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READING RAINBOW VIDEO SERIES & PROGRAMS
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LeVar Burton hosts the
critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series,
Reading Rainbow. Designed to promote literacy, Reading Rainbow
encourages children to read by bringing books to life and transporting young
learners to exciting, real-life settings. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful
animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help
children embrace positive reading habits, instilling in them a love of learning.
The series has received international acclaim, garnering more than 250 awards,
including a prestigious Peabody and nine Parents' Choice awards.
Each program presents a featured book along with animated sequences, original
songs, special guests, live-action field trips illustrating the show's theme,
and book reviews presented by young readers of other books on similar topics
that viewers might enjoy.
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LeVar Burton hosts the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow. Designed to promote literacy, Reading Rainbow encourages children to read by bringing books to life and transporting young learners to exciting, real-life settings. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, instilling in them a love of learning. The series has received international acclaim, garnering more than 250 awards, including a prestigious Peabody and nine Parents' Choice awards. Each program presents a featured book along with animated sequences, original songs, special guests, live-action field trips illustrating the show's theme, and book reviews presented by young readers of other books on similar topics that viewers might enjoy.
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#J1001
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Pete Seeger. A boy and his father devise a plan to save their townspeople from a giant in the story based on a South African lullaby and folk story. In addition, host LeVar Burton introduces children to music videos and storytelling, special guests Run DMC rap a story to music and a ballerina shows children how dance expresses emotion and tells stories without words.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1002
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Debra and Sal Barracca. The book tells the story of a stray dog in New York City who is adopted by a taxi driver, with whom he rides and shares adventures each day. In addition to the story, host LeVar Burton takes viewers to the city to see the many ways people "hail" taxi cabs, and then viewers discover how a canine companion helps Lisa, who is in a wheelchair.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Marilyn Sadler. On his way to return his library books, Alistair is captured in a spaceship and whisked into space by two colorful and outlandish creatures called Goots. In addition to the story, host LeVar Burton takes viewers to the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., where he introduces library employees and services.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1004
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Marilyn Sadler. In this adventure, Alistair's entry in a science competition takes him to various places and time periods, but unfortunately, he can't prove this to the judges. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton introduces viewers to inventor Thomas Edison and explores different inventions, while kids on the street talk about their own invention ideas.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1005
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Sharon Dennis Wyeth. In Wyeth's story, a young girl who, after her parents' divorce, doesn't see her father very often, frequently thinks about him and treasures the time they spend together. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton attends a Family Day Picnic and shares his own experiences about growing up in a single-parent family, and a young boy tells how the Big Brother Big Sister program has paired him with a special friend.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1006
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Mary Hoffman. In Hoffman's story, a young African-American girl overcomes discouragement and other obstacles on her way to winning the part of Peter Pan in the school play. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits with actress/comedian Whoopi Goldberg, and viewers meet a female hockey player and a female boiler mechanic.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1007
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by John Stadler. When Maxwell finds the food on his shop shelves gone and his cash register stuffed with money, he begins to wonder what really happens during the middle of the night. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits a cave in Texas for an up-close look at the world of bats, and a nighttime disc jockey introduces viewers to all kinds of night jobs.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1008
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-award winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Patricia Polacco. In this story, a little boy uses his dreams to create colorful images that brighten the world for himself and his fellow villagers. Also in this episode, children share sources of inspiration for their art, and viewers meet wire artist Eleanor McKay, painter Juan Sanchez and potters Dolly and Jody.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1009
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Susan Varley. After Badger's death, his friends comfort themselves with memories of the good times they shared with their beloved pal. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton shares fond memories of his grandmother and her wonderful cooking, then joins students at Staten Island Academy as they create artwork in remembrance of loved ones.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1010
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by John Archambault and Bill Martin Jr. Unable to sleep, a young boy follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits a Tennessee barn dance and learns about clogging, a group of bluegrass musicians perform and talk about their music, and viewers watch a fiddle maker at work.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1011
