hoban; Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats; Mitchell is Moving by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, pictures by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe" | Ellen Schecter | Carolyn McHanon | July 21, 1983 | 109 |
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Review Books: Today We Are Brother and Sister by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by Glo Coalson; Anno's Journey by Mitsumasa Anno; Worlds to Explore by Girl Scouts of the USA | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Gift of the Sacred Dog" | Ellen Schecter | Michael Ansara | July 22, 1983 | 110 |
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Review Books: Suho and the White Horse by Yuzo Otsuka, illustrated by Suekichi Akaba; Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema, pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon; Moonsong Lullaby by Jamake Highwater, photographs by Marcia Keegan | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Gregory the Terrible Eater" | Mark Saltzman | Marilyn Michaels | July 25, 1983 | 111 |
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Review Books: Poem Stew by William Cole, pictures by Karen Ann Weinhaus; Mrs. Pig's Bulk Buy by Mary Rayner; Better Homes and Gardens New Junior Cook Book | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Three by the Sea" | Ellen Schecter | Chicago City Limits | July 26, 1983 | 112 |
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Review Books: Come Away from the Water, Shirley by John Burningham; Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel; Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Arthur's Eyes" | Ellen Schecter | Bill Cosby | July 27, 1983 | 113 |
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Review Books: Is This a Baby Dinosaur? by Millicent E. Selsam; Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan, pictures by Deborah Kogan Ray; A Show of Hands by Mary Beth Sullivan and Linda Bourke | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" | Mark Saltzman | Kaleena Kiff and Laura Hicks | July 28, 1983 | 114 |
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Review Books: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Ray Cruz; Crictor by Tomi Ungerer; "Could Be Worse!" by James Stevenson | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Ty's One-Man Band" | Ellen Schecter | Lou Rawls | July 29, 1983 | 115 |
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Review Books: The Banza by Diane Wolkstein, pictures by Marc Brown; The Amazing Bone by William Steig; Making Musical Things by Ann Wiseman | ||||||
Season 2 (1984)
[edit]All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Narrated by | Original release date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | "Hot-Air Henry" | Ellen Schecter | William Windom | July 16, 1984 | 201 |
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Review Books: The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr, pictures by Carolyn Croll; Just Us Women by Jeannette Caines, illustrated by Pat Cummings; Easy-to-Make Spaceships that Really Fly by Mary and Dewey Blocksma, illustrated by Marisabina Russo | ||||||
| 17 | 2 | "Simon's Book" | Ellen Schecter | Ruby Dee | July 17, 1984 | 202 |
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Review Books: Me and Neesie by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Moneta Barnett; Begin at the Beginning by Amy Schwartz; What's Under My Bed? by James Stevenson | ||||||
| 18 | 3 | "Ox-Cart Man" | Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Schecter | Lorne Greene | July 18, 1984 | 203 |
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Review Books: Round Trip by Ann Jonas; A Winter Place by Ruth Yaffe Radin, illustrated by Mattie Lou O'Kelley; Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner, pictures by Don Bolognese | ||||||
| 19 | 4 | "Mystery on the Docks" | Ellen Schecter | Raul Julia | July 19, 1984 | 204 |
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Review Books: Nate the Great Mystery series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, illustrated by Marc Simont; The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg; Big City Port by Betsy Maestro and Ellen DelVecchio, illustrated by Giulio Maestro | ||||||
| 20 | 5 | "A Chair for My Mother" | Ellen Schecter | Amy Linker | July 20, 1984 | 205 |
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Review Books: Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi; I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, pictures by Deborah Kogan Ray; My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter, pictures by Pat Cummings | ||||||
Season 3 (1985)
[edit]All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Narrated by | Original release date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | "Paul Bunyan" | Lydia Wilen | Buddy Ebsen | June 24, 1985 | 301 |
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Review Books: The Star-Spangled Banner, illustrated by Peter Spier; Whale in the Sky by Anne Siberell; The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie de Paola | ||||||
| 22 | 2 | "The Patchwork Quilt" | Ellen Schecter | Isabel Sanford | June 25, 1985 | 302 |
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Review Books: The Two of Them by Aliki; Being Adopted by Maxine B. Rosenberg, photographs by George Ancona; Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat, pictures by Vo-Dinh Mai | ||||||
| 23 | 3 | "Hill of Fire" | Ronnie Krauss | Fernando Escandon | June 26, 1985 | 303 |
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Review Books: The Tamarindo Puppy and Other Poems by Charlotte Pomerantz, pictures by Byron Barton; Ed Emberley's Science Flip Books; Emma's Dragon Hunt by Catherine Stock | ||||||
| 24 | 4 | "The Tortoise and the Hare" | Ellen Schecter | Gilda Radner | June 27, 1985 | 304 |
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Review Books: Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell Ernst; Hooray for Snail! by John Stadler; Albert the Running Bear's Exercise Book by Barbara Isenberg and Marjorie Jaffe, illustrated by Diane de Groat | ||||||
| 25 | 5 | "Perfect the Pig" | Lydia Wilen | James Coco | June 28, 1985 | 305 |
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Review Books: Poinsettia and Her Family by Felicia Bond; Hector the Accordion-Nosed Dog by John Stadler; The Bionic Bunny Show by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown | ||||||
Season 4 (1986)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Narrated by | Original release date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 1 | "Animal Cafe" | Hugh Martin | Mark Saltzman | Martin Short (Season 3 leftover) | June 23, 1986 | 306 |
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Review Books: Night Markets: Bringing Food to a City by Joshua Horwitz; The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson, paintings by Denise Saldutti; The Dream Eater by Christian Garrison, pictures by Diane Goode[3] | |||||||
| 27 | 2 | "Alistair in Outer Space" | Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | Arnold Stang | June 24, 1986 | 307 |
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Review Books: Check It Out!: The Book About Libraries by Gail Gibbons; Commander Toad series by Jane Yolen, pictures by Bruce Degen; Maps and Globes by Jack Knowlton, illustrated by Harriett Barton | |||||||
| 28 | 3 | "Feelings" | Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | Raima Evans, Jessica Mercado, Laura Haymann, Paul Sidoriak, Jonathan Rose, Timothy Oakes, Jerry David, and Pamela Stogner | June 25, 1986 | 308 |
