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This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on July 11, 1983. [1] [2] The final episode aired on November 10, 2006, reruns ceased on August 28, 2009. On June 20, 2012, an app for the show was released.
Title | Release Date | Notes |
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Volume 1 | August 13, 1992 | "Rumpelstiltskin", and "Snowy Day: Stories and Poems" |
Volume 2 | August 13, 1992 | "Dive to the Coral Reef", and "The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth" |
Volume 3 | August 13, 1992 | "Mummies Made in Egypt", and "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" |
Volume 4 | August 13, 1992 | "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush", and "The Life Cycle of the Honeybee" |
Volume 5 | August 13, 1992 | "The Bicycle Man", and "The Adventures Of Taxi Dog" |
Volume 6 | August 13, 1992 | "Opt: An Illusionary Tale", and "A Three Hat Day" |
DVD Name | # of Episodes | Release Date | No. of Discs |
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Reading Rainbow Favorites | 8 | July 18, 2006 | 4 |
Reading Rainbow: Family Matters | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Man's Best Friend | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Ocean Life | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Music, Music Everywhere | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Let's Go! | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: How's That Made? | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Birds of a Feather | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Desert Life | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Sea To Shining Sea – Stories of America | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Farm Life | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Math Is Everywhere | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Buried Treasures | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | 4 | May 12, 2015 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Animal Cafe | 4 | June 30, 2015 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Miss Nelson Is Back | 4 | January 12, 2016 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: LeVar's Favorites | 5 | May 10, 2016 | 1 |
155 half-hour episodes produced.
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
No. in series |
No. in season |
Production code |
Title | Written by | Original air date(s) |
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1 | 1 | 101 | "Tight Times" (narrated by
Patrick McCaffrey)
Review Books: The Terrible Thing that Happened at Our House by Marge Blaine, pictures by John Wallner; Pet Show! by Ezra Jack Keats; When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Diane Goode |
Ellen Schecter | July 11, 1983 |
2 | 2 | 102 | "Miss Nelson is Back" (narrated by
Ruth Buzzi)
Review Books: Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree; Grandmama's Joy by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Carole Byard; Daddy is a Monster Sometimes by John Steptoe |
Ellen Schecter | July 12, 1983 |
3 | 3 | 103 | "Bea and Mr. Jones" (narrated by
Madeline Kahn)
Review Books: The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen, retold and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley; Max by Rachel Isadora; There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer |
Ellen Schecter | July 13, 1983 |
4 | 4 | 104 | "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" (narrated by
James Earl Jones)
Review Books: The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola; A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley; Rain by Peter Spier |
Lou Berger | July 14, 1983 |
5 | 5 | 105 | "Louis the Fish" (narrated by
Vincent Gardenia)
Review Books: A Fish Hatches by Joanna Cole and Jerome Wexler; Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak; One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz |
Lou Berger | July 15, 1983 |
6 | 6 | 106 | "
Digging Up Dinosaurs" (narrated by
Linda Gelman)
Review Books: If You Are a Hunter of Fossils by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall; Dinosaurs!: A Drawing Book by Michael Emberley; Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish, pictures by Arnold Lobel |
Lou Berger | July 18, 1983 |
7 | 7 | 107 | "
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush" (narrated by
Lauren Tom)
Review Books: Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora; Emma by Wendy Kesselman, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; If You Take a Pencil by Fulvio Testa |
Ellen Schecter | July 19, 1983 |
8 | 8 | 108 | "
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport" (Pilot) (narrated by
Douglas Parvin)
Review Books: Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats; The Big Hello by Janet Schulman, illustrated by Lillian Hoban; Mitchell is Moving by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, pictures by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey |
Ellen Schecter | July 20, 1983 |
9 | 9 | 109 | "
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe" (narrated by
Carolyn McHanon)
Review Books: Today We Are Brother and Sister by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by Glo Coalson; Anno's Journey by Mitsumasa Anno; Worlds to Explore by Girl Scouts of the USA |
Ellen Schecter | July 21, 1983 |
10 | 10 | 110 | "
The Gift of the Sacred Dog" (narrated by
Michael Ansara)
Review Books: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema, pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon; Moonsong Lullaby by Jamake Highwater, photographs by Marcia Keegan; Suho and the White Horse by Yuzo Otsuka, illustrated by Suekichi Akaba |
Ellen Schecter | July 22, 1983 |
11 | 11 | 111 | "
Gregory the Terrible Eater" (narrated by
Marilyn Michaels)
Review Books: Poem Stew by William Cole, pictures by Karen Ann Weinhaus; Mrs. Pig's Bulk Buy by Mary Rayner; Better Homes and Gardens New Junior Cook Book |
Mark Saltzman | July 25, 1983 |
12 | 12 | 112 | "
Three by the Sea" (narrated by
Chicago City Limits)
Review Books: Come Away from the Water, Shirley by John Burningham; Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats; Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel |
Ellen Schecter | July 26, 1983 |
13 | 13 | 113 | "
Arthur's Eyes" (narrated by
Bill Cosby)
Review Books: Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan, pictures by Deborah Kogan Ray; Is This a Baby Dinosaur? by Millicent E. Selsam; A Show of Hands by Mary Beth Sullivan and Linda Bourke |
Ellen Schecter | July 27, 1983 |
14 | 14 | 114 | "
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" (narrated by
Kaleena Kiff and
Laura Hicks)
Review Books: "Could Be Worse!" by James Stevenson; Crictor by Tomi Ungerer; Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Ray Cruz |
Mark Saltzman | July 28, 1983 |
15 | 15 | 115 | "
Ty's One-Man Band" (narrated by
Lou Rawls)
Review Books: The Amazing Bone by William Steig; Making Musical Things by Ann Wiseman; The Banza by Diane Wolkstein, pictures by Marc Brown |
Ellen Schecter | July 29, 1983 |
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
No. in series |
No. in season |
Production code |
Title | Written by | Original air date(s) |
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16 | 1 | 201 | "
Hot-Air Henry" (narrated by
William Windom)
Review Books: Easy-to-Make Spaceships that Really Fly by Mary and Dewey Blocksma, illustrated by Marisabina Russo; Just Us Women by Jeannette Caines, illustrated by Pat Cummings; The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr, pictures by Carolyn Croll |
Ellen Schecter | July 16, 1984 |
17 | 2 | 202 | "
Simon's Book" (narrated by
Ruby Dee)
Review Books: Me and Neesie by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Moneta Barnett; Begin at the Beginning by Amy Schwartz; What's Under My Bed? by James Stevenson |
Ellen Schecter | July 17, 1984 |
18 | 3 | 203 | "
Ox-Cart Man" (narrated by
Lorne Greene)
Review Books: Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner, pictures by Don Bolognese; Round Trip by Ann Jonas; A Winter Place by Ruth Yaffe Radin, illustrated by Mattie Lou O'Kelley |
Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Schecter | July 18, 1984 |
19 | 4 | 204 | "
Mystery on the Docks" (narrated by
Raul Julia)
Review Books: Big City Port by Betsy Maestro and Ellen DelVecchio, illustrated by Giulio Maestro; Nate the Great Mystery series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, illustrated by Marc Simont; The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg |
Ellen Schecter | July 19, 1984 |
20 | 5 | 205 | "
A Chair for My Mother" (narrated by
Amy Linker)
Review Books: Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi; I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, pictures by Deborah Kogan Ray; My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter, pictures by Pat Cummings |
Ellen Schecter | July 20, 1984 |
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
No. in series |
No. in season |
