Kathryn Mullen
Director
Between the Lions (2000)
Season 10
Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. The target audience is children 4 to 7 years old. It has the same puppet style as Sesame Street and several season 2 episodes, notably in Dance in Smarty Pants, had a few characters from Sesame Street guest appearing. Between The Lions started its 10th and final season on September 20, 2010. The Show Ended in November, 22 2010 Along with Reading Rainbow
Released April 3, 2000
Episode 30 min
4+
Genres: Children, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Kids
Keywords: imdb.picture-book, imdb.children-s-literature, imdb.reading, imdb.educational, imdb.lion, imdb.library, imdb.book + 9 more, imdb.intelligence, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.animal-in-title, imdb.animal-in-series-title, imdb.practical-effects, imdb.three-word-title
Production Companies: WGBH Boston, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Sirius Thinking
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S10E1 - Three More Little Pigs;The Ants And The Grasshopper
Lionel, Leona, and the Wolf each try their hand at writing a sequel to The Three Little Pigs, and Leona finds a way to work and play. Educational Goals: Highlights the joys of reading and introduces key literacy skills. Focuses on short u, the sound represented by the letter m, and synonyms for small (miniscule, little, petite, microscopic, tiny, teeny, diminutive, weeny).
Sept. 20, 2010, midnight
S10E2 - A Birthday For Cow!;Rabbit's Gift
The humble turnip stars in this show about birthday celebrations, vegetables, and the gift of giving. Educational Goals: Highlights the joys of reading and introduces key literacy skills. Features vocabulary about vegetables, relational vocabulary (over, under, around, through, into), and the short i sou
Sept. 27, 2010, midnight
S10E3 - City Mouse And Country Mouse;The Happy Hocky Family Moves To The Country!
Oct. 4, 2010, midnight
S10E4 - Pablo The Artist;Dream Carver
Oct. 11, 2010, midnight
S10E5 - Roller Coaster;What Do Wheels Do All Day?
Oct. 18, 2010, midnight
S10E6 - Not Norman;Me And My Cat?
Oct. 25, 2010, midnight
S10E7 - My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks; Just What Mama Needs
The Lion family turns a box of junk into self-portraits, and Leona tricks Lionel into cleaning her room.
Nov. 1, 2010, midnight
S10E8 - Castles, Caves, and Honeycombs; My House
Leona helps a snail find a new home in the library's new All Different Kinds of Homes wing, and Lionel moves into a new home too.
Nov. 8, 2010, midnight
S10E9 - Deep in the Swamp & Trosclair and the Alligator
Lionel tries to frighten Leona with creepy, crawly swamp things, and a clever boy tricks a hungry alligator.
Nov. 15, 2010, midnight
S10E10 - Red Parka Mary & Not Afraid of Dogs
Nov. 22, 2010, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: April 3, 2000
Last Air Date: Nov. 22, 2010, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 4+
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