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Review Books: Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems by Eloise Greenfield, pictures by Diane and Leo Dillon; Loudmouth George and the Sixth-Grade Bully by Nancy Carlson; Fireflies! by Julie Brinckloe | |||||||
| 29 | 4 | "Watch the Stars Come Out" | Hugh Martin | Peter Barton | Laura Haymann (Season 3 leftover) | June 26, 1986 | 309 |
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Review Books: Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen, illustrated by Michael J. Deraney; The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg; The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin[4] | |||||||
| 30 | 5 | "Mama Don't Allow" | Hugh Martin | Peter Barton | Fred Newman | June 27, 1986 | 310 |
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Review Books: Apt. 3 by Ezra Jack Keats; Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros; Miranda by Tricia Tusa | |||||||
| 31 | 6 | "Space Case" | Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | Michael Winslow | August 4, 1986 | 401 |
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Review Books: Is There Life in Outer Space? by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Don Madden; Legend of the Milky Way retold and illustrated by Jeanne M. Lee; Astronuts: Space Jokes and Riddles compiled by Charles Keller, illustrated by Art Cumings | |||||||
| 32 | 7 | "The Milk Makers" | Hugh Martin | Patti Sullivan | Alaina Reed | August 5, 1986 | 402 |
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Review Books: From Blossom to Honey by Ali Mitgutsch; Baby Animals on the Farm by Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, photographs by Ruth Rai; Whales and Other Sea Mammals by Elsa Posell | |||||||
| 33 | 8 | "Imogene's Antlers" | Mitchell Geller | Joan Wilen, Lydia Wilen & Patti Sullivan | Imogene Coca | August 6, 1986 | 403 |
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Review Books: George Shrinks by William Joyce; The Trek by Ann Jonas; When Panda Came to Our House by Helen Zane Jensen | |||||||
| 34 | 9 | "Germs Make Me Sick!" | Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | Molly Mandlin | August 7, 1986 | 404 |
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Review Books: The Microscope by Maxine Kumin, pictures by Arnold Lobel; Guess What? by Beau Gardner; Teddy Bears Cure a Cold by Susanna Gretz, illustrated by Alison Sage | |||||||
| 35 | 10 | "Abiyoyo" | Larry Lancit & Mitchell Geller | Mark Saltzman | Pete Seeger | August 8, 1986 | 405 |
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Review Books: Peter and the Wolf adapted by Sergei Prokofiev, illustrated by Erna Voigt; Ayu and the Perfect Moon by David Cox; Blackberry Ink by Eve Merriam, pictures by Hans Wilhelm | |||||||
Season 5 (1987)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Narrated by | Original release date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1 | "The Life Cycle of the Honeybee" | Mitchell Geller | Ronnie Krauss | Barbara Feldon | June 1, 1987 | 406 |
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Review Books: Going Buggy!: Jokes About Insects by Peter and Connie Roop, pictures by Joan Hanson; The Lady and the Spider by Faith McNulty, illustrated by Bob Marstall; The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller | |||||||
| 37 | 2 | "Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie" | Mitchell Geller | Ellen Schecter | Sada Thompson | June 2, 1987 | 407 |
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Review Books: The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward; Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews, illustrated by Ian Wallace; Sailing with the Wind by Thomas Locker | |||||||
| 38 | 3 | "Chickens Aren't the Only Ones" | Mitchell Geller | Mark Eisman | Georgia Engel | June 3, 1987 | 408 |
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Review Books: Turtle and Tortoise by Vincent Serventy from the Animals in the Wild series; Mrs. Huggins and Her Hen Hannah by Lydia Dabcovich; Egg to Chick by Millicent E. Selsam, pictures by Barbara Wolff | |||||||
| 39 | 4 | "The Paper Crane" | Mitchell Geller | Ellen Schecter | Keye Luke | June 4, 1987 | 409 |
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Review Books: How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman, illustrated by Allen Say; Perfect Crane by Anne Laurin, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak; "Paper" Through the Ages by Shaaron Cosner, illustrated by Priscilla Kiedrowski | |||||||
| 40 | 5 | "The Runaway Duck" | Mitchell Geller | Jeanne Marie Laskas | Orson Bean | June 5, 1987 | 410 |
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Review Books: The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese; Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien; Dabble Duck by Anne Leo Ellis, illustrated by Sue Truesdell | |||||||
| 41 | 6 | "A Three Hat Day" | Vern Oakley | Mark Saltzman | Zelda Rubinstein | July 27, 1987 | 411 |
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Review Books: Maebelle's Suitcase by Tricia Tusa; Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina; Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop, illustrated by William Joyce | |||||||
| 42 | 7 | "Rumpelstiltskin" | Vern Oakley | Jill Gluckson | Ralph Waite | July 28, 1987 | 412 |
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Review Books: The Sleeping Beauty retold and illustrated by Mercer Mayer; The Story of a Castle by John S. Goodall; A Medieval Feast by Aliki | |||||||
| 43 | 8 | "Best Friends" | Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | Liza Siegler | July 29, 1987 | 413 |
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Review Books: The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Jane Thayer, illustrated by Lisa McCue; A Gift for Tia Rosa by Karen T. Taha, illustrated by Dee deRosa; The Story of Mrs. Lovewright and Purrless Her Cat by Lore Segal, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky | |||||||
| 44 | 9 | "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch" | Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | Hoyt Axton | July 30, 1987 | 414 |
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Review Books: Rodeo by Cheryl Walsh Bellville; Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner, illustrated by Ronald Himler; Bossyboots by David Cox | |||||||
| 45 | 10 | "My Little Island" | Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | Ron Foster | July 31, 1987 | 415 |
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Review Books: Yagua Days by Cruz Martel, pictures by Jerry Pinkney; The Viking Children's World Atlas by Jacqueline Tivers and Michael Day; Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Tomie de Paola | |||||||
Season 6 (1988–89)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Narrated by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 46 | 1 | "The Bionic Bunny Show" | Dean Parisot | Ellis Weiner | Gene Klavan | August 15, 1988 | 501 |
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Review Books: Ramona: Behind the Scenes of a Television Show by Elaine Scott, photographs by Margaret Miller; The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin, illustrations by Marc Simont; Lights! Camera! Action!: How a Movie is Made by Gail Gibbons | |||||||
| 47 | 2 | "Bugs" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Lori Delgado and Edwin Maldonado Jr. | August 16, 1988 | 502 |
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Review Books: Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros; Ladybug by Barrie Watts; Backyard Insects by Millicent E. Selsam and Ronald Goor, photographs by Ronald Goor | |||||||