Production code |
Title | Written by | Original air date(s) |
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21 | 1 | 301 | "
Paul Bunyan" (narrated by
Buddy Ebsen)
Review Books: The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie de Paola; Whale in the Sky by Anne Siberell; The Star-Spangled Banner, illustrated by Peter Spier |
Lydia Wilen | June 24, 1985 |
22 | 2 | 302 | "
The Patchwork Quilt" (narrated by
Isabel Sanford)
Review Books: The Two of Them by Aliki; Being Adopted by Maxine B. Rosenberg, photographs by George Ancona; Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat, pictures by Vo-Dinh Mai |
Ellen Schecter | June 25, 1985 |
23 | 3 | 303 | "
Hill of Fire" (narrated by
Fernando Escandon)
Review Books: Ed Emberley's Science Flip Books; The Tamarindo Puppy and Other Poems by Charlotte Pomerantz, pictures by Byron Barton; Emma's Dragon Hunt by Catherine Stock |
Ronnie Krauss | June 26, 1985 |
24 | 4 | 304 | "
The Tortoise and the Hare" (narrated by
Gilda Radner)
Review Books: Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell Ernst; Albert the Running Bear's Exercise Book by Barbara Isenberg and Marjorie Jaffe, illustrated by Diane de Groat; Hooray for Snail! by John Stadler |
Ellen Schecter | June 27, 1985 |
25 | 5 | 305 | "
Perfect the Pig" (narrated by
James Coco)
Review Books: Poinsettia and Her Family by Felicia Bond; The Bionic Bunny Show by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown; Hector the Accordion-Nosed Dog by John Stadler |
Lydia Wilen | June 28, 1985 |
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No. in season |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
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26 | 1 | 306 | "
Animal Cafe" (narrated by
Martin Short) (Season 3 leftover)
Review Books: The Dream Eater by Christian Garrison, pictures by Diane Goode; Night Markets: Bringing Food to a City by Joshua Horwitz; The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson, paintings by Denise Saldutti [3] |
Hugh Martin | Mark Saltzman | June 23, 1986 |
27 | 2 | 307 | "
Alistair in Outer Space" (narrated by
Arnold Stang)
Review Books: Check It Out!: The Book About Libraries by Gail Gibbons; Maps and Globes by Jack Knowlton, illustrated by Harriett Barton; Commander Toad series by Jane Yolen, pictures by Bruce Degen |
Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | June 24, 1986 |
28 | 3 | 308 | "
Feelings" (narrated by
Raima Evans,
Jessica Mercado,
Laura Haymann,
Paul Sidoriak,
Jonathan Rose,
Timothy Oakes,
Jerry David, and
Pamela Stogner)
Review Books: Fireflies! by Julie Brinckloe; Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems by Eloise Greenfield, pictures by Diane and Leo Dillon; Loudmouth George and the Sixth-Grade Bully by Nancy Carlson |
Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | June 25, 1986 |
29 | 4 | 309 | "
Watch the Stars Come Out" (narrated by
Laura Haymann) (Season 3 leftover)
Review Books: Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen, illustrated by Michael J. Deraney; The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg; The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin [4] |
Hugh Martin | Peter Barton | June 26, 1986 |
30 | 5 | 310 | "
Mama Don't Allow" (narrated by
Fred Newman)
Review Books: Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros; Apt. 3 by Ezra Jack Keats; Miranda by Tricia Tusa |
Hugh Martin | Peter Barton | June 27, 1986 |
31 | 6 | 401 | "
Space Case" (narrated by
Michael Winslow)
Review Books: Is There Life in Outer Space? by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Don Madden; Astronuts: Space Jokes and Riddles compiled by Charles Keller, illustrated by Art Cumings; Legend of the Milky Way retold and illustrated by Jeanne M. Lee |
Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | August 4, 1986 |
32 | 7 | 402 | "
The Milk Makers" (narrated by
Alaina Reed)
Review Books: Baby Animals on the Farm by Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, photographs by Ruth Rau; From Blossom to Honey: A Start-to-Finish Book by Ali Mitgutsch; Whales and Other Sea Mammals by Elsa Posell |
Hugh Martin | Patti Sullivan | August 5, 1986 |
33 | 8 | 403 | "
Imogene's Antlers" (narrated by
Imogene Coca)
Review Books: When Panda Came to Our House by Helen Zane Jensen; The Trek by Ann Jonas; George Shrinks by William Joyce |
Mitchell Geller | Joan Wilen, Lydia Wilen & Patti Sullivan | August 6, 1986 |
34 | 9 | 404 | "
Germs Make Me Sick!" (narrated by
Molly Mandlin)
Review Books: Guess What? by Beau Gardner; Teddy Bears Cure a Cold by Susanna Gretz, illustrated by Alison Sage; The Microscope by Maxine Kumin, pictures by Arnold Lobel |
Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | August 7, 1986 |
35 | 10 | 405 | "
Abiyoyo" (narrated and sung by
Pete Seeger)
Review Books: Ayu and the Perfect Moon by David Cox; Blackberry Ink by Eve Merriam, pictures by Hans Wilhelm; Peter and the Wolf adapted by Sergei Prokofiev, illustrated by Erna Voigt |
Larry Lancit & Mitchell Geller | Mark Saltzman | August 8, 1986 |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
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36 | 1 | 406 | "
The Life Cycle of the Honeybee" (narrated by
Barbara Feldon)
Review Books: The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller; The Lady and the Spider by Faith McNulty, illustrated by Bob Marstall; Going Buggy!: Jokes About Insects by Peter and Connie Roop, pictures by Joan Hanson |
Mitchell Geller | Ronnie Krauss | June 1, 1987 |
37 | 2 | 407 | "
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie" (narrated by
Sada Thompson)
Review Books: Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews, illustrated by Ian Wallace; Sailing with the Wind by Thomas Locker; The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward |
Mitchell Geller | Ellen Schecter | June 2, 1987 |
38 | 3 | 408 | "
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones" (narrated by
Georgia Engel)
Review Books: Mrs. Huggins and Her Hen Hannah by Lydia Dabcovich; Egg to Chick by Millicent E. Selsam, pictures by Barbara Wolff; Turtle and Tortoise by Vincent Serventy from the Animals in the Wild series |
Mitchell Geller | Mark Eisman | June 3, 1987 |
39 | 4 | 409 | "
The Paper Crane" (narrated by
Keye Luke)
Review Books: "Paper" Through the Ages by Shaaron Cosner, illustrated by Priscilla Kiedrowski; How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman, illustrated by Allen Say; Perfect Crane by Anne Laurin, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak |
Mitchell Geller | Ellen Schecter | June 4, 1987 |
40 | 5 | 410 | "
The Runaway Duck" (narrated by
Orson Bean)
Review Books: Dabble Duck by Anne Leo Ellis, illustrated by Sue Truesdell; The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese; Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien |
Mitchell Geller | Jeanne Marie Laskas | June 5, 1987 |
41 | 6 | 411 | "
A Three Hat Day" (narrated by
Zelda Rubinstein)
Review Books: Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina; Maebelle's Suitcase by Tricia Tusa; Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop, illustrated by William Joyce |
Vern Oakley | Mark Saltzman | July 27, 1987 |
42 | 7 | 412 | "
Rumpelstiltskin" (narrated by
Ralph Waite)
Review Books: A Medieval Feast by Aliki; The Story of a Castle by John S. Goodall; The Sleeping Beauty retold and illustrated by Mercer Mayer |
Vern Oakley | Jill Gluckson | July 28, 1987 |
43 | 8 | 413 | "
Best Friends" (narrated by
Liza Siegler)
Review Books: The Story of Mrs. Lovewright and Purrless Her Cat by Lore Segal, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; A Gift for Tia Rosa by Karen T. Taha, illustrated by Dee deRosa; The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Jane Thayer, illustrated by Lisa McCue |
Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | July 29, 1987 |
44 | 9 | 414 | "
Meanwhile Back at the Ranch" (narrated by
Hoyt Axton)
Review Books: Rodeo by Cheryl Walsh Bellville; Bossyboots by David Cox; Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner, illustrated by Ronald Himler |
Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | July 30, 1987 |
45 | 10 | 415 | "
My Little Island" (narrated by
Ron Foster)
Review Books: Yagua Days by Cruz Martel, pictures by Jerry Pinkney; Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Tomie de Paola; The Viking Children's World Atlas by Jacqueline Tivers and Michael Day |
Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | July 31, 1987 |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
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46 | 1 | 501 | "The Bionic Bunny Show" (narrated by
Gene Klavan)
Review Books: Lights! Camera! Action!: How a Movie is Made by Gail Gibbons; The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin, illustrations by Marc Simont; Ramona: Behind the Scenes of a Television Show by Elaine Scott, photographs by Margaret Miller |
Dean Parisot | Ellis Weiner | August 15, 1988 |
47 | 2 | 502 | "
Bugs" (narrated by
Lori Delgado and
Edwin Maldonado Jr.)
