Reading Rainbow
TV-Y
8.4
1983
Kids
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
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- Cast：
- LeVar Burton
Episode 10 : Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
October. 14,1994
Once again the show looks into firsts in air travel, recounting great pilots such as Bessie Coleman, Amelia Earhart and the featured book's heroine, Ruth Law. Linda Lavin narrates the story of Ruth Law, who traveled from Chicago to New York City in a single engine airplane, without benefit of headlights to keep the weight down, in the early 20th century, in two days.
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Episode 8 : Stellaluna
October. 12,1994
LeVar discusses bats and the importance of sleep. The featured story is of a bat who is separated from her family and adopted by a bird.
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Episode 7 : Hail to Mail
October. 11,1994
LeVar explains the postal service and shows how important mail as a form of communication.
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Episode 5 : Appelemando's Dreams
October. 07,1994
Creativity is the theme as LeVar spends the day painting a mural and other artwork. Michael Learned tells the story of Appelemondo, a boy whose daydreams were so vivid that they could be seen developing above his head, and how his friends learned how to capture the dreams to make beautiful paintings to decorate their town.
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Episode 4 : Once There Was a Tree
October. 06,1994
There is still use to a tree stump, as the feature book entails. Eli Wallach reads the story about the lifetime of a tree, and how different animals and people made use of the tree during its many stages, from sapling to tall tree to a cut down stump.
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Episode 2 : Borreguita and the Coyote
October. 04,1994
LeVar spends the day in a barrio in East Los Angeles studying Mexican culture as he visits friends who make their own guitars, eats some traditional food, and discusses the cultural differences that are practiced in both Mexico and the US. Olga Merediz reads Borreguita and the Coyote, the tale of a clever lamb who continually outsmarts a coyote determined to eat her.
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