| 48 | 3 | "The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner" | Dean Parisot & Larry Lancit | Ellis Weiner | Peter Falk | August 17, 1988 | 503 |
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Review Books: Better Homes and Gardens Step-by-Step Kids' Cookbook; A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns by Ruth Heller; Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery by Doug Cushman | |||||||
| 49 | 4 | "Brush" | Larry Lancit | Mark Saltzman | Héctor Elizondo | August 18, 1988 | 504 |
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Review Books: Egg-Carton Zoo by Rudi Haas and Hans Blohm; Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg; What the Mailman Brought by Carolyn Craven, illustrated by Tomie de Paola | |||||||
| 50 | 5 | "The Purple Coat" | Hugh Martin | Ellis Weiner | Jack Gilford | August 19, 1988 | 505 |
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Review Books: The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood and Martin Link, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker; How a Book is Made by Aliki; Pablo Picasso by Ibi Lepscky, illustrated by Paolo Cardoni | |||||||
| 51 | 6 | "Barn Dance!" | Hugh Martin | Andrew Gutelle | Roy Clark | March 27, 1989 | 506 |
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Review Books: Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon, illustrations by Jerry Pinkney; I Like the Music by Leah Komaiko, pictures by Barbara Westman; The Old Banjo by Dennis Haseley, drawings by Stephen Gammell | |||||||
| 52 | 7 | "Duncan and Dolores" | Ed Wiseman | Loriann Champagne Smith | Jane Curtin | March 28, 1989 | 507 |
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Review Books: Moon Tiger by Phyllis Root, art by Ed Young; Cat and Canary by Michael Foreman; Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, retold and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley | |||||||
| 53 | 8 | "Knots on a Counting Rope" | Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | J. Ruben Silverbird and Kenneth Blank | March 29, 1989 | 508 |
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Review Books: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr; Let's Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants by M.K. Brown; Harriet's Recital by Nancy Carlson | |||||||
| 54 | 9 | "Mummies Made in Egypt" | Larry Lancit | Cecily Truett | Corinne Orr | March 30, 1989 | 509 |
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Review Books: Visiting the Art Museum by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown; Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie de Paola; I Can Be an Archaeologist by Robert B. Pickering from the I Can Be series | |||||||
| 55 | 10 | "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" | Mark Mannucci | David Yazbek | Phylicia Rashad | March 31, 1989 | 510 |
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Review Books: Who's in Rabbit's House? by Verna Aardema, pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon; Jafta series by Hugh Lewin, pictures by Lisa Kopper; Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings, pictures by Tom Feelings | |||||||
Season 7 (1989–90)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Narrated by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 56 | 1 | "Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story" | Dean Parisot | Jill Gluckson | Jane Pauley | July 3, 1989 | 601 |
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Review Books: Whalewatch! by June Behrens, photographs by John Olguin; The Life Cycle of the Whale by Paula Z. Hogan, illustrations by Karen Halt; All About Whales by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent | |||||||
| 57 | 2 | "Stay Away from the Junkyard!" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Michele Mariana | July 4, 1989 | 602 |
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Review Books: The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, drawings by Robert Lawson; The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats; Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey | |||||||
| 58 | 3 | "Little Nino's Pizzeria" | Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | Josh Saviano | July 5, 1989 | 603 |
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Review Books: The Popcorn Book by Tomie de Paola; What Happens to a Hamburger? by Paul Showers, illustrated by Anne Rockwell; Eats Poems by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by Susan Russo | |||||||
| 59 | 4 | "Ludlow Laughs" | Dean Parisot | Mitchell Kriegman | Phyllis Diller | July 6, 1989 | 604 |
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Review Books: Shake My Sillies Out: A Raffi Song to Read, illustrated by David Allender; Pig William by Arlene Dubanevich; The Make Me Laugh! Joke Books, illustrated by Joan Hanson | |||||||
| 60 | 5 | "Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo" | Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | Edward Asner | July 7, 1989 | 605 |
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Review Books: Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, illustrated by Ken Bachaus; Old Turtle's Baseball Stories by Leonard Kessler; Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat by Patricia Reilly Giff, illustrated by Susanna Natti | |||||||
| 61 | 6 | "Dive to the Coral Reefs" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Fran Brill | March 26, 1990 | 606 |
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Review Books: Creatures of the Sea by John Christopher Fine; How to Hide an Octopus and Other Sea Creatures by Ruth Heller; I Can Be an Oceanographer by Paul P. Sipiera from the I Can Be series | |||||||
| 62 | 7 | "Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus" | Dean Parisot | Ronnie Krauss | Philip Bosco | March 27, 1990 | 607 |
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Review Books: Cactus by Cynthia Overbeck Bix, photographs by Shabo Hani; Snakes Are Hunters by Patricia Lauber, illustrated by Holly Keller; A Living Desert by Guy J. Spencer, photographs by Tim Fuller | |||||||
| 63 | 8 | "Tooth-Gnasher Superflash" | Hugh Martin | Andrew Gutelle | Victoria Jackson | March 28, 1990 | 608 |
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Review Books: Truck Song by Diane Siebert, pictures by Byron Barton; Tin Lizzie and Little Nell by David Cox; Fill It Up!: All About Service Stations by Gail Gibbons | |||||||
| 64 | 9 | "Bored - Nothing to Do!" | Larry Lancit | Ronnie Krauss | Alex Borg and David Hyman | March 29, 1990 | 609 |
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Review Books: Flying from the Let's Discover Library; Redbird by Patrick Fort; The Magic Wings by Diane Wolkstein, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker | |||||||
| 65 | 10 | "Sports Pages" | Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | LeVar Burton | March 30, 1990 | 610 |
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Review Books: Soccer Sam by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Blanche Sims; Making the Team by Nancy Carlson; Miss Nelson Has a Field Day by Harry Allard, illustrated by James Marshall | |||||||
Season 8 (1990)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Narrated by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 66 | 1 | "The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth" | Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | Keisha Knight Pulliam | September 10, 1990 | 701 |
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Review Books: How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World; Caves; Rock Collecting | |||||||