Review Books: Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros; Backyard Insects by Millicent E. Selsam and Ronald Goor, photographs by Ronald Goor; Ladybug by Barrie Watts |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | August 16, 1988 |
48 | 3 | 503 | "
The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner" (narrated by
Peter Falk)
Review Books: Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery by Doug Cushman; A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns by Ruth Heller; Better Homes and Gardens Step-by-Step Kids' Cookbook |
Dean Parisot & Larry Lancit | Ellis Weiner | August 17, 1988 |
49 | 4 | 504 | "
Brush" (narrated by
Hector Elizondo)
Review Books: What the Mailman Brought by Carolyn Craven, illustrated by Tomie de Paola; Egg-Carton Zoo by Rudi Haas and Hans Blohm; Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg |
Larry Lancit | Mark Saltzman | August 18, 1988 |
50 | 5 | 505 | "
The Purple Coat" (narrated by
Jack Gilford)
Review Books: How a Book is Made by Aliki; The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood and Martin Link, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker; Pablo Picasso by Ibi Lepscky, illustrated by Paolo Cardoni |
Hugh Martin | Ellis Weiner | August 19, 1988 |
51 | 6 | 506 | "
Barn Dance!" (narrated by
Roy Clark)
Review Books: Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon, illustrations by Jerry Pinkney; The Old Banjo by Dennis Haseley, drawings by Stephen Gammell; I Like the Music by Leah Komaiko, pictures by Barbara Westman |
Hugh Martin | Andrew Gutelle | March 27, 1989 |
52 | 7 | 507 | "
Duncan and Dolores" (narrated by
Jane Curtin)
Review Books: Cat and Canary by Michael Foreman; Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, retold and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley; Moon Tiger by Phyllis Root, art by Ed Young |
Ed Wiseman | Loriann Champagne Smith | March 28, 1989 |
53 | 8 | 508 | "
Knots on a Counting Rope" (narrated by
J. Ruben Silverbird and
Kenneth Blank)
Review Books: Let's Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants by M.K. Brown; Harriet's Recital by Nancy Carlson; Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr |
Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | March 29, 1989 |
54 | 9 | 509 | "
Mummies Made in Egypt" (narrated by
Corinne Orr)
Review Books: Visiting the Art Museum by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown; Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie de Paola; I Can Be an Archaeologist by Robert B. Pickering from the I Can Be series |
Larry Lancit | Cecily Truett | March 30, 1989 |
55 | 10 | 510 | "
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" (narrated by
Phylicia Rashad)
Review Books: Who's in Rabbit's House? by Verna Aardema, pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon; Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings, pictures by Tom Feelings; Jafta series by Hugh Lewin, pictures by Lisa Kopper |
Mark Mannucci | David Yazbek | March 31, 1989 |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
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56 | 1 | 601 | "
Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story" (narrated by
Jane Pauley)
Review Books: Whalewatch! by June Behrens, photographs by John Olguin; The Life Cycle of the Whale by Paula Z. Hogan, illustrations by Karen Halt; All About Whales by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent |
Dean Parisot | Jill Gluckson | July 3, 1989 |
57 | 2 | 602 | "
Stay Away from the Junkyard!" (narrated by
Michele Mariana)
Review Books: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats; The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, drawings by Robert Lawson; Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | July 4, 1989 |
58 | 3 | 603 | "
Little Nino's Pizzeria" (narrated by
Josh Saviano)
Review Books: Eats Poems by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by Susan Russo; The Popcorn Book by Tomie de Paola; What Happens to a Hamburger? by Paul Showers, illustrated by Anne Rockwell |
Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | July 5, 1989 |
59 | 4 | 604 | "
Ludlow Laughs" (narrated by
Phyllis Diller)
Review Books: Shake My Sillies Out: A Raffi Song to Read, illustrated by David Allender; Pig William by Arlene Dubanevich; The Make Me Laugh! Joke Books, illustrated by Joan Hanson |
Dean Parisot | Mitchell Kriegman | July 6, 1989 |
60 | 5 | 605 | "
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo" (narrated by
Edward Asner)
Review Books: Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat by Patricia Reilly Giff, illustrated by Susanna Natti; Old Turtle's Baseball Stories by Leonard Kessler; Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, illustrated by Ken Bachaus |
Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | July 7, 1989 |
61 | 6 | 606 | "
Dive to the Coral Reefs" (narrated by
Fran Brill)
Review Books: Creatures of the Sea by John Christopher Fine; How to Hide an Octopus and Other Sea Creatures by Ruth Heller; I Can Be an Oceanographer by Paul P. Sipiera from the I Can Be series |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | March 26, 1990 |
62 | 7 | 607 | "
Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus" (narrated by
Philip Bosco)
Review Books: Cactus by Cynthia Overbeck Bix, photographs by Shabo Hani; Snakes Are Hunters by Patricia Lauber, illustrated by Holly Keller; A Living Desert by Guy J. Spencer, photographs by Tim Fuller |
Dean Parisot | Ronnie Krauss | March 27, 1990 |
63 | 8 | 608 | "
Tooth-Gnasher Superflash" (narrated by
Victoria Jackson)
Review Books: Tin Lizzie and Little Nell by David Cox; Fill It Up!: All About Service Stations by Gail Gibbons; Truck Song by Diane Siebert, pictures by Byron Barton |
Hugh Martin | Andrew Gutelle | March 28, 1990 |
64 | 9 | 609 | "
Bored - Nothing to Do!" (narrated by
Alex Borg and
David Hyman)
Review Books: Redbird by Patrick Fort; The Magic Wings by Diane Wolkstein, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; Flying from the Let's Discover Library |
Larry Lancit | Ronnie Krauss | March 29, 1990 |
65 | 10 | 610 | "
Sports Pages" (narrated by
LeVar Burton)
Review Books: Miss Nelson Has a Field Day by Harry Allard and James Marshall; Making the Team by Nancy Carlson; Soccer Sam by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Blanche Sims |
Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | March 30, 1990 |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
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66 | 1 | 701 | "
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth" (narrated by
Keisha Knight Pulliam)
Review Books: How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World; Caves; Rock Collecting |
Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | September 10, 1990 |
67 | 2 | 702 | "
Jack, the Seal and the Sea" (narrated by
Leslie Uggams)
Review Books: A Day in the Life of a Marine Biologist by David Paige, photographs by Roger Ruhlin; Water: What It Is, What It Does by Judith S. Seixas, illustrated by Tom Huffman; Sterling: The Rescue of a Baby Harbor Seal by Sandra Verrill White and Michael Filisky |
Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | September 11, 1990 |
68 | 3 | 703 | "The Bicycle Man" (narrated by
Tom Matsusaka)
Review Books: Delphine by Molly Bang; The White Bicycle by Rob Lewis; Our Teacher's in a Wheelchair by Mary Ellen Powers |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | September 12, 1990 |
69 | 4 | 704 | "
Florence and Eric Take the Cake" (narrated by
Julia Child)
Review Books: Uncle Nacho's Hat by Harriet Rohmer, illustrations by Veg Reisberg; The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg; My First Cook Book by Angela Wilkes |
Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | September 13, 1990 |
70 | 5 | 705 | "Sunken Treasure" (narrated by
Robert Morse)
Review Books: The Titanic...Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly, illustrated by Keith Kohler; A Day Underwater by Deborah Kovacs; What's in the Deep?: An Underwater Adventure for Children by Alese and Morton Pechter |
Larry Lancit | Andrew Gutelle | September 14, 1990 |
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71 | 1 | 706 | "
Alistair's Time Machine" (narrated by
Arnold Stang)
Review Books: The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin by Aliki; Find Waldo Now by Martin Handford; What Does It Do?: A Book About Inventions by Daniel Jacobs |
Ed Wiseman | Patty Marx | September 16, 1991 |
72 | 2 | 707 | "