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Amy Schwartz. In the story, a kindergartner and her father change places for a day. As Bea works in an office, her father goes to school. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton uses the Reading Rainbow costume wardrobe to dress like people he has always wanted to be, kids on the street talk about what they want to be when they grow up and viewers meet a young boy who started a library in his small Utah town.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1012
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Jan Brett. While en route to play the town ball, Berlioz the Bear and his fellow musicians' bandwagon gets stuck in a hole in the road. The surprise that saves the day is the strange buzzing in Berlioz's instrument. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton takes a musical journey through the streets of New York City, and viewers go behind the scenes of the Boy's Choir of Harlem.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1013
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Steven Kellogg. When her best friend goes away for the summer, young Kathy feels lonely and afraid until she befriends a dog and learns about the love and care that pets need. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton explores how seeing-eye dogs are trained, kids share stories about their best friends and viewers meet some wonderful pooches at the Rockland County Kennel Club Dog Show.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1014
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Allen Say. In the story, two American soldiers stationed in a small village in Japan do amazing tricks on a borrowed bicycle. Host LeVar Burton explores the history of the wheel, looks at human powered vehicles and meets with freestyle bicyclist Woody Ibsen and skateboard specialist Anita Tessensohn.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1015
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Nancy Poydar. The book tells the story of a boy dreading the "big test," which has become a rite-of-passage at his elementary school. The show theme's is echoed by host LeVar Burton's daughter Michaela as she practices for an audition and by the young members of a NYC children's theater group as they prepare for a performance.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1016
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Laurene Krasny and Marc Brown. In the story, an ordinary rabbit goes to work each morning, where he becomes a television superhero. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes tour of Star Trek: The Next Generation, including a look at the show's special effects.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1017
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Peter Spier. In the story, two bored brothers keep themselves busy on a lazy afternoon by building and flying an airplane. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits a flight school and airport, and learns about pioneers in flights, including the Wright Brothers and Charles Lindberg.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1018
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Pere Calders. A little boy adopts a large brush to replace his banished dog, and he is surprised when it comes to life and behaves like a dog. Also, host LeVar Burton visits the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade warehouse to learn how the floats and balloons are designed and created, and animators demonstrate how 3-D animation is created.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1019
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Liz Rosenberg. A carousel is the backdrop for this sensitive story about sisters who search for memories of their mother's legacy. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton meets with an artist, who, with the help of Harlem school children, is rebuilding a community carousel, and kids on the street share stories about people in their lives who have passed on their legacies.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1020
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Vera B. Williams. In the story, a child, her mother and grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable chair after all their furniture is lost in a fire. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton learns the importance of cooperative teamwork during a visit to the New York Fire Academy Firefighting Training Center and practices with a dance group on a lively, musical number titled Teamwork.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1021
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Trinka Hakes Noble. A young boy encounters a series of misadventures when he brings his pet boa constrictor on a class trip to the farm. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits an exotic pet shop where he meets a tarantula and a boa constrictor, then goes to a livestock show where he learns unique facts about farm animals and watches events that include sheep shearing, goat milking and showing sheep.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1022
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by William Joyce. In Joyce's story, a vacationing family finds a dinosaur whom they name Bob. The family brings Bob back to America, where he becomes the talk of the town when it is discovered that he plays baseball. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits the Oakland Athletics batting practice, and Steve Albert interviews Reading Rainbow Pony Baseball Tournament players.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1023
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Barbara Samuels. In the story, Dolores learns to hold back some of her smothering tendencies in order to win the affection of her new pet cat. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits a tiger trainer who talks about caring for tiger cubs and teaching them manners, and viewers meet actress Long Ackerman as she prepares for a performance of the Broadway musical "CATS."