| 67 | 2 | "Jack, the Seal and the Sea" | Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | Leslie Uggams | September 11, 1990 | 702 |
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Review Books: A Day in the Life of a Marine Biologist by David Paige, photographs by Roger Ruhlin; Water: What It Is, What It Does by Judith S. Seixas, illustrated by Tom Huffman; Sterling: The Rescue of a Baby Harbor Seal by Sandra Verrill White and Michael Filisky | |||||||
| 68 | 3 | "The Bicycle Man" | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | Tom Matsusaka | September 12, 1990 | 703 |
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Review Books: Our Teacher's in a Wheelchair by Mary Ellen Powers; The White Bicycle by Rob Lewis; Delphine by Molly Bang | |||||||
| 69 | 4 | "Florence and Eric Take the Cake" | Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | Julia Child | September 13, 1990 | 704 |
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Review Books: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg; My First Cook Book by Angela Wilkes; Uncle Nacho's Hat by Harriet Rohmer, illustrations by Veg Reisberg | |||||||
| 70 | 5 | "Sunken Treasure" | Larry Lancit | Andrew Gutelle | Robert Morse | September 14, 1990 | 705 |
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Review Books: The Titanic...Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly, illustrated by Keith Kohler; A Day Underwater by Deborah Kovacs; What's in the Deep?: An Underwater Adventure for Children by Alese and Morton Pechter | |||||||
Season 9 (1991)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Narrated by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 71 | 1 | "Alistair's Time Machine" | Ed Wiseman | Patty Marx | Arnold Stang | September 16, 1991 | 706 |
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Review Books: Find Waldo Now by Martin Handford; What Does It Do?: A Book About Inventions by Daniel Jacobs; The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin by Aliki | |||||||
| 72 | 2 | "The Adventures of Taxi Dog" | Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | Vincent Gardenia | September 17, 1991 | 707 |
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Review Books: Taxi: A Book of City Words by Betsy and Giulio Maestro; The First Dog by Jan Brett; I Want a Dog by Dayal Kaur Khalsa | |||||||
| 73 | 3 | "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" | Larry Lancit | Kristin Laskas Martin | Harold Littlebird | September 18, 1991 | 708 |
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Review Books: The Mud Pony by Caron Lee Cohen, illustrated by Shonto Begay; Indians of the Americas; Rainbow Crow by Nancy Van Laan, illustrated by Beatriz Vidal | |||||||
| 74 | 4 | "Galimoto" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Hattie Winston | September 19, 1991 | 709 |
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Review Books: Look at This by Harlow Rockwell; The Little Pigs' Puppet Book by N. Cameron Watson; My First Activity Book by Angela Wilkes | |||||||
| 75 | 5 | "Fox on the Job" | Ed Wiseman | Robert Stork | Fred Newman | September 20, 1991 | 710 |
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Review Books: Music, Music for Everyone by Vera B. Williams; Helping Out by George Ancona; Pig Pig Gets a Job by David McPhail | |||||||
| 76 | 6 | "Opt: An Illusionary Tale" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | LeVar Burton | September 23, 1991 | 801 |
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Review Books: Lenses!: Take a Closer Look by Siegfried Aust, illustrated by Helge Nyncke; If at First You Do Not See by Ruth Brown; Hide and Seek edited by Jennifer Coldrey and Karen Goldie-Morrison | |||||||
| 77 | 7 | "Raccoons and Ripe Corn, Deer at the Brook, Come Out, Muskrats" | Larry Lancit | Andrew Gutelle | Julia Barr | September 24, 1991 | 802 |
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Review Books: Bird Watch by Jane Yolen, illustrations by Ted Lewin; My First Nature Book by Angela Wilkes; Tree Trunk Traffic by Bianca Lavies | |||||||
| 78 | 8 | "The Lady with the Ship on Her Head" | Ed Wiseman | Ellis Weiner | Marilyn Pasekoff | September 25, 1991 | 803 |
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Review Books: An Enchanted Hair Tale by Alexis De Veaux, pictures by Cheryl Hanna; The Flyaway Pantaloons by Joseph Sharples, illustrated by Sue Scullard; Moog-Moog, Space Barber by Mark Teague | |||||||
| 79 | 9 | "Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express" | Richard Hendrick | Jill Gluckson | Brian Dennehy | September 26, 1991 | 804 |
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Review Books: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg; The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper, illustrated by George and Doris Hauman; The Train to Lulu's by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, illustrated by Robert Castilla | |||||||
| 80 | 10 | "Snowy Day: Stories and Poems" | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | Lena Horne (Winter Morning), Lacey Chabert (Snow), and Richard Courtney (Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening) | September 27, 1991 | 805 |
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Review Books: Over the River and Through the Wood by Lydia Maria Child, illustrated by Iris Van Rynbach; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers; Winter by Ron Hirschi, photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen | |||||||
Season 10 (1992)
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| 81 | 1 | "Tar Beach" | Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | Ruby Dee | October 5, 1992 | 806 |
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Review Books: To Sleep by James Sage, illustrated by Warwick Hutton; On Grandma's Roof by Erica Silverman, illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray; I'm Flying! by Alan Wade, pictures by Petra Mathers | |||||||
| 82 | 2 | "The Wall" | Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | Jason Ruggiero | October 6, 1992 | 807 |
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Review Books: All Those Secrets of the World by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Leslie Baker; My Grandson Lew by Charlotte Zolotow, pictures by William Pene du Bois; Tillie and the Wall by Leo Lionni | |||||||
| 83 | 3 | "Sam the Sea Cow" | Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | Jason Robards | October 7, 1992 | 808 |
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Review Books: Will We Miss Them?: Endangered Species by Alexandra Wright, illustrated by Marshall Peck III; "10 Things I Know" Books by Wendy Wax and Della Rowland, illustrated by Thomas Payne; Manatees by Emilie U. Lepthien | |||||||
| 84 | 4 | "Rechenka's Eggs" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Viveca Lindfors | October 8, 1992 | 809 |
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Review Books: Stefan and Olga by Betsy Day; The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci, pictures by Jerry Pinkney; I Made It Myself by Sabine Lohf | |||||||
| 85 | 5 | "Sophie and Lou" | Fred Surr | Fred Surr | Jessica Walter | October 9, 1992 | 810 |
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Review Books: Dancing with the Indians by Angela Shelf Medearis, illustrated by Samuel Byrd; Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year by Kate Waters and Madeline Slovenz-Low, photographs by Martha Cooper; Cordelia, Dance! by Sarah Stapler | |||||||
| 86 | 6 | "Come a Tide" | Ed Wiseman | Susan Leeds | Dixie Carter | October 12, 1992 | 901 |
