Reading Rainbow (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)

Reading Rainbow

(a Titles & Air Dates Guide)

Last updated: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 -2:00

Show Details:

Start date: June 1983
End date: Nov 2006
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): PBS (US)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 155 eps
Genre(s): Children

Credits:

LeVar Burton

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Episode list & details from: TVmaze • TV.com

Episode #		Original Air Date	Titles

Season 1

1.	1-1	06 Jun 83	Tight Times
2.	1-2	07 Jun 83	Miss Nelson is Back
3.	1-3	08 Jun 83	Bea and Mr. Jones
4.	1-4	09 Jun 83	Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
5.	1-5	10 Jun 83	Louis the Fish
6.	1-6	13 Jun 83	Digging Up Dinosaurs
7.	1-7	14 Jun 83	Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
8.	1-8	15 Jun 83	Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
9.	1-9	16 Jun 83	Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
10.	1-10	17 Jun 83	The Gift of the Sacred Dog
11.	1-11	20 Jun 83	Gregory, the Terrible Eater
12.	1-12	21 Jun 83	Three by the Sea
13.	1-13	22 Jun 83	Arthur's Eyes
14.	1-14	23 Jun 83	The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
15.	1-15	24 Jun 83	Ty's One Man Band

Season 2

16.	2-1	03 Sep 84	Hot-Air Henry
17.	2-2	04 Sep 84	Simon's Book
18.	2-3	05 Sep 84	Ox-Cart Man
19.	2-4	06 Sep 84	Mystery on the Docks
20.	2-5	07 Sep 84	A Chair for My Mother

Season 3

21.	3-1	01 Jul 85	Paul Bunyon
22.	3-2	02 Jul 85	The Patchwork Quilt
23.	3-3	03 Jul 85	Hill of Fire
24.	3-4	04 Jul 85	The Tortoise and the Hare
25.	3-5	05 Jul 85	Perfect the Pig

Season 4

26.	4-1	23 Jun 86	Animal Cafe
27.	4-2	24 Jun 86	Alistair in Outer Space
28.	4-3	25 Jun 86	Feelings
29.	4-4	26 Jun 86	Watch the Stars Come Out
30.	4-5	27 Jun 86	Mama Don't Allow
31.	4-6	30 Jun 86	Space Case
32.	4-7	01 Jul 86	The Milk Makers
33.	4-8	02 Jul 86	Imogene's Antlers
34.	4-9	03 Jul 86	Germs Make Me Sick!
35.	4-10	04 Jul 86	Abiyoyo

Season 5

36.	5-1	22 Jun 87	The Life Cycle of the Honeybee
37.	5-2	23 Jun 87	Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
38.	5-3	24 Jun 87	Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
39.	5-4	25 Jun 87	The Paper Crane
40.	5-5	28 Jun 87	The Runaway Duck
41.	5-6	29 Jun 87	A Three Hat Day
42.	5-7	30 Jun 87	Rumpelstiltskin
43.	5-8	01 Jul 87	Best Friends
44.	5-9	02 Jul 87	Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
45.	5-10	03 Jul 87	My Little Island

Season 6

46.	6-1	15 Aug 88	The Bionic Bunny Show
47.	6-2	16 Aug 87	Bugs
48.	6-3	17 Aug 87	The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner
49.	6-4	18 Aug 88	Brush
50.	6-5	19 Aug 88	The Purple Coat
51.	6-6	27 Aug 89	Barn Dance!
52.	6-7	28 Aug 89	Duncan and Dolores
53.	6-8	29 Aug 89	Knots on a Counting Rope
54.	6-9	30 Aug 89	Mummies Made in Egypt
55.	6-10	31 Aug 89	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

Season 7

56.	7-1	03 Jul 89	Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story
57.	7-2	04 Jul 89	Stay Away from the Junkyard!
58.	7-3	05 Jul 89	Little Nino's Pizzeria
59.	7-4	06 Jul 89	Ludlow Laughs
60.	7-5	07 Jul 89	Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo
61.	7-6	26 Mar 90	Dive to the Coral Reefs
62.	7-7	27 Mar 90	Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus
63.	7-8	28 Mar 90	Tooth-Gnasher Superflash
64.	7-9	29 Mar 90	Bored–Nothing to Do!
65.	7-10	30 Mar 90	Sports Pages

Season 8

66.	8-1	10 Sep 90	The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
67.	8-2	11 Sep 90	Jack, the Seal and the Sea
68.	8-3	12 Sep 90	The Bicycle Man
69.	8-4	13 Sep 90	Florence and Eric Take the Cake
70.	8-5	14 Sep 90	Sunken Treasure