The Adventures of Taxi Dog" (narrated by
Vincent Gardenia)
Review Books: The First Dog by Jan Brett; I Want a Dog by Dayal Kaur Khalsa; Taxi: A Book of City Words by Betsy and Giulio Maestro |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | September 17, 1991 |
73 | 3 | 708 | "
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" (narrated by
Harold Littlebird)
Review Books: The Mud Pony by Caron Lee Cohen, illustrated by Shonto Begay; Indians of the Americas; Rainbow Crow by Nancy Van Laan, illustrated by Beatriz Vidal |
Larry Lancit | Kristin Laskas Martin | September 18, 1991 |
74 | 4 | 709 | "
Galimoto" (narrated by
Hattie Winston)
Review Books: Look at This by Harlow Rockwell; The Little Pigs' Puppet Book by N. Cameron Watson; My First Activity Book by Angela Wilkes |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | September 19, 1991 |
75 | 5 | 710 | "
Fox on the Job" (narrated by
Fred Newman)
Review Books: Helping Out by George Ancona; Pig Pig Gets a Job by David McPhail; Music, Music for Everyone by Vera B. Williams |
Ed Wiseman | Robert Stork | September 20, 1991 |
76 | 6 | 801 | "
Opt: An Illusionary Tale" (narrated by
LeVar Burton)
Review Books: Lenses!: Take a Closer Look by Siegfried Aust, illustrated by Helge Nyncke; If at First You Do Not See by Ruth Brown; Hide and Seek edited by Jennifer Coldrey and Karen Goldie-Morrison |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | September 23, 1991 |
77 | 7 | 802 | "
Raccoons and Ripe Corn, Deer at the Brook, Come Out, Muskrats" (narrated by
Julia Barr)
Review Books: Tree Trunk Traffic by Bianca Lavies; My First Nature Book by Angela Wilkes; Bird Watch by Jane Yolen, illustrations by Ted Lewin |
Larry Lancit | Andrew Gutelle | September 24, 1991 |
78 | 8 | 803 | "
The Lady with the Ship on Her Head" (narrated by
Marilyn Pasekoff)
Review Books: An Enchanted Hair Tale by Alexis De Veaux, pictures by Cheryl Hanna; The Flyaway Pantaloons by Joseph Sharples, illustrated by Sue Scullard; Moog-Moog, Space Barber by Mark Teague |
Ed Wiseman | Ellis Weiner | September 25, 1991 |
79 | 9 | 804 | "
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express" (narrated by
Brian Dennehy)
Review Books: The Train to Lulu's by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, illustrated by Robert Casilla; The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper, illustrated by George and Doris Hauman; The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg |
Richard Hendrick | Jill Gluckson | September 26, 1991 |
80 | 10 | 805 | "
Snowy Day: Stories and Poems" (narrated by
Lena Horne,
Lacey Chabert, and
Richard Courtney)
Review Books: Over the River and Through the Wood by Lydia Maria Child, illustrated by Iris Van Rynbach; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers; Winter by Ron Hirschi, photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | September 27, 1991 |
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81 | 1 | 806 | "
Tar Beach" (narrated by
Ruby Dee)
Review Books: To Sleep by James Sage, illustrated by Warwick Hutton; On Grandma's Roof by Erica Silverman, illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray; I'm Flying! by Alan Wade, pictures by Petra Mathers |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | October 5, 1992 |
82 | 2 | 807 | "The Wall" (narrated by
Jason Ruggiero)
Review Books: Tillie and the Wall by Leo Lionni; All Those Secrets of the World by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Leslie Baker; My Grandson Lew by Charlotte Zolotow, pictures by William Pene du Bois |
Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | October 6, 1992 |
83 | 3 | 808 | "
Sam the Sea Cow" (narrated by
Jason Robards)
Review Books: Manatees by Emilie U. Lepthien; "10 Things I Know" Books by Wendy Wax and Della Rowland, illustrated by Thomas Payne; Will We Miss Them?: Endangered Species by Alexandra Wright, illustrated by Marshall Peck III |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 7, 1992 |
84 | 4 | 809 | "
Rechenka's Eggs" (narrated by
Viveca Lindfors)
Review Books: Stefan and Olga by Betsy Day; I Made It Myself by Sabine Lohf; The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci, pictures by Jerry Pinkney |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 8, 1992 |
85 | 5 | 810 | "
Sophie and Lou" (narrated by
Jessica Walter)
Review Books: Dancing with the Indians by Angela Shelf Medearis, illustrated by Samuel Byrd; Cordelia, Dance! by Sarah Stapler; Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year by Kate Waters and Madeline Slovenz-Low, photographs by Martha Cooper |
Fred Surr | Fred Surr | October 9, 1992 |
86 | 6 | 901 | "
Come a Tide" (narrated by
Dixie Carter)
Review Books: Tornado Alert by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Giulio Maestro; Weather by Rena K. Kirkpatrick, illustrated by Janetta Lewis; Storms by Seymour Simon |
Ed Wiseman | Susan Leeds | October 12, 1992 |
87 | 7 | 902 | "
The Piggy in the Puddle" (narrated by
Tovah Feldshuh)
Review Books: This House is Made of Mud by Ken Buchanan, illustrated by Libby Tracy; The Hippopotamus Song: A Muddy Love Story by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott; Oink by Arthur Geisert |
Ed Wiseman | Orly Berger & Ed Wiseman | October 13, 1992 |
88 | 8 | 903 | "
Seashore Surprises" (narrated by
LeVar Burton)
Review Books: Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald, illustrated by S.D. Schindler; What's Inside? Shells by Angela Royston, photographs by Andreas von Einsiedel; The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow, paintings by Wendell Minor |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 14, 1992 |
89 | 9 | 904 | "
Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies" (narrated by
Andrew Lei)
Review Books: Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Marylin Hafner; Horace by Holly Keller; Free to Be...a Family by Marlo Thomas and Friends |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 15, 1992 |
90 | 10 | 905 | "
Berlioz the Bear" (narrated by
James Avery)
Review Books: The Science Book of Sound by Neil Ardley; Georgia Music by Helen V. Griffith, pictures by James Stevenson; Introduction to Musical Instruments series: Brass/Strings/Woodwinds/Percussion by Dee Lillegard |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | October 16, 1992 |
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91 | 1 | 906 | "
Amazing Grace" (narrated by
Tyne Daly)
Review Books: Great Women in the Struggle by Toyomi Igus, Veronica Freeman Ellis, Diane Patrick and Valerie Wilson Wesley; Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully; Roses Sing on New Snow by Paul Yee, illustrated by Harvey Chan |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 11, 1993 |
92 | 2 | 907 | "
The Furry News: How to Make a Newspaper" (narrated by the cast of
Forbidden Broadway and Lee Murphy)
Review Books: What's It Like to Be a...Newspaper Reporter by Janet Craig, illustrated by Richard Max Kolding; Newspapers by David Petersen; Great Newspaper Crafts by F. Virginia Walter, illustrated by Teddy Cameron Long |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 12, 1993 |
93 | 3 | 908 | "
Mrs. Katz and Tush" (narrated by
Reizl Bozyk and
Rick English)
Review Books: Kwanzaa by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate, illustrations by Melodye Rosales; Abuela by Arthur Dorros, illustrated by Elisa Kleven; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 13, 1993 |
94 | 4 | 909 | "
The Salamander Room" (narrated by
Lynne Thigpen)
Review Books: The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry; Frogs, Toads, Lizards and Salamanders by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright, illustrations by Nancy Winslow Parker; Chipmunk Song by Joanne Ryder, pictures by Lynne Cherry |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 14, 1993 |
95 | 5 | 910 | "
Silent Lotus" (narrated by
Lea Salonga)
Review Books: Hand Rhymes collected and illustrated by Marc Brown; The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin; Amy: The Story of a Deaf Child by Lou Ann Walker, photographs by Michael Abramson |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 15, 1993 |
96 | 6 | 1001 | "
Follow the Drinking Gourd" (narrated by
Keith David)
Review Books: A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler, illustrated by Samuel Byrd; Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson, paintings by James Ransome; Shake It to the One that You Love the Best by Cheryl Warren Mattox, illustrations by Varnette P. Honeywood and Brenda Joysmith |