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Review Books: Tornado Alert by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Giulio Maestro; Weather by Rena K. Kirkpatrick, illustrated by Janetta Lewis; Storms by Seymour Simon | |||||||
| 87 | 7 | "The Piggy in the Puddle" | Ed Wiseman | Orly Berger & Ed Wiseman | Tovah Feldshuh | October 13, 1992 | 902 |
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Review Books: Oink by Arthur Geisert; The Hippopotamus Song: A Muddy Love Story by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott; This House is Made of Mud by Ken Buchanan, illustrated by Libby Tracy | |||||||
| 88 | 8 | "Seashore Surprises" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | LeVar Burton | October 14, 1992 | 903 |
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Review Books: Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald, illustrated by S.D. Schindler; What's Inside? Shells by Angela Royston, photographs by Andreas von Einsiedel; The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow, paintings by Wendell Minor | |||||||
| 89 | 9 | "Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Andrew Lei | October 15, 1992 | 904 |
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Review Books: Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Marylin Hafner; Horace by Holly Keller; Free to Be...a Family by Marlo Thomas and Friends | |||||||
| 90 | 10 | "Berlioz the Bear" | Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | James Avery | October 16, 1992 | 905 |
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Review Books: Introduction to Musical Instruments series: Brass/Strings/Woodwinds/Percussion by Dee Lillegard; Georgia Music by Helen V. Griffith, pictures by James Stevenson; The Science Book of Sound by Neil Ardley | |||||||
Season 11 (1993)
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| 91 | 1 | "Amazing Grace" | Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | Tyne Daly | October 11, 1993 | 906 |
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Review Books: Roses Sing on New Snow by Paul Yee, illustrated by Harvey Chan; Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully; Great Women in the Struggle by Toyomi Igus, Veronica Freeman Ellis, Diane Patrick and Valerie Wilson Wesley | |||||||
| 92 | 2 | "The Furry News: How to Make a Newspaper" | Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | the cast of Forbidden Broadway and Lee Murphy | October 12, 1993 | 907 |
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Review Books: What's It Like to Be a...Newspaper Reporter by Janet Craig, illustrated by Richard Max Kolding; Newspapers by David Petersen; Great Newspaper Crafts by F. Virginia Walter, illustrated by Teddy Cameron Long | |||||||
| 93 | 3 | "Mrs. Katz and Tush" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Reizl Bozyk and Rick English | October 13, 1993 | 908 |
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Review Books: Kwanzaa by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate, illustrations by Melodye Rosales; Abuela by Arthur Dorros, illustrated by Elisa Kleven; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas | |||||||
| 94 | 4 | "The Salamander Room" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Lynne Thigpen | October 14, 1993 | 909 |
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Review Books: Frogs, Toads, Lizards and Salamanders by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright, illustrations by Nancy Winslow Parker; Chipmunk Song by Joanne Ryder, pictures by Lynne Cherry; The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry | |||||||
| 95 | 5 | "Silent Lotus" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Lea Salonga | October 15, 1993 | 910 |
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Review Books: Amy: The Story of a Deaf Child by Lou Ann Walker, photographs by Michael Abramson; Hand Rhymes collected and illustrated by Marc Brown; The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin | |||||||
| 96 | 6 | "Follow the Drinking Gourd" | Mark Mannucci | Steve Conner & Charlie Rice | Keith David | October 18, 1993 | 1001 |
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Review Books: A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler, illustrated by Samuel Byrd; Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson, paintings by James Ransome; Shake It to the One that You Love the Best by Cheryl Warren Mattox, illustrations by Varnette P. Honeywood and Brenda Joysmith | |||||||
| 97 | 7 | "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" | Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | Beth Howland | October 19, 1993 | 1002 |
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Review Books: Smart Dog by Ralph Leemis, illustrated by Chris Demarest; This is the Key to the Kingdom by Diane Worfolk Allison; The House that Jack Built, pictures by Jenny Stow | |||||||
| 98 | 8 | "Is This a House for Hermit Crab?" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Eartha Kitt | October 20, 1993 | 1003 |
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Review Books: Spider's Web by Christine Back and Barrie Watts; Busy, Busy Squirrels by Colleen Stanley Bare; Urban Roosts by Barbara Bash | |||||||
| 99 | 9 | "And Still the Turtle Watched" | Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | Michael Ansara | October 21, 1993 | 1004 |
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Review Books: A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry; Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Jonathan London and Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Thomas Locker; My First Green Book by Angela Wilkes | |||||||
| 100 | 10 | "June 29, 1999" | Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | Charles Kimbrough | October 22, 1993 | 1005 |
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Review Books: Time Train by Paul Fleischman, illustrations by Claire Ewart; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, drawn by Ron Barrett; Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert | |||||||
Season 12 (1994)
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| 101 | 1 | "Nosey Mrs. Rat" | Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle & Ronnie Krauss | Faith Prince | October 3, 1994 | 1006 |
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Review Books: Tiger by Judy Allen, illustrated by Tudor Humphries; The 13th Clue by Ann Jonas; Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw by Bruce McMillan | |||||||
| 102 | 2 | "Borreguita and the Coyote" | Mark Mannucci | Bernardo Solano | Olga Merediz | October 4, 1994 | 1007 |
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Review Books: Coyote Dreams by Susan Nunes, illustrations by Ronald Himler; The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Jim Harris; Diego by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Jeanette Winter | |||||||
| 103 | 3 | "Summer" | Mark Mannucci & Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | Ossie Davis | October 5, 1994 | 1008 |
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Review Books: Changes by Marjorie N. Allen and Shelley Rotner, photographs by Shelley Rotner; Nature All Year Long by Clare Walker Leslie; Turtle in July by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney | |||||||
| 104 | 4 | "Once There Was a Tree" | James C. Wright | Ronnie Krauss | Eli Wallach | October 6, 1994 | 1009 |
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Review Books: The Tremendous Tree Book by Barbara Brenner and May Garelick, illustrated by Fred Brenner; Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert; The Tree in the Wood by Christopher Manson | |||||||