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1024
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Derek Munson. When his dad suggests making an "enemy pie," the boy in the book is excited but confused about spending an entire day with his adversary. In the end, he learns how to turn a best enemy into a best friend. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton introduces two friends from different backgrounds who spend a day exploring their cultural differences, and viewers will meet five sets of friends who share the secrets of their friendships.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1025
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Aliki. Pictures, dialogues, poems and stories portray a variety of emotions, from jealousy, sadness and fear to anger, joy and love. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton meets KoKo, a gorilla who can communicate through sign language, while composer Kurt Nurock demonstrates how sound affects feelings.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1026
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Jocelyn Wild. The book tells the story of a brother and sister lamb who accidentally cause a major mix-up between a delicious cake and a beautiful hat. Also in the episode, host LeVar Burton visits the Movieland Wax Museum where he learns how wax figures are made, and viewers learn how some talented bakers make cakes that look like a basketball, a sports car and more.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1027
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Eve Bunting. The book tells the story of a homeless boy and his father who move from terminal to terminal in an airport, trying not to be noticed. The boy expresses frustration about being homeless, yet still has hope for the future. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton talks with children whose families have been left homeless, and viewers meet a young girl who started an organization to help the homeless and a teenage boy who volunteers at a food distribution center for the homeless.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1028
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by James Marshall. In the story, Fox tries to earn money for a new bicycle in several different jobs. He eventually learns that jobs which match his skills are hard to come by. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton interviews a 15-year-old student who started his own business and visits people at work, including window cleaners, baggage handlers, a librarian, a dog walker, a firefighter and a policeman.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1029
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Loreen Leedy. In the story, Big Bear, Rabbit and their animal friends learn that creating a newspaper involves many tasks as they work to publish their own newspaper, "The Furry News." Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits with cartoonist Ray Billingsley, who talks about his nationally distributed comic strip Curtis, and viewers meet the staff of a high school newspaper as they work to put together the latest edition.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1030
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Karen Lynn Williams. While walking through his village, a young African boy uses his wits to search for scraps of wire to make his very own "galimoto." Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton interviews a wire artist that makes sculptures from wire, meets a circus family who does high wire acts without a net and travels the Sandia Peak Tramway in New Mexico. Viewers will learn how something as common and uncomplicated as wire can be used to create complicated and interesting things.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1031
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by NFL superstar twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber. The book tells the story of how, as youngsters, the brothers learned that success is built on team effort. Viewers will then follow athletes as they train for, play and enjoy a variety of sports, while learning that every player on a team has a special role in contributing to the success of the group. Host LeVar Burton points out that lessons learning in sports can help children achieve their goals.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1032
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. A boy from New York City has some preconceived ideas of life in the West, making him very apprehensive about his family's move there. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton meets a biologist from the Arizona Game and Fish Department who introduces him to a real Gila monster, and kids on the street share their ideas about Gila monsters.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1033
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Mitchell Sharmat. Gregory, a young goat, refuses to eat the usual goat diet of shoes and tin cans until his worried parents teach him to enjoy a variety of goat foods. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton meets dieticians at the San Diego Zoo who talk about zoo animals and their specialized diets, and three kids learn how to cook a gourmet meal at the Hotel Intercontinental in New York City.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1034
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Samuel Marshak. In the book, a certified letter is followed in a humorous journey to its intended recipient. Viewers will see how the simple act of mailing a letter becomes a trip spanning the entire world in an effort to get the mail on time. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton follows a young boy's letter to his grandma's house, explores earlier ways of sorting, transporting and delivering the mail, and meets a young stamp collector.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1035
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Jonathan London. The book tells the story of a hip, saxophone-playing cat who heads to the big city to seek fame and fortune. The cat creates a sound all his own and experiences how the rhyme and rhythm enchant his audience. Also in this episode, viewers experience examples of improvisation in music, literature, art and dance, and host LeVar Burton meets jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman, who talks about how music has influenced his life.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1036
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Marjorie Priceman. Since the market is closed, the reader is led around the world to gather the ingredients for making an apple pie. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton joins chef Curtis Aikens in his kitchen, and viewers find out how chemistry is used at the Turkey Hill Ice Cream Factory.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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#J1037
$29.95