Mark Mannucci | Steve Conner & Charlie Rice | October 18, 1993 |
97 | 7 | 1002 | "
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" (narrated by
Beth Howland)
Review Books: This is the Key to the Kingdom by Diane Worfolk Allison; Smart Dog by Ralph Leemis, illustrated by Chris L. Demarest; The House that Jack Built, pictures by Jenny Stow |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 19, 1993 |
98 | 8 | 1003 | "
Is This a House for Hermit Crab?" (narrated by
Eartha Kitt)
Review Books: Spider's Web by Christine Back and Barrie Watts; Busy, Busy Squirrels by Colleen Stanley Bare; Urban Roosts by Barbara Bash |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 20, 1993 |
99 | 9 | 1004 | "
And Still the Turtle Watched" (narrated by
Michael Ansara)
Review Books: A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry; Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Jonathan London and Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Thomas Locker; My First Green Book by Angela Wilkes |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | October 21, 1993 |
100 | 10 | 1005 | "
June 29, 1999" (narrated by
Charles Kimbrough)
Review Books: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, drawn by Ron Barrett; Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert; Time Train by Paul Fleischman, illustrations by Claire Ewart |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 22, 1993 |
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101 | 1 | 1006 | "
Nosey Mrs. Rat" (narrated by
Faith Prince)
Review Books: Tiger by Judy Allen, illustrated by Tudor Humphries; The 13th Clue by Ann Jonas; Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw by Bruce McMillan |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle & Ronnie Krauss | October 3, 1994 |
102 | 2 | 1007 | "
Borreguita and the Coyote" (narrated by
Olga Merediz)
Review Books: The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Jim Harris; Coyote Dreams by Susan Nunes, illustrations by Ronald Himler; Diego by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Jeanette Winter |
Mark Mannucci | Bernardo Solano | October 4, 1994 |
103 | 3 | 1008 | "
Summer" (narrated by
Ossie Davis)
Review Books: Changes by Marjorie N. Allen and Shelley Rotner, photographs by Shelley Rotner; Nature All Year Long by Clare Walker Leslie; Turtle in July by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney |
Mark Mannucci & Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 5, 1994 |
104 | 4 | 1009 | "
Once There Was a Tree" (narrated by
Eli Wallach)
Review Books: The Tremendous Tree Book by Barbara Brenner and May Garelick, illustrated by Fred Brenner; Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert; The Tree in the Wood by Christopher Manson |
James C. Wright | Ronnie Krauss | October 6, 1994 |
105 | 5 | 1010 | "
Appelemando's Dreams" (narrated by
Michael Learned)
Review Books: The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee; I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins, illustrated by Robin Brickman; The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun, illustrated by Robert Casilla |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | October 7, 1994 |
106 | 6 | 1101 | "
The Lotus Seed" (narrated by
Rona Figueroa)
Review Books: Halmoni and the Picnic by Sook Nyul Choi, illustrated by Karen M. Dugan; I'm New Here by Bud Howlett; Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say |
Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim | October 10, 1994 |
107 | 7 | 1102 | "
Hail to Mail" (narrated by
Al Roker)
Review Books: The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters by Janet and Allan Ahlberg; Messages in the Mailbox: How to Write a Letter by Loreen Leedy; Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera B. Williams and Jennifer Williams |
Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | October 11, 1994 |
108 | 8 | 1103 | "
Stellaluna" (narrated by
Anne Jackson)
Review Books: Amazing Bats by Frank Greenaway, photographs by Jerry Young and Frank Greenaway; Step into the Night by Joanne Ryder, illustrated by Dennis Nolan; Sleep is for Everyone by Paul Showers, illustrated by Wendy Watson |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 12, 1994 |
109 | 9 | 1104 | "
My Shadow" (narrated by
Robert Guillaume)
Review Books: Shadowgraphs by Jane Corby and Phila H. Webb; Shadows and Reflections by Tana Hoban; I Have a Friend by Keiko Narahashi |
Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim | October 13, 1994 |
110 | 10 | 1105 | "
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation" (narrated by
Linda Lavin)
Review Books: Flight by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Mike Wimmer; Amelia's Fantastic Flight by Rose Bursik; Plane Song by Diane Siebert, paintings by Vincent Nasta |
Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim | October 14, 1994 |
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111 | 1 | 1106 | "
The Wonderful Towers of Watts" (narrated by
Angela Bassett)
Review Books: I Got Community by Melrose Cooper, pictures by Dale Gottlieb; Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield, pictures by Jan Spivey Gilchrist; The Car Washing Street by Denise Lewis Patrick, pictures by John Ward |
Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim & Ronnie Krauss | October 2, 1995 |
112 | 2 | 1107 | "
Martha Speaks" (narrated by
Jo Hayden)
Review Books: My Puppy is Born by Joanna Cole, photographs by Margaret Miller; The Night I Followed the Dog by Nina Laden; Earth Hounds by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross |
Mark Mannucci | Mark Eisman & Ronnie Krauss | October 3, 1995 |
113 | 3 | 1108 | "
Alejandro's Gift" (narrated by
Francisco Rivela)
Review Books: Water, Water Everywhere by Cynthia Overbeck Bix and Mark J. Rauzon; It Rained on the Desert Today by Ken and Debby Buchanan, illustrated by Libby Tracy; The Desert Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta, illustrated by Mark Astrella |
Larry Lancit | Andrew Gutelle | October 4, 1995 |
114 | 4 | 1109 | "
The Sign Painter's Dream" (narrated by
Jamie Farr)
Review Books: The Signmaker's Assistant by Tedd Arnold; The Letter Jesters by Cathryn Falwell; I Read Signs by Tana Hoban |
Ed Wiseman | Lee Hunkins & Jill Gluckson | October 5, 1995 |
115 | 5 | 1110 | "
Archibald Frisby" (narrated by
Arnold Stang)
Review Books: What Makes Popcorn Pop? by Jack Myers; Science Magic series: Sound/Light/Air/Water by Chris Oxlade; I Wonder Why Soap Makes Bubbles? by Barbara Taylor |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | October 6, 1995 |
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116 | 1 | 1111 | "Fly Away Home" (narrated by
Daniel Saltzman)
Review Books: Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan; The Homeless Hibernating Bear by Kids Livin' Life; Home edited by Michael Rosen |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | April 8, 1996 |
117 | 2 | 1112 | "
Uncle Jed's Barbershop" (narrated by
Regina Taylor)
Review Books: Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree by William Miller, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu; Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; A Peddler's Dream by Janice Shefelman, illustrated by Tom Shefelman |
Mark Mannucci | Lee Hunkins | April 9, 1996 |
118 | 3 | 1113 | "
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World" (narrated by
Helen Mirren)
Review Books: What Food is This? by Rosmarie Hausherr; The Edible Pyramid by Loreen Leedy; The Kids Around the World Cookbook by Deri Robins, illustrated by Charlotte Stowell |
Larry Lancit & Kevin Lombard | Andrew Gutelle | April 10, 1996 |
119 | 4 | 1114 | "
Owen" (narrated by
Matthew Broderick)
Review Books: Born in the Gravy by Denys Cazet; Darcy and Gran Don't Like Babies by Jane Cutler, pictures by Susannah Ryan; Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber |
Ed Wiseman | McPaul Smith | April 11, 1996 |
120 | 5 | 1115 | "
How Much is a Million?" (narrated by Nick Sullivan)
Review Books: Only One by Marc Harshman, illustrated by Barbara Garrison; How Many Stars in the Sky? by Lenny Hort, paintings by James Ransome; One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes, illustrated by Bonnie MacKain |
Ed Wiseman, Tony Jacobs & Barry Shapiro | Jill Gluckson | April 12, 1996 |
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121 | 1 | 1201 | "
Always My Dad" (narrated by
BJ Crosby)
Review Books: Taxi! Taxi! by Cari Best, illustrated by Dale Gottlieb; The Perfect Spot by Robert J. Blake; Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman, pictures by Caroline Binch |