| 105 | 5 | "Appelemando's Dreams" | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | Michael Learned | October 7, 1994 | 1010 |
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Review Books: I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins, illustrated by Robin Brickman; The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee; The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun, illustrated by Robert Casilla | |||||||
| 106 | 6 | "The Lotus Seed" | Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim | Rona Figueroa | October 10, 1994 | 1101 |
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Review Books: Halmoni and the Picnic by Sook Nyul Choi, illustrated by Karen M. Dugan; Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; I'm New Here by Bud Howlett | |||||||
| 107 | 7 | "Hail to Mail" | Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | Al Roker | October 11, 1994 | 1102 |
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Review Books: The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters by Janet and Allan Ahlberg; Messages in the Mailbox: How to Write a Letter by Loreen Leedy; Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera B. Williams and Jennifer Williams | |||||||
| 108 | 8 | "Stellaluna" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Anne Jackson | October 12, 1994 | 1103 |
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Review Books: Sleep is for Everyone by Paul Showers, illustrated by Wendy Watson; Step into the Night by Joanne Ryder, illustrated by Dennis Nolan; Amazing Bats by Frank Greenaway, photographs by Jerry Young and Frank Greenaway | |||||||
| 109 | 9 | "My Shadow" | Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim | Robert Guillaume | October 13, 1994 | 1104 |
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Review Books: Shadowgraphs by Jane Corby and Phila H. Webb; Shadows and Reflections by Tana Hoban; I Have a Friend by Keiko Narahashi | |||||||
| 110 | 10 | "Ruth Law Thrills a Nation" | Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim | Linda Lavin | October 14, 1994 | 1105 |
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Review Books: Flight by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Mike Wimmer; Amelia's Fantastic Flight by Rose Bursik; Plane Song by Diane Siebert, paintings by Vincent Nasta | |||||||
Season 13 (1995)
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| 111 | 1 | "The Wonderful Towers of Watts" | Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim & Ronnie Krauss | Angela Bassett | October 2, 1995 | 1106 |
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Review Books: The Car Washing Street by Denise Lewis Patrick, pictures by John Ward; Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield, pictures by Jan Spivey Gilchrist; I Got Community by Melrose Cooper, pictures by Dale Gottlieb | |||||||
| 112 | 2 | "Martha Speaks" | Mark Mannucci | Mark Eisman & Ronnie Krauss | Jo Hayden | October 3, 1995 | 1107 |
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Review Books: My Puppy is Born by Joanna Cole, photographs by Margaret Miller; The Night I Followed the Dog by Nina Laden; Earth Hounds by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross | |||||||
| 113 | 3 | "Alejandro's Gift" | Larry Lancit | Andrew Gutelle | Francisco Rivela | October 4, 1995 | 1108 |
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Review Books: The Desert Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta, illustrated by Mark Astrella; It Rained on the Desert Today by Ken and Debby Buchanan, illustrated by Libby Tracy; Water, Water Everywhere by Cynthia Overbeck Bix and Mark J. Rauzon | |||||||
| 114 | 4 | "The Sign Painter's Dream" | Ed Wiseman | Lee Hunkins & Jill Gluckson | Jamie Farr | October 5, 1995 | 1109 |
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Review Books: The Signmaker's Assistant by Tedd Arnold; The Letter Jesters by Cathryn Falwell; I Read Signs by Tana Hoban | |||||||
| 115 | 5 | "Archibald Frisby" | Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | Arnold Stang | October 6, 1995 | 1110 |
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Review Books: What Makes Popcorn Pop? by Jack Myers; Science Magic series: Sound/Light/Air/Water by Chris Oxlade; I Wonder Why Soap Makes Bubbles? by Barbara Taylor | |||||||
Season 14 (1996)
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| 116 | 1 | "Fly Away Home" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Daniel Saltzman | April 8, 1996 | 1111 |
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Review Books: Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan; The Homeless Hibernating Bear by Kids Livin' Life; Home edited by Michael Rosen | |||||||
| 117 | 2 | "Uncle Jed's Barbershop" | Mark Mannucci | Lee Hunkins | Regina Taylor | April 9, 1996 | 1112 |
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Review Books: A Peddler's Dream by Janice Shefelman, illustrated by Tom Shefelman; Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree by William Miller, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu | |||||||
| 118 | 3 | "How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World" | Larry Lancit & Kevin Lombard | Andrew Gutelle | Helen Mirren | April 10, 1996 | 1113 |
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Review Books: What Food is This? by Rosmarie Hausherr; The Edible Pyramid by Loreen Leedy; The Kids Around the World Cookbook by Deri Robins, illustrated by Charlotte Stowell | |||||||
| 119 | 4 | "Owen" | Ed Wiseman | McPaul Smith | Matthew Broderick | April 11, 1996 | 1114 |
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Review Books: Born in the Gravy by Denys Cazet; Darcy and Gran Don't Like Babies by Jane Cutler, pictures by Susannah Ryan; Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber | |||||||
| 120 | 5 | "How Much is a Million?" | Ed Wiseman, Tony Jacobs & Barry Shapiro | Jill Gluckson | Nick Sullivan | April 12, 1996 | 1115 |
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Review Books: How Many Stars in the Sky? by Lenny Hort, paintings by James Ransome; One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes, illustrated by Bonnie MacKain; Only One by Marc Harshman, illustrated by Barbara Garrison | |||||||
Season 15 (1996)
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| 121 | 1 | "Always My Dad" | Ed Wiseman | Lee Hunkins | BJ Crosby | October 7, 1996 | 1201 |
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Review Books: Taxi! Taxi! by Cari Best, illustrated by Dale Gottlieb; The Perfect Spot by Robert J. Blake; Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman, pictures by Caroline Binch | |||||||
| 122 | 2 | "Bread is for Eating" | Kevin Lombard, Ed Wiseman, & Tony Jacobs | Ronnie Krauss & Sharon Dennis Wyeth | Cecilia Arana and Michael Uribe | October 8, 1996 | 1202 |
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Review Books: Walter the Baker by Eric Carle; The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen, paintings by Ruth Wright Paulsen; Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris, photographs by Ken Heyman | |||||||
| 123 | 3 | "Hotel Animal" | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | John Cunningham | October 9, 1996 | 1203 |
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Review Books: Zoom by Istvan Banyai; Mr. Tall and Mr. Small by Barbara Brenner, illustrations by Mike Shenon; The Three Bears by Paul Galdone | |||||||
| 124 | 4 | "Someplace Else" | Kevin Lombard | Robert Stork | Carol Kane | October 10, 1996 | 1204 |
