Larry Lancit
Director
Reading Rainbow (1983)
Season 7
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
S7E1 - Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story
LeVar is sailing on the Atlantic coast whale watching. He and a team of scientists learn about how whales eat and how they live in their habitats in the ocean. Jane Pauley narrates the true story of Humphrey, the Lost Whale, all about a humpback whale who gets separated from his pod and gets stuck under a bridge over the Sacramento River.
July 3, 1989, midnight
S7E2 - Stay Away from the Junkyard!
LeVar decides it's time to clean out the things cluttering up his house. What he finds is only memories of his entire life. None of this is junk, as it turns out. Michelle Mariano reads the story of a young girl visiting relatives who befriends the local junkyard manager, even though the rest of the town avoids him and spreads rumors.
July 4, 1989, midnight
S7E3 - Little Nino's Pizzeria
LeVar makes a pizza, while "The Wonder Years" star Josh Saviano reads a story about about a boy who's father runs a pizzeria.
July 5, 1989, midnight
S7E4 - Ludlow Laughs
Ludlow is a big grump who never laughs or even smiles. One night he has the funniest dream ever. When he starts laughing, the whole world laughs with him. Also includes LeVar "Clowning Around", Stand Up Comic and book reviews for Pig William, Shake My Sillies Out and The Make Me Laugh! Joke Books.
July 6, 1989, midnight
S7E5 - Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo
It's spring 1989, and LeVar gets in the training camp of the Oakland Athletics (back when it was Tony LaRussa, Dave Stewart, Mark McGwire and Terry Steinbach) for a program on baseball. Edward Asner reads the story of a family who meets a dinosaur who they soon find out loves to play baseball.
July 7, 1989, midnight
S7E6 - Dive to the Coral Reefs
Within the sea, lies a combination of scuba diving and (just slightly) snorkeling as LeVar and a friend of his dive beneath the ocean to explore a living coral reef and the life around it. Fran Brill narrates Dive to the Coral Reefs, a book that shows the life and structures of the beauty that lies beneath the sea.
March 26, 1990, midnight
S7E7 - Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus
LeVar explores the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, photographing its natural environment and learning about how animals in the desert adapt to this kind of climate. Philip Basco narrates the feature book on the natural world of the famous desert cactus, the giant saguaro.
March 27, 1990, midnight
S7E8 - Tooth-Gnasher Superflash
LeVar, the jack of all trades, becomes a garage mechanic for this episode. Much of it fantasizes about dream cars. Then comes a real dream car, which a man has decorated, followed by stock footage of an assembly line and a piece on a solar-powered car named the Sunraycer. Victoria Jackson narrates Tooth-Gnasher Superflash, the story of a family that buys a car that is not like any other.
March 28, 1990, midnight
S7E9 - Bored-Nothing to Do!
Focusing on planes in this episode, LeVar takes a flying lesson and flies a plane himself. Also included: the activities of a top-notch airline in flight, as well as a look at the people who made the dream of flying come true, like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindburgh. Alex Borg and David Hyman read the story of two boys who decide to build their own airplane, using household items, after their mother sends them outside to play when they complain of being bored.
March 29, 1990, midnight
S7E10 - Sports Pages
Levar Burton works out in a gym and talks about the determination it takes to succeed in sports. Burton narrates two poems from "Sports Pages" by Arnold Adoff. Burton visits with a young Olympic gymnast who talks about the preparation she must go through before competition. Burton talks to a brother-sister figure skating team, the skaters show how hard they must work to achieve their goals.
March 30, 1990, 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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