From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Penda Diakite, illustrated by her father, Baba Wague Diakite. The book tells the story of a young girl who loses a tooth while visiting her father's family in Africa. In the African tradition, the girl places the tooth under a gourd and, in return, gets two chickens from the Tooth Fairy. Host LeVar Burton looks at the importance of good tooth care and visits a Quinceanera, a celebration for a 15-year-old Hispanic girl in honor of her transition into womanhood.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Laura Joffe Numeroff. In the story, a little boy offers a mouse a cookie, and a chain reaction is set in motion, illustrating how one thing leads to another. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton goes behind the scenes at a bowling alley to see how a bowling ball starts a chain reaction, and viewers meet a Dominoes expert who designs and sets up "domino art," and then triggers a domino reaction.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Margaret K. Wetterer. The book tells the true story of a 15-year-old girl who bravely rushes out into a storm to save two men and prevent hundreds of other lives from being lost. Host LeVar Burton visits the Los Angeles Train Yard, where he meets an Amtrak train engineer and takes a tour of a train car. Viewers will learn about the history of trains through film clips and photographs, locomotives and train engines, and the job of a train engineer.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Peter and Connie Roop. The book tells the true story of a young girl who kept a lighthouse in operation during a tremendous winter storm. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits a modern-day lighthouse on the coast of Maine and sets sail with an authentic sailing family aboard the family schooner.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault. In the story, a Native American boy and his grandfather reminisce about the boy's birth, his first horse and his first horse race where he faces his greatest challenge -- his blindness. Also in the program, host LeVar Burton meets a news anchor in New York City who talks about overcoming a physical disability and faces a night alone in the wilderness where he overcomes doubt.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Deborah Nourse Lattimore. Madame Pompenstance competes for the Best Headdress Award at the Fancy Dress Ball, unaware that a small ship has sailed onto her head and has becomes part of her headdress. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits a very large and diverse barbershop, and interviews the band The Grateful Head, and children on the street show off the hats they have created.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Tomie dePaola. In this Native American tale, a young boy follows his vision quest to find the special gift he can bring to his people. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits the Pueblo Indian people of Taos, New Mexico, where he interviews a Pueblo painter and a family of pottery makers, and watches the Concha family prepare for and perform a traditional Pueblo dance.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Demi. Based on an old Chinese legend, the book tells the story of a poor boy who receives a magic paintbrush that brings everything he paints to life. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton takes a trip to New York City's Chinatown to meet an expert in calligraphy, gets a taste of gourmet Chinese dishes with chef Alex Wong and visits the New York Institute of Technology to explore computer art.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Karen Barbour. Tony loves helping his dad make pizza at their family restaurant until one day, his dad decides to open a fancy new restaurant, and everything changes. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton meets a family who works together in the fireworks business and shows viewers how he makes his own pizza.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Jon Agee. The book tells the story of Ludlow, a big grump who never laughs or even smiles. One night he has the funniest dream ever, and when he starts to laugh, the whole world laughs with him. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton gets a comic make-over and visits with real-life, stand-up comic Peter Pitofsky.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Thacher Hurd. When Miles gets a saxophone for his birthday, neither his parents nor his neighborhood can stand the racket! No one guesses what's in store for them when Miles and his Swamp Band receive an invitation to play at the Alligator Ball. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits an alligator farm, meets a mouth sounds performer and a jazz saxophone artist, and explores a riverboat in Louisiana.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Susan Meddaugh. In the story, problems arise when Martha, the family dog, learns to speak after eating alphabet soup. Viewers will see clips of old-time dog heroes and dogs doing tricks, meet an animal trainer who demonstrates how he trains dogs for TV and movie roles, and take a walk with a dog at the dog's eye level.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Bob Graham. Max is the son of superhero parents and is destined to be a superhero -- once he learns how to fly. When Max is faced with an emergency, his soaring abilities are brought to life, unleashing the hero within. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton spends the day at the firehouse to find out what inspires these real-life heroes, and viewers follow the Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons as they rescue, rehabilitate and release an injured goose.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Harry Allard. When their teacher has to go away for a week, the kids in Room 207 have big plans to "really act up." Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton talks with Blackstone the Magician and takes part in a magic show, and meets a make-up artist who transforms LeVar into a strange creature.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Amy Herst. In the story, Harry sits on the porch with 100-year-old Mr. George Baker, who can dance and play the drums, but goes to school, just like Harry, so he can learn to read. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton explores how learning is an ageless adventure as he introduces a senior dance troupe and visits a bakery run by the same family for five generations.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Patricia Polacco. A long-lasting friendship develops between Lamel, a young African-American boy, and Mrs. Katz, a lonely Jewish widow, when Lamel presents Mrs. Katz with a scrawny kitten without a tail. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits his friend Sherry, and together they cook a variety of traditional Jewish foods, including challah and matzo balls.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by Thacher Hurd. Ralph, a short order cook, rescues a kidnapped opera singer from Big Al and his gang of nasty rats. Also in this episode, host Levar Burton takes a trip to the Charleston, South Carolina, harbor, where he meets a tugboat captain and visits a crane that is used to unload freight.
The Reading Rainbow programs are designed to encourage children to read by transporting them to exciting, real-life settings. The series introduces kids to interesting new people and places, explores social and cultural issues, and offers a close-up look at the world around them. Its dynamic, fast-paced, colorful animation and hip music entertain and reinforce these experiences, and help children embrace positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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