Larry Lancit
Director
Reading Rainbow (1983)
Season 20
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.
Released June 6, 1983
Episode 30 min
4+
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids
Keywords: imdb.reading, imdb.children-s-literature, imdb.picture-book, imdb.book-review, imdb.book, imdb.educational, awards.emmy-award-nominated, mdblist.has-trailer
Watch Providers: PBS Kids Amazon Channel
Production Companies: Lancit Media Productions, RCN Entertainment, On-Screen Entertainment, WNED-TV Channel 17
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S20E1 - Visiting Day
The series tackles a delicate subject of how some children must deal with a parent in prison. Alfre Woodard reads Visiting Day, a tale about a young girl preparing to visit her father in jail on his birthday, and how she and her grandmother get ready for the trip to the prison. Afterwards, LeVar visits a real family planning to see their father and husband in jail as he finishes his prison term for shooting at a man during an argument, and how they have to cope with the social stigma of having to explain an ex-convict.
Dec. 15, 2004, midnight
S20E2 - Unique Monique
Eliza Dushku reads a story about a girl attending private school who attempts to create her own unique style without breaking any of the school's strict dress code rules.
Dec. 16, 2004, midnight
S20E3 - Mr. George Baker
Eliza Dushku reads a story about a girl attending private school who attempts to create her own unique style without breaking any of the school's strict dress code rules.
Dec. 17, 2004, midnight
S20E4 - Beegu
As LeVar investigates types of communication, Freddie Prinze Jr. reads Beegu, the story of an alien who visits Earth while lost from its parents and befriends a group of young children who help Beegu contact her family.
Jan. 20, 2005, midnight
S20E5 - Two Old Potatoes and Me
Jordan Puryear reads "Two Old Potatoes and Me," about a girl who works with her father to recycle two rotted potatoes by replanting them using the sprouts to grow a whole new crop of potatoes. LeVar, working with his daughter, is inspired to make potato dishes from recipes in the book.
Jan. 21, 2005, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 4650 min.
Released: June 6, 1983
Last Air Date: Nov. 10, 2006, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-Y
Common sense age: 4+
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