Reading Rainbow (1983) — Watch, Cast & Overview

Seasons (21)

Season 1

6 Jun 1983 – 24 Jun 1983 · 15 episodes

1Tight Times6 Jun 1983
2Miss Nelson is Back7 Jun 1983
3Bea and Mr. Jones8 Jun 1983
4Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain9 Jun 1983
5Louis the Fish10 Jun 1983
6Digging Up Dinosaurs13 Jun 1983
7Liang and the Magic Paintbrush14 Jun 1983
8Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport15 Jun 1983
9Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe16 Jun 1983
10The Gift of the Sacred Dog17 Jun 1983
11Gregory, the Terrible Eater20 Jun 1983
12Three by the Sea21 Jun 1983
13Arthur's Eyes22 Jun 1983
14The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash23 Jun 1983
15Ty's One Man Band24 Jun 1983

Season 2

3 Sep 1984 – 7 Sep 1984 · 5 episodes

1Hot-Air Henry3 Sep 1984
2Simon's Book4 Sep 1984
3Ox-Cart Man5 Sep 1984
4Mystery on the Docks6 Sep 1984
5A Chair for My Mother7 Sep 1984

Season 3

1 Jul 1985 – 5 Jul 1985 · 5 episodes

1Paul Bunyon1 Jul 1985
2The Patchwork Quilt2 Jul 1985
3Hill of Fire3 Jul 1985
4The Tortoise and the Hare4 Jul 1985
5Perfect the Pig5 Jul 1985

Season 4

23 Jun 1986 – 4 Jul 1986 · 10 episodes

1Animal Cafe23 Jun 1986
2Alistair in Outer Space24 Jun 1986
3Feelings25 Jun 1986
4Watch the Stars Come Out26 Jun 1986
5Mama Don't Allow27 Jun 1986
6Space Case30 Jun 1986
7The Milk Makers1 Jul 1986
8Imogene's Antlers2 Jul 1986
9Germs Make Me Sick!3 Jul 1986
10Abiyoyo4 Jul 1986

Season 5

22 Jun 1987 – 3 Jul 1987 · 10 episodes

1The Life Cycle of the Honeybee22 Jun 1987
2Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie23 Jun 1987
3Chickens Aren't the Only Ones24 Jun 1987
4The Paper Crane25 Jun 1987
5The Runaway Duck28 Jun 1987
6A Three Hat Day29 Jun 1987
7Rumpelstiltskin30 Jun 1987
8Best Friends1 Jul 1987
9Meanwhile Back at the Ranch2 Jul 1987
10My Little Island3 Jul 1987

Season 6

15 Aug 1988 – 31 Aug 1989 · 10 episodes

1The Bionic Bunny Show15 Aug 1988
2Bugs16 Aug 1987
3The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner17 Aug 1987
4Brush18 Aug 1988
5The Purple Coat19 Aug 1988
6Barn Dance!27 Aug 1989
7Duncan and Dolores28 Aug 1989
8Knots on a Counting Rope29 Aug 1989
9Mummies Made in Egypt30 Aug 1989
10Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters31 Aug 1989

Season 7

3 Jul 1989 – 30 Mar 1990 · 10 episodes

1Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story3 Jul 1989
2Stay Away from the Junkyard!4 Jul 1989
3Little Nino's Pizzeria5 Jul 1989
4Ludlow Laughs6 Jul 1989
5Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo7 Jul 1989
6Dive to the Coral Reefs26 Mar 1990
7Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus27 Mar 1990
8Tooth-Gnasher Superflash28 Mar 1990
9Bored–Nothing to Do!29 Mar 1990
10Sports Pages30 Mar 1990

Season 8

10 Sep 1990 – 14 Sep 1990 · 5 episodes

1The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth10 Sep 1990
2Jack, the Seal and the Sea11 Sep 1990
3The Bicycle Man12 Sep 1990
4Florence and Eric Take the Cake13 Sep 1990
5Sunken Treasure14 Sep 1990

Season 9

16 Sep 1991 – 27 Sep 1991 · 10 episodes

1Alistair's Time Machine16 Sep 1991
2The Adventures of Taxi Dog17 Sep 1991
3The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush18 Sep 1991
4Galimoto19 Sep 1991
5Fox on the Job20 Sep 1991
6Opt: An Illusionary Tale23 Sep 1991
7Raccoons and Ripe Corn24 Sep 1991
8The Lady with the Ship on Her Head25 Sep 1991
9Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express26 Sep 1991
10Snowy Day: Stories and Poems27 Sep 1991