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Review Books: Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Schuett; Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Carol Jones; Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney, illustrated by Annette Cable | |||||||
| 125 | 5 | "Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | Gregory Hines | October 11, 1996 | 1205 |
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Review Books: Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes, illustrated by Karmen Thompson; Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney; The Maestro Plays by Bill Martin, Jr., pictures by Vladimir Radunsky | |||||||
Season 16 (1997)
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| 126 | 1 | "On the Day You Were Born" | Ed Wiseman | Billy Aronson | Patrick Stewart | April 7, 1997 | 1206 |
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Review Books: How You Were Born by Joanna Cole, photographs by Margaret Miller; One Round Moon and a Star for Me by Ingrid Mennen, illustrations by Niki Daly; A Teeny Tiny Baby by Amy Schwartz | |||||||
| 127 | 2 | "Hip Cat" | Mark Mannucci | McPaul Smith | Ann Duquesnay | April 8, 1997 | 1207 |
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Review Books: Willie Jerome by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Tyrone Geter; Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka; Conga Crocodile by Nicole Rubel | |||||||
| 128 | 3 | "Regina's Big Mistake" | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss & Renee Creange | Anna Holbrooks | April 9, 1997 | 1208 |
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Review Books: I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins, illustrated by Robin Brickman; The Art Lesson by Tomie de Paola; The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun, illustrated by Robert Casilla | |||||||
| 129 | 4 | "Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message" | Kevin Lombard | Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Doherty | Nicholson Earl Billey | April 10, 1997 | 1209 |
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Review Books: The Tremendous Tree Book by Barbara Brenner and May Garelick, illustrated by Fred Brenner; A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry; My First Green Book by Angela Wilkes | |||||||
| 130 | 5 | "The Carousel" | Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | Sarah Hubbard | April 11, 1997 | 1210 |
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Review Books: Up and Down on the Merry-Go-Round by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Ted Rand; The Always Prayer Shawl by Sheldon Oberman, illustrated by Ted Lewin; The Long Silk Strand by Laura E. Williams, illustrated by Grayce Bochak | |||||||
Season 17 (1998)
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| 131 | 1 | "Math Curse" | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | Michelle Trachtenberg | October 5, 1998 | 1301 |
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Review Books: Pigs on a Blanket by Amy Axelrod, pictures by Sharon McGinley-Nally; Twelve Snails to One Lizard by Susan Hightower, pictures by Matt Novak; Marvelous Math by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Karen Barbour | |||||||
| 132 | 2 | "My Life with the Wave" | Larry Lancit | Cecily Truett | Scott Irby-Ranniar | October 6, 1998 | 1302 |
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Review Books: Here is the Coral Reef by Madeleine Dunphy, illustrated by Tom Leonard; Water Dance by Thomas Locker; Our Wet World by Sneed B. Collard III, illustrated by James M. Needham | |||||||
| 133 | 3 | "Saturday Sancocho" | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | Jose de Guzman | October 7, 1998 | 1303 |
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Review Books: The Pirate Cookbook by Mary Ling; Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova, illustrated by Robert Roth; Mama Bear by Chyng-Feng Sun, illustrated by Lolly Robinson | |||||||
| 134 | 4 | "When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba" | Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | Lucie Arnaz | October 8, 1998 | 1304 |
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Review Books: The Dancing Man by Ruth Lercher Bornstein; My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray, illustrated by Raul Colon; The Old Man Who Loved to Sing by John Winch | |||||||
| 135 | 5 | "Worksong" | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | David Canary | October 9, 1998 | 1305 |
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Review Books: A Day's Work by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ronald Himler; I'm Going to Be a Firefighter and I'm Going to Be a Police Officer by Edith Kunhardt; Work by Ann Morris | |||||||
Season 18 (2000–01)
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| 136 | 1 | "The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest" | Kevin Lombard | Ronnie Krauss | Susan Sarandon | May 8, 2000 | 1401 |
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Review Books: Amazon Diary by Hudson Talbott and Mark Greenberg; People in the Rainforest by Saviour Pirotta; Welcome to the Greenhouse by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Laura Regan | |||||||
| 137 | 2 | "Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk" | Larry Lancit | Cecily Truett | Jason Alexander | November 20, 2000 | 1402 |
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Review Books: Moondogs by Daniel Kirk; Aloha, Dolores by Barbara Samuels; Harry and Lulu by Arthur Yorinks, illustrated by Martin Matje | |||||||
| 138 | 3 | "Lemonade for Sale" | Ed Wiseman | Robert Stork | Andrea McArdle | January 19, 2001 | 1403 |
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Review Books: Lulu's Lemonade by Barbara deRubertis, illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye; Neale S. Godfrey's Ultimate Kids' Money Book, illustrated by Randy Verougstraete; How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman, pictures by Bill Slavin | |||||||
| 139 | 4 | "The Secret Shortcut" | Ed Wiseman | Susan Kim | Tim Conway | February 16, 2001 | 1404 |
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Review Books: Mapping Penny's World by Loreen Leedy; Pipsqueaks! Maze School by Patrick Merrell; How Tall, How Short, How Faraway by David A. Adler, illustrated by Nancy Tobin | |||||||
| 140 | 5 | "My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States" | Ed Wiseman | Susan Kim | Lea Salonga (Mauna Loa), Tom and Ray Magliozzi (New England Lighthouse), and Nikki Giovanni (Knoxville, Tennessee) | March 16, 2001 | 1405 |
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Review Books (credit and Outro order): Celebrate the 50 States! by Loreen Leedy; The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller; Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant, illustrations by Lisa Desimini Review Books (children's order): The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller; Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant, illustrations by Lisa Desimini; Celebrate the 50 States! by Loreen Leedy | |||||||
| 141 | 6 | "Badger's Parting Gifts" | Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | Ruby Dee | April 20, 2001 | 1406 |
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Review Books: A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead by Nancy Luenn, illustrated by Robert Chapman; The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Erik Blegvad; The Grandad Tree by Trish Cooke, illustrated by Sharon Wilson | |||||||
Season 19 (2002)
[edit]All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.