Ed Wiseman | Lee Hunkins | October 7, 1996 |
122 | 2 | 1202 | "
Bread is for Eating" (narrated by
Cecilia Arana and
Michael Uribe)
Review Books: Walter the Baker by Eric Carle; Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris, photographs by Ken Heyman; The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen, paintings by Ruth Wright Paulsen |
Kevin Lombard, Ed Wiseman, & Tony Jacobs | Ronnie Krauss & Sharon Dennis Wyeth | October 8, 1996 |
123 | 3 | 1203 | "
Hotel Animal" (narrated by
John Cunningham)
Review Books: Zoom by Istvan Banyai; Mr. Tall and Mr. Small by Barbara Brenner, illustrations by Mike Shenon; The Three Bears by Paul Galdone |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | October 9, 1996 |
124 | 4 | 1204 | "
Someplace Else" (narrated by
Carol Kane)
Review Books: Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Carol Jones; Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Schuett; Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney, illustrated by Annette Cable |
Kevin Lombard | Robert Stork | October 10, 1996 |
125 | 5 | 1205 | "
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin" (narrated by
Gregory Hines)
Review Books: Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes, illustrated by Karmen Thompson; The Maestro Plays by Bill Martin, Jr., pictures by Vladimir Radunsky; Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 11, 1996 |
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126 | 1 | 1206 | "
On the Day You Were Born" (narrated by
Patrick Stewart)
Review Books: How You Were Born by Joanna Cole, photographs by Margaret Miller; One Round Moon and a Star for Me by Ingrid Mennen, illustrations by Niki Daly; A Teeny Tiny Baby by Amy Schwartz |
Ed Wiseman | Billy Aronson | April 7, 1997 |
127 | 2 | 1207 | "
Hip Cat" (narrated by
Ann Duquesnay)
Review Books: Willie Jerome by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Tyrone Geter; Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka; Conga Crocodile by Nicole Rubel |
Mark Mannucci | McPaul Smith | April 8, 1997 |
128 | 3 | 1208 | "
Regina's Big Mistake" (narrated by
Anna Holbrooks)
Review Books: I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins, illustrated by Robin Brickman; The Art Lesson by Tomie de Paola; The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun, illustrated by Robert Casilla |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss & Renee Creange | April 9, 1997 |
129 | 4 | 1209 | "
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message" (narrated by
Nicholson Earl Billey)
Review Books: The Tremendous Tree Book by Barbara Brenner and May Garelick, illustrated by Fred Brenner; A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry; My First Green Book by Angela Wilkes |
Kevin Lombard | Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Doherty | April 10, 1997 |
130 | 5 | 1210 | "
The Carousel" (narrated by
Sarah Hubbard)
Review Books: Up and Down on the Merry-Go-Round by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Ted Rand; The Always Prayer Shawl by Sheldon Oberman, illustrated by Ted Lewin; The Long Silk Strand by Laura E. Williams, illustrated by Grayce Bochak |
Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | April 11, 1997 |
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131 | 1 | 1301 | "
Math Curse" (narrated by
Michelle Trachtenberg)
Review Books: Pigs on a Blanket by Amy Axelrod, pictures by Sharon McGinley-Nally; Twelve Snails to One Lizard by Susan Hightower, pictures by Matt Novak; Marvelous Math by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Karen Barbour |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | October 5, 1998 |
132 | 2 | 1302 | "
My Life with the Wave" (narrated by
Scott Irby-Ranniar)
Review Books: Here is the Coral Reef by Madeleine Dunphy, illustrated by Tom Leonard; Water Dance by Thomas Locker; Our Wet World by Sneed B. Collard III, illustrated by James M. Needham |
Larry Lancit | Cecily Truett | October 6, 1998 |
133 | 3 | 1303 | "
Saturday Sancocho" (narrated by
Jose de Guzman)
Review Books: The Pirate Cookbook by Mary Ling; Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova, illustrated by Robert Roth; Mama Bear by Chyng-Feng Sun, illustrated by Lolly Robinson |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | October 7, 1998 |
134 | 4 | 1304 | "
When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba" (narrated by
Lucie Arnaz)
Review Books: The Dancing Man by Ruth Lercher Bornstein; My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray, illustrated by Raul Colon; The Old Man Who Loved to Sing by John Winch |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | October 8, 1998 |
135 | 5 | 1305 | "
Worksong" (narrated by
David Canary)
Review Books: A Day's Work by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ronald Himler; I'm Going to Be a Firefighter and I'm Going to Be a Police Officer by Edith Kunhardt; Work by Ann Morris |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | October 9, 1998 |
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136 | 1 | 1401 | "
The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest" (narrated by
Susan Sarandon)
Review Books: Amazon Diary by Hudson Talbott and Mark Greenberg; People in the Rainforest by Saviour Pirotta; Welcome to the Greenhouse by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Laura Regan |
Kevin Lombard | Ronnie Krauss | May 8, 2000 |
137 | 2 | 1402 | "
Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk" (narrated by
Jason Alexander)
Review Books: Aloha, Dolores by Barbara Samuels; Harry and Lulu by Arthur Yorinks, illustrated by Martin Matje; Moondogs by Daniel Kirk |
Larry Lancit | Cecily Truett | November 20, 2000 |
138 | 3 | 1403 | "
Lemonade for Sale" (narrated by
Andrea McArdle)
Review Books: Neale S. Godfrey's Ultimate Kids' Money Book, illustrated by Randy Verougstraete; Lulu's Lemonade by Barbara deRubertis, illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye; How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman, pictures by Bill Slavin |
Ed Wiseman | Robert Stork | January 19, 2001 |
139 | 4 | 1404 | "
The Secret Shortcut" (narrated by
Tim Conway)
Review Books: Pipsqueaks! Maze School by Patrick Merrell; Mapping Penny's World by Loreen Leedy; How Tall, How Short, How Faraway by David A. Adler, illustrated by Nancy Tobin |
Ed Wiseman | Susan Kim | February 16, 2001 |
140 | 5 | 1405 | "
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States" (narrated by
Lea Salonga,
Tom and Ray Magliozzi and
Nikki Giovanni)
Review Books: Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant, illustrations by Lisa Desimini; The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller; Celebrate the 50 States! by Loreen Leedy |
Ed Wiseman | Susan Kim | March 16, 2001 |
141 | 6 | 1406 | "
Badger's Parting Gifts" (narrated by
Ruby Dee)
Review Books: The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Erik Blegvad; The Grandad Tree by Trish Cooke, illustrated by Sharon Wilson; A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead by Nancy Luenn, illustrated by Robert Chapman |
Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | April 20, 2001 |
All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.
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142 | 1 | 1407 | " The Tin Forest" (narrated by Jeff Bridges) Review Books: On that Day by Andrea Patel; Mole Music by David McPhail; The Wonderful Happens by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Coco Dowley | Ronnie Krauss | September 3, 2002 |
143 | 2 | 1408 | " Max" (narrated by Regina King and Ian Desdone) Review Books: The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen, illustrated by Elaine Greenstein; If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold; Sosu's Call by Meshack Asare | Susan Kim | September 4, 2002 |
144 | 3 | 1409 | " Enemy Pie" (narrated by Ed Harris) Review Books: Don't Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin, illustrated by Glib Dibley; The Brand New Kid by Katie Couric, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose, illustrated by Debbie Tilly | Ronnie Krauss | September 5, 2002 |
145 | 4 | 1410 | " Our Big Home: An Earth Poem" (narrated by Naomi Judd) Review Books: Take Action: A Guide to Active Citizenship by Marc Kielburger, illustrated by Craig Kielburger; Whoever You Are by Mem Fox, illustrated by Leslie Staub | Susan Kim | September 6, 2002 |
All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.
