List of episodes of the series «Reading Rainbow»

Release date: 6/6/1983

Tight Times

Release date: 6/7/1983

Miss Nelson Is Back

Episode number: 2
Episode duration: 30 min.
Episode description:
As part of his birthday celebration, LeVar gets made-up like a movie monster, and then gets involved in Harry Blackstone's magic act. Ruth Buzzi reads Miss Nelson Is Back, all about a group of rowdy students who try to take advantage of their teacher's absence when she's out sick one day, and how she gets revenge on them by pretending to be "the meanest teacher in the world, Viola Swamp."

Release date: 6/8/1983

Bea and Mr. Jones

Episode number: 3
Episode duration: 30 min.
Episode description:
LeVar is already worn out after working on several scenes all day long on the production of the series. He feels he needs to take on another identity, segueing into introducing the featured book, Bea and Mr. Jones. Madeline Kahn reads the book about a kindergarten student and her father who get so bored with their jobs that they decide to experiment by switching places for the day.

Release date: 6/9/1983

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Release date: 6/10/1983

Louis the Fish

Release date: 6/13/1983

Digging Up Dinosaurs

Episode number: 6
Episode duration: 30 min.
Episode description:
Technically not the first science-related show in its history, LeVar seeks a place where archaeologists retrieve dinosaur bones. At the end of the program, LeVar buries a time capsule, containing (among other things) a can of old Coke and his picture. Linda Gilman reads Digging Up Dinosaurs, a story about how paleontologists unearth dinosaurs skeletons and preserve them in museum exhibits.

Release date: 6/14/1983

Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

Release date: 6/15/1983

Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport

Episode number: 8
Episode duration: 30 min.
Episode description:
In the featured book, a young boy and his family move from New York City to the Southwest and he has many misconceptions about what his new home is like.

Release date: 6/16/1983

Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

Release date: 6/17/1983

The Gift of the Sacred Dog

Episode number: 10
Episode duration: 30 min.
Episode description:
The first of many programs favoring Native Americans. In this instance, a Midwestern legend suggests how horses arrived to the tribe. Later in this episode is the song "Ancient Places, Sacred Lands" which lists several words originating from various locations of the United States and the tribal meaning of their names.

Release date: 6/20/1983

Gregory, the Terrible Eater

Release date: 6/21/1983

Three by the Sea

Release date: 6/22/1983

Arthur's Eyes

Episode number: 13
Episode duration: 30 min.
Episode description:
LaVar explores seeing and our other senses, as Bill Cosby tells the story of how the young aardvark, Arthur Read acquired his pair of glasses.

Release date: 6/22/1983

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

Release date: 6/23/1983

Ty's One Man Band

Episode number: 15
Episode duration: 30 min.
Episode description:
LeVar is ready to find music everywhere, and he does. This show includes the animation Onomatopoeia. Lou Rawls reads the story of Ty's One-Man Band, about a man who teaches a boy how to make music using household items.