Season 9

71.	9-1	16 Sep 91	Alistair's Time Machine
72.	9-2	17 Sep 91	The Adventures of Taxi Dog
73.	9-3	18 Sep 91	The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
74.	9-4	19 Sep 91	Galimoto
75.	9-5	20 Sep 91	Fox on the Job
76.	9-6	23 Sep 91	Opt: An Illusionary Tale
77.	9-7	24 Sep 91	Raccoons and Ripe Corn
78.	9-8	25 Sep 91	The Lady with the Ship on Her Head
79.	9-9	26 Sep 91	Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
80.	9-10	27 Sep 91	Snowy Day: Stories and Poems

Season 10

81.	10-1	05 Oct 92	Tar Beach
82.	10-2	06 Oct 92	The Wall
83.	10-3	07 Oct 92	Sam the Sea Cow
84.	10-4	08 Oct 92	Rechenka's Eggs
85.	10-5	09 Oct 92	Sophie and Lou
86.	10-6	12 Oct 92	Come a Tide
87.	10-7	13 Oct 92	The Piggy in the Puddle
88.	10-8	14 Oct 92	Seashore Surprises
89.	10-9	15 Oct 92	Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies
90.	10-10	16 Oct 92	Berlioz the Bear

Season 11

91.	11-1	11 Oct 93	Amazing Grace
92.	11-2	12 Oct 93	The Furry News
93.	11-3	13 Oct 93	Mrs. Katz and Tush
94.	11-4	14 Oct 93	The Salamander Room
95.	11-5	15 Oct 93	Silent Lotus
96.	11-6	18 Oct 93	Follow the Drinking Gourd
97.	11-7	19 Oct 93	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
98.	11-8	20 Oct 93	Is This a House for Hermit Crab?
99.	11-9	21 Oct 93	And Still the Turtle Watched
100.	11-10	22 Oct 93	June 29, 1999

Season 12

101.	12-1	03 Oct 94	Nosey Mrs. Rat
102.	12-2	04 Oct 94	Borreguita and the Coyote
103.	12-3	05 Oct 94	Summer
104.	12-4	06 Oct 94	Once There Was a Tree
105.	12-5	07 Oct 94	Appelemondo's Dreams
106.	12-6	10 Oct 94	The Lotus Seed
107.	12-7	11 Oct 94	Hail to Mail
108.	12-8	12 Oct 94	Stellaluna
109.	12-9	13 Oct 94	My Shadow
110.	12-10	14 Oct 94	Ruth Law Thrills a Nation

Season 13

111.	13-1	02 Oct 95	The Wonderful Towers of Watts
112.	13-2	03 Oct 95	Martha Speaks
113.	13-3	04 Oct 95	Alejandro's Gift
114.	13-4	05 Oct 95	The Sign Painter's Dream
115.	13-5	06 Oct 95	Archibald Frisby

Season 14

116.	14-1	08 Oct 95	Fly Away Home
117.	14-2	09 Oct 95	Uncle Jed's Barber Shop
118.	14-3	10 Oct 95	How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
119.	14-4	11 Oct 95	Owen
120.	14-5	12 Apr 96	How Many is a Million?

Season 15

121.	15-1	07 Oct 96	Always My Dad
122.	15-2	08 Oct 96	Bread is for Eating
123.	15-3	09 Oct 96	Hotel Animal
124.	15-4	10 Oct 96	Someplace Else
125.	15-5	11 Oct 96	Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin

Season 16

126.	16-1	07 Apr 97	On the Day You Were Born
127.	16-2	08 Apr 97	Hip Cat
128.	16-3	09 Apr 97	Regina's Big Mistake
129.	16-4	10 Apr 97	Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message
130.	16-5	11 Apr 97	The Carousel

Season 17

131.	17-1	05 Oct 98	Math Curse
132.	17-2	06 Oct 98	My Life with the Wave
133.	17-3	07 Oct 98	Saturday Sancocho
134.	17-4	08 Oct 98	When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba
135.	17-5	09 Oct 98	Worksong

Season 18

136.	18-1	23 Oct 00	The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
137.	18-2	20 Nov 00	Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk
138.	18-3	19 Jan 01	Lemonade for Sale
139.	18-4	16 Feb 01	The Secret Shortcut
140.	18-5	16 Mar 01	My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States
141.	18-6	20 Apr 01	Badger's Parting Gifts

Season 19

142.	19-1	02 Sep 02	The Tin Forest
143.	19-2	03 Sep 02	Max
144.	19-3	05 Sep 02	Enemy Pie
145.	19-4	06 Sep 02	Our Big Home: An Earth Poem

Season 20

146.	20-1	15 Dec 04	Visiting Day
147.	20-2	16 Dec 04	Unique Monique
148.	20-3	17 Dec 04	Mr. George Baker
149.	20-4	20 Jan 05	Beegu
150.	20-5	21 Jan 05	Two Old Potatoes and Me

Season 21

151.	21-1	06 Nov 06	The Biggest Test in the Universe
152.	21-2	07 Nov 06	I Lost My Tooth in Africa
153.	21-3	08 Nov 06	Boxes for Katje
154.	21-4	09 Nov 06	Game Day
155.	21-5	10 Nov 06	Show Way

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