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146 | 1 | 1501 | " Visiting Day" (narrated by Alfre Woodard) Review: Finding the Right Spot by Janice Levy, illustrated by Whitney Martin; Let's Talk About When your Parent is in Jail by Maureen K. Wittbold, photo illustrations by Bill Stanton, Phylis Picardi, and Ira Fox; Mama Loves me from Away by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Laurie Caple | Ronnie Krauss | December 15, 2004 |
147 | 2 | 1502 | " Unique Monique" (narrated by Eliza Dushku) Review: Daffodil by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Tomek Bogacki; I'm Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell; The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi | Jill Gluckson | December 16, 2004 |
148 | 3 | 1503 | " Mr. George Baker" (narrated by Wayne Brady) Review: The Music in Derrick's Heart by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert, illustrated by Colin Bootman; Grandfather Counts by Andrea Chang, illustrated by Ange Zhang; A Bird About to Sing by Laura Nyman Montenegro | Ronnie Krauss | December 17, 2004 |
149 | 4 | 1504 | " Beegu" (narrated by Freddie Prinze Jr.) Review: Space Exploration by David Glover; Planets: A Solar System Stickerbook by Ellen Hasbrouck, illustrated by Scott McDougal; Rise the Moon by Eileen Spinelli, pictures by Raul Colon | Twila Liggett | January 20, 2005 |
150 | 5 | 1505 | " Two Old Potatoes and Me" (narrated by Jordan Puryear) Review: Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes; Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin, pictures by Harry Bliss; Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert | Ronnie Krauss | January 21, 2005 |
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151 | 1 | 1601 | " The Biggest Test in the Universe" (narrated by Richard Gere) Review: Angelina on Stage by Katharine Holabird, illustrated by Helen Craig; Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow by Alexander Stadler; Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | November 6, 2006 |
152 | 2 | 1602 | " I Lost My Tooth in Africa" Review: Madlenka by Peter Six; Rites of Passage: Coming of Age by Mandy Ross; My Wobbly Tooth Must Not Ever Never Fall Out by Lauren Child | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | November 7, 2006 |
153 | 3 | 1603 | " Boxes for Katje" (narrated by Elizabeth Jute) Review: Luba: As Told to Michelle R. McCann by Luba Tryszynska-Frederick, illustrated by Anne Marshall; Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter; The Lady in the Box by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Marni Backer | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | November 8, 2006 |
154 | 4 | 1604 | " Game Day" (narrated by James Avery) Review: The Blue Ribbon Day by Katie Courtic, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; Pecorino Plays Ball by Alan Madison, illustrated by AnnaLaura Cantone; Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm, illustrated by Carol Thompson | Ed Wiseman | Ed Wiseman | November 9, 2006 |
155 | 5 | 1605 | " Show Way" (narrated by Diahann Carroll) Review: The Kids' Family Tree Book by Caroline Leavitt, illustrated by Ian Philips; What a Family! by Rachel Isadora; Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne, illustrated by Bethanne Andersen | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | November 10, 2006 |
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This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on July 11, 1983. [1] [2] The final episode aired on November 10, 2006, reruns ceased on August 28, 2009. On June 20, 2012, an app for the show was released.
Title | Release Date | Notes |
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Volume 1 | August 13, 1992 | "Rumpelstiltskin", and "Snowy Day: Stories and Poems" |
Volume 2 | August 13, 1992 | "Dive to the Coral Reef", and "The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth" |
Volume 3 | August 13, 1992 | "Mummies Made in Egypt", and "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" |
Volume 4 | August 13, 1992 | "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush", and "The Life Cycle of the Honeybee" |
Volume 5 | August 13, 1992 | "The Bicycle Man", and "The Adventures Of Taxi Dog" |
Volume 6 | August 13, 1992 | "Opt: An Illusionary Tale", and "A Three Hat Day" |
DVD Name | # of Episodes | Release Date | No. of Discs |
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Reading Rainbow Favorites | 8 | July 18, 2006 | 4 |
Reading Rainbow: Family Matters | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Man's Best Friend | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Ocean Life | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Music, Music Everywhere | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Let's Go! | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: How's That Made? | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Birds of a Feather | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Desert Life | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Sea To Shining Sea – Stories of America | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Farm Life | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Math Is Everywhere | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Buried Treasures | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | 4 | May 12, 2015 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Animal Cafe | 4 | June 30, 2015 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: Miss Nelson Is Back | 4 | January 12, 2016 | 1 |
Reading Rainbow: LeVar's Favorites | 5 | May 10, 2016 | 1 |
155 half-hour episodes produced.
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
No. in series |
No. in season |
Production code |
Title | Written by | Original air date(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 101 | "Tight Times" (narrated by
Patrick McCaffrey)
Review Books: The Terrible Thing that Happened at Our House by Marge Blaine, pictures by John Wallner; Pet Show! by Ezra Jack Keats; When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Diane Goode |
Ellen Schecter | July 11, 1983 |
2 | 2 | 102 | "Miss Nelson is Back" (narrated by
Ruth Buzzi)
Review Books: Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree; Grandmama's Joy by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Carole Byard; Daddy is a Monster Sometimes by John Steptoe |
Ellen Schecter | July 12, 1983 |
3 | 3 | 103 | "Bea and Mr. Jones" (narrated by
Madeline Kahn)
Review Books: The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen, retold and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley; Max by Rachel Isadora; There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer |
Ellen Schecter | July 13, 1983 |
4 | 4 | 104 | "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" (narrated by
James Earl Jones)
Review Books: The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola; A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley; Rain by Peter Spier |
Lou Berger | July 14, 1983 |
5 | 5 | 105 | "Louis the Fish" (narrated by
Vincent Gardenia)
Review Books: A Fish Hatches by Joanna Cole and Jerome Wexler; Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak; One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz |
Lou Berger | July 15, 1983 |
6 | 6 | 106 | "
Digging Up Dinosaurs" (narrated by
Linda Gelman)
Review Books: If You Are a Hunter of Fossils by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall; Dinosaurs!: A Drawing Book by Michael Emberley; Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish, pictures by Arnold Lobel |
Lou Berger | July 18, 1983 |
7 | 7 | 107 | "
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush" (narrated by
Lauren Tom)
Review Books: Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora; Emma by Wendy Kesselman, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; If You Take a Pencil by Fulvio Testa |
Ellen Schecter | July 19, 1983 |
8 | 8 | 108 | "
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport" (Pilot) (narrated by
Douglas Parvin)
Review Books: Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats; The Big Hello by Janet Schulman, illustrated by Lillian Hoban; Mitchell is Moving by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, pictures by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey |
Ellen Schecter | July 20, 1983 |
9 | 9 | 109 | "
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe" (narrated by
Carolyn McHanon)
Review Books: Today We Are Brother and Sister by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by Glo Coalson; Anno's Journey by Mitsumasa Anno; Worlds to Explore by Girl Scouts of the USA |
Ellen Schecter | July 21, 1983 |
10 | 10 | 110 | "
The Gift of the Sacred Dog" (narrated by
Michael Ansara)
Review Books: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema, pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon; Moonsong Lullaby by Jamake Highwater, photographs by Marcia Keegan; Suho and the White Horse by Yuzo Otsuka, illustrated by Suekichi Akaba |
Ellen Schecter | July 22, 1983 |
11 | 11 | 111 | "
Gregory the Terrible Eater" (narrated by
Marilyn Michaels)
Review Books: Poem Stew by William Cole, pictures by Karen Ann Weinhaus; Mrs. Pig's Bulk Buy by Mary Rayner; Better Homes and Gardens New Junior Cook Book |
Mark Saltzman | July 25, 1983 |
12 | 12 | 112 | "
Three by the Sea" (narrated by
Chicago City Limits)
Review Books: Come Away from the Water, Shirley by John Burningham; Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats; Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel |
Ellen Schecter | July 26, 1983 |
13 | 13 | 113 | "