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| 142 | 1 | "The Tin Forest" | Ronnie Krauss | Jeff Bridges | September 3, 2002 | 1407 |
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Review Books: On that Day by Andrea Patel; Mole Music by David McPhail; The Wonderful Happens by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Coco Dowley | ||||||
| 143 | 2 | "Max" | Susan Kim | Regina King and Ian Desdone | September 4, 2002 | 1408 |
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Review Books: The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen, illustrated by Elaine Greenstein; If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold; Sosu's Call by Meshack Asare | ||||||
| 144 | 3 | "Enemy Pie" | Ronnie Krauss | Ed Harris | September 5, 2002 | 1409 |
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Review Books: Don't Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin, illustrated by Glib Dibley; The Brand New Kid by Katie Couric, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose, illustrated by Debbie Tilly | ||||||
| 145 | 4 | "Our Big Home: An Earth Poem" | Susan Kim | Naomi Judd | September 6, 2002 | 1410 |
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Review Books: Take Action: A Guide to Active Citizenship by Marc Kielburger, illustrated by Craig Kielburger; Whoever You Are by Mem Fox, illustrated by Leslie Staub | ||||||
Season 20 (2004–05)
[edit]All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Narrated by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 146 | 1 | "Visiting Day" | Ronnie Krauss | Alfre Woodard | December 15, 2004 | 1501 |
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Review: Finding the Right Spot by Janice Levy, illustrated by Whitney Martin; Let's Talk About When your Parent is in Jail by Maureen K. Wittbold, photo illustrations by Bill Stanton, Phylis Picardi, and Ira Fox; Mama Loves me from Away by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Laurie Caple | ||||||
| 147 | 2 | "Unique Monique" | Jill Gluckson | Eliza Dushku | December 16, 2004 | 1502 |
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Review: Daffodil by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Tomek Bogacki; I'm Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell; The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi | ||||||
| 148 | 3 | "Mr. George Baker" | Ronnie Krauss | Wayne Brady | December 17, 2004 | 1503 |
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Review: The Music in Derrick's Heart by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert, illustrated by Colin Bootman; Grandfather Counts by Andrea Chang, illustrated by Ange Zhang; A Bird About to Sing by Laura Nyman Montenegro | ||||||
| 149 | 4 | "Beegu" | Twila Liggett | Freddie Prinze Jr. | January 20, 2005 | 1504 |
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Review: Space Exploration by David Glover; Planets: A Solar System Stickerbook by Ellen Hasbrouck, illustrated by Scott McDougal; Rise the Moon by Eileen Spinelli, pictures by Raul Colon | ||||||
| 150 | 5 | "Two Old Potatoes and Me" | Ronnie Krauss | Jordan Puryear | January 21, 2005 | 1505 |
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Review: Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes; Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin, pictures by Harry Bliss; Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert | ||||||
Season 21 (2006)
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| 151 | 1 | "The Biggest Test in the Universe" | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | Richard Gere | November 6, 2006 | 1601 |
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Review: Angelina on Stage by Katharine Holabird, illustrated by Helen Craig; Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow by Alexander Stadler; Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes | |||||||
| 152 | 2 | "I Lost My Tooth in Africa" | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | TBA | November 7, 2006 | 1602 |
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Review: Madlenka by Peter Six; Rites of Passage: Coming of Age by Mandy Ross; My Wobbly Tooth Must Not Ever Never Fall Out by Lauren Child | |||||||
| 153 | 3 | "Boxes for Katje" | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | Elizabeth Jute | November 8, 2006 | 1603 |
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Review: Luba: As Told to Michelle R. McCann by Luba Tryszynska-Frederick, illustrated by Anne Marshall; Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter; The Lady in the Box by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Marni Backer | |||||||
| 154 | 4 | "Game Day" | Ed Wiseman | Ed Wiseman | James Avery | November 9, 2006 | 1604 |
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Review: The Blue Ribbon Day by Katie Courtic, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; Pecorino Plays Ball by Alan Madison, illustrated by AnnaLaura Cantone; Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm, illustrated by Carol Thompson | |||||||
| 155 | 5 | "Show Way" | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | Diahann Carroll | November 10, 2006 | 1605 |
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Review: The Kids' Family Tree Book by Caroline Leavitt, illustrated by Ian Philips; What a Family! by Rachel Isadora; Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne, illustrated by Bethanne Andersen | |||||||
References
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- ^ Stone, Madeline (2014-06-17). "Here's Why 'Reading Rainbow' Was The Best Kids' TV Show Ever". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ^ "Reading Rainbow - Animal Cafe (1985).png - Click to see more photos". ImageShack. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Reading Rainbow - Watch the Stars Come Out (1985).png - Click to see more photos". ImageShack. Retrieved 12 February 2019.