Season 10

5 Oct 1992 – 16 Oct 1992 · 10 episodes

1Tar Beach5 Oct 1992
2The Wall6 Oct 1992
3Sam the Sea Cow7 Oct 1992
4Rechenka's Eggs8 Oct 1992
5Sophie and Lou9 Oct 1992
6Come a Tide12 Oct 1992
7The Piggy in the Puddle13 Oct 1992
8Seashore Surprises14 Oct 1992
9Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies15 Oct 1992
10Berlioz the Bear16 Oct 1992

Season 11

11 Oct 1993 – 22 Oct 1993 · 10 episodes

1Amazing Grace11 Oct 1993
2The Furry News12 Oct 1993
3Mrs. Katz and Tush13 Oct 1993
4The Salamander Room14 Oct 1993
5Silent Lotus15 Oct 1993
6Follow the Drinking Gourd18 Oct 1993
7If You Give a Mouse a Cookie19 Oct 1993
8Is This a House for Hermit Crab?20 Oct 1993
9And Still the Turtle Watched21 Oct 1993
10June 29, 199922 Oct 1993

Season 12

3 Oct 1994 – 14 Oct 1994 · 10 episodes

1Nosey Mrs. Rat3 Oct 1994
2Borreguita and the Coyote4 Oct 1994
3Summer5 Oct 1994
4Once There Was a Tree6 Oct 1994
5Appelemondo's Dreams7 Oct 1994
6The Lotus Seed10 Oct 1994
7Hail to Mail11 Oct 1994
8Stellaluna12 Oct 1994
9My Shadow13 Oct 1994
10Ruth Law Thrills a Nation14 Oct 1994

Season 13

2 Oct 1995 – 6 Oct 1995 · 5 episodes

1The Wonderful Towers of Watts2 Oct 1995
2Martha Speaks3 Oct 1995
3Alejandro's Gift4 Oct 1995
4The Sign Painter's Dream5 Oct 1995
5Archibald Frisby6 Oct 1995

Season 14

8 Oct 1995 – 12 Apr 1996 · 5 episodes

1Fly Away Home8 Oct 1995
2Uncle Jed's Barber Shop9 Oct 1995
3How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World10 Oct 1995
4Owen11 Oct 1995
5How Many is a Million?12 Apr 1996

Season 15

7 Oct 1996 – 11 Oct 1996 · 5 episodes

1Always My Dad7 Oct 1996
2Bread is for Eating8 Oct 1996
3Hotel Animal9 Oct 1996
4Someplace Else10 Oct 1996
5Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin11 Oct 1996

Season 16

7 Apr 1997 – 11 Apr 1997 · 5 episodes

1On the Day You Were Born7 Apr 1997
2Hip Cat8 Apr 1997
3Regina's Big Mistake9 Apr 1997
4Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message10 Apr 1997
5The Carousel11 Apr 1997

Season 17

5 Oct 1998 – 9 Oct 1998 · 5 episodes

1Math Curse5 Oct 1998
2My Life with the Wave6 Oct 1998
3Saturday Sancocho7 Oct 1998
4When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba8 Oct 1998
5Worksong9 Oct 1998

Season 18

23 Oct 2000 – 20 Apr 2001 · 6 episodes

1The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest23 Oct 2000
2Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk20 Nov 2000
3Lemonade for Sale19 Jan 2001
4The Secret Shortcut16 Feb 2001
5My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States16 Mar 2001
6Badger's Parting Gifts20 Apr 2001

Season 19

2 Sep 2002 – 6 Sep 2002 · 4 episodes

1The Tin Forest2 Sep 2002
2Max3 Sep 2002
3Enemy Pie5 Sep 2002
4Our Big Home: An Earth Poem6 Sep 2002

Season 20

15 Dec 2004 – 21 Jan 2005 · 5 episodes

1Visiting Day15 Dec 2004
2Unique Monique16 Dec 2004
3Mr. George Baker17 Dec 2004
4Beegu20 Jan 2005
5Two Old Potatoes and Me21 Jan 2005

Season 21

6 Nov 2006 – 10 Nov 2006 · 5 episodes

1The Biggest Test in the Universe6 Nov 2006
2I Lost My Tooth in Africa7 Nov 2006
3Boxes for Katje8 Nov 2006
4Game Day9 Nov 2006
5Show Way10 Nov 2006

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