Arthur's Eyes" (narrated by
Bill Cosby)
Review Books: Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan, pictures by Deborah Kogan Ray; Is This a Baby Dinosaur? by Millicent E. Selsam; A Show of Hands by Mary Beth Sullivan and Linda Bourke |
Ellen Schecter | July 27, 1983 |
14 | 14 | 114 | "
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" (narrated by
Kaleena Kiff and
Laura Hicks)
Review Books: "Could Be Worse!" by James Stevenson; Crictor by Tomi Ungerer; Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Ray Cruz |
Mark Saltzman | July 28, 1983 |
15 | 15 | 115 | "
Ty's One-Man Band" (narrated by
Lou Rawls)
Review Books: The Amazing Bone by William Steig; Making Musical Things by Ann Wiseman; The Banza by Diane Wolkstein, pictures by Marc Brown |
Ellen Schecter | July 29, 1983 |
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
No. in series |
No. in season |
Production code |
Title | Written by | Original air date(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 | 1 | 201 | "
Hot-Air Henry" (narrated by
William Windom)
Review Books: Easy-to-Make Spaceships that Really Fly by Mary and Dewey Blocksma, illustrated by Marisabina Russo; Just Us Women by Jeannette Caines, illustrated by Pat Cummings; The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr, pictures by Carolyn Croll |
Ellen Schecter | July 16, 1984 |
17 | 2 | 202 | "
Simon's Book" (narrated by
Ruby Dee)
Review Books: Me and Neesie by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Moneta Barnett; Begin at the Beginning by Amy Schwartz; What's Under My Bed? by James Stevenson |
Ellen Schecter | July 17, 1984 |
18 | 3 | 203 | "
Ox-Cart Man" (narrated by
Lorne Greene)
Review Books: Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner, pictures by Don Bolognese; Round Trip by Ann Jonas; A Winter Place by Ruth Yaffe Radin, illustrated by Mattie Lou O'Kelley |
Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Schecter | July 18, 1984 |
19 | 4 | 204 | "
Mystery on the Docks" (narrated by
Raul Julia)
Review Books: Big City Port by Betsy Maestro and Ellen DelVecchio, illustrated by Giulio Maestro; Nate the Great Mystery series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, illustrated by Marc Simont; The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg |
Ellen Schecter | July 19, 1984 |
20 | 5 | 205 | "
A Chair for My Mother" (narrated by
Amy Linker)
Review Books: Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi; I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, pictures by Deborah Kogan Ray; My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter, pictures by Pat Cummings |
Ellen Schecter | July 20, 1984 |
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
No. in series |
No. in season |
Production code |
Title | Written by | Original air date(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 | 1 | 301 | "
Paul Bunyan" (narrated by
Buddy Ebsen)
Review Books: The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie de Paola; Whale in the Sky by Anne Siberell; The Star-Spangled Banner, illustrated by Peter Spier |
Lydia Wilen | June 24, 1985 |
22 | 2 | 302 | "
The Patchwork Quilt" (narrated by
Isabel Sanford)
Review Books: The Two of Them by Aliki; Being Adopted by Maxine B. Rosenberg, photographs by George Ancona; Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat, pictures by Vo-Dinh Mai |
Ellen Schecter | June 25, 1985 |
23 | 3 | 303 | "
Hill of Fire" (narrated by
Fernando Escandon)
Review Books: Ed Emberley's Science Flip Books; The Tamarindo Puppy and Other Poems by Charlotte Pomerantz, pictures by Byron Barton; Emma's Dragon Hunt by Catherine Stock |
Ronnie Krauss | June 26, 1985 |
24 | 4 | 304 | "
The Tortoise and the Hare" (narrated by
Gilda Radner)
Review Books: Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell Ernst; Albert the Running Bear's Exercise Book by Barbara Isenberg and Marjorie Jaffe, illustrated by Diane de Groat; Hooray for Snail! by John Stadler |
Ellen Schecter | June 27, 1985 |
25 | 5 | 305 | "
Perfect the Pig" (narrated by
James Coco)
Review Books: Poinsettia and Her Family by Felicia Bond; The Bionic Bunny Show by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown; Hector the Accordion-Nosed Dog by John Stadler |
Lydia Wilen | June 28, 1985 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Production code |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
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26 | 1 | 306 | "
Animal Cafe" (narrated by
Martin Short) (Season 3 leftover)
Review Books: The Dream Eater by Christian Garrison, pictures by Diane Goode; Night Markets: Bringing Food to a City by Joshua Horwitz; The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson, paintings by Denise Saldutti [3] |
Hugh Martin | Mark Saltzman | June 23, 1986 |
27 | 2 | 307 | "
Alistair in Outer Space" (narrated by
Arnold Stang)
Review Books: Check It Out!: The Book About Libraries by Gail Gibbons; Maps and Globes by Jack Knowlton, illustrated by Harriett Barton; Commander Toad series by Jane Yolen, pictures by Bruce Degen |
Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | June 24, 1986 |
28 | 3 | 308 | "
Feelings" (narrated by
Raima Evans,
Jessica Mercado,
Laura Haymann,
Paul Sidoriak,
Jonathan Rose,
Timothy Oakes,
Jerry David, and
Pamela Stogner)
Review Books: Fireflies! by Julie Brinckloe; Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems by Eloise Greenfield, pictures by Diane and Leo Dillon; Loudmouth George and the Sixth-Grade Bully by Nancy Carlson |
Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | June 25, 1986 |
29 | 4 | 309 | "
Watch the Stars Come Out" (narrated by
Laura Haymann) (Season 3 leftover)
Review Books: Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen, illustrated by Michael J. Deraney; The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg; The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin [4] |
Hugh Martin | Peter Barton | June 26, 1986 |
30 | 5 | 310 | "
Mama Don't Allow" (narrated by
Fred Newman)
Review Books: Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros; Apt. 3 by Ezra Jack Keats; Miranda by Tricia Tusa |
Hugh Martin | Peter Barton | June 27, 1986 |
31 | 6 | 401 | "
Space Case" (narrated by
Michael Winslow)
Review Books: Is There Life in Outer Space? by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Don Madden; Astronuts: Space Jokes and Riddles compiled by Charles Keller, illustrated by Art Cumings; Legend of the Milky Way retold and illustrated by Jeanne M. Lee |
Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | August 4, 1986 |
32 | 7 | 402 | "
The Milk Makers" (narrated by
Alaina Reed)
Review Books: Baby Animals on the Farm by Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, photographs by Ruth Rau; From Blossom to Honey: A Start-to-Finish Book by Ali Mitgutsch; Whales and Other Sea Mammals by Elsa Posell |
Hugh Martin | Patti Sullivan | August 5, 1986 |
33 | 8 | 403 | "
Imogene's Antlers" (narrated by
Imogene Coca)
Review Books: When Panda Came to Our House by Helen Zane Jensen; The Trek by Ann Jonas; George Shrinks by William Joyce |
Mitchell Geller | Joan Wilen, Lydia Wilen & Patti Sullivan | August 6, 1986 |
34 | 9 | 404 | "
Germs Make Me Sick!" (narrated by
Molly Mandlin)
Review Books: Guess What? by Beau Gardner; Teddy Bears Cure a Cold by Susanna Gretz, illustrated by Alison Sage; The Microscope by Maxine Kumin, pictures by Arnold Lobel |
Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | August 7, 1986 |
35 | 10 | 405 | "
Abiyoyo" (narrated and sung by
Pete Seeger)
Review Books: Ayu and the Perfect Moon by David Cox; Blackberry Ink by Eve Merriam, pictures by Hans Wilhelm; Peter and the Wolf adapted by Sergei Prokofiev, illustrated by Erna Voigt |
Larry Lancit & Mitchell Geller | Mark Saltzman | August 8, 1986 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Production code |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
36 | 1 | 406 | "
The Life Cycle of the Honeybee" (narrated by
Barbara Feldon)
Review Books: The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller; The Lady and the Spider by Faith McNulty, illustrated by Bob Marstall; Going Buggy!: Jokes About Insects by Peter and Connie Roop, pictures by Joan Hanson |
Mitchell Geller | Ronnie Krauss | June 1, 1987 |
37 | 2 | 407 | "
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie" (narrated by
Sada Thompson)
Review Books: Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews, illustrated by Ian Wallace; Sailing with the Wind by Thomas Locker; The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward |
Mitchell Geller | Ellen Schecter | June 2, 1987 |
38 | 3 | 408 | "
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones" (narrated by
Georgia Engel)
Review Books: Mrs. Huggins and Her Hen Hannah by Lydia Dabcovich; Egg to Chick by Millicent E. Selsam, pictures by Barbara Wolff; Turtle and Tortoise by Vincent Serventy from the Animals in the Wild series |
Mitchell Geller | Mark Eisman | June 3, 1987 |
39 | 4 | 409 | "
The Paper Crane" (narrated by
Keye Luke)
Review Books: "Paper" Through the Ages by Shaaron Cosner, illustrated by Priscilla Kiedrowski; How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman, illustrated by Allen Say; Perfect Crane by Anne Laurin, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak |
Mitchell Geller | Ellen Schecter | June 4, 1987 |
40 | 5 | 410 | "
The Runaway Duck" (narrated by
Orson Bean)
Review Books: Dabble Duck by Anne Leo Ellis, illustrated by Sue Truesdell; The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese; Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien |
Mitchell Geller | Jeanne Marie Laskas | June 5, 1987 |
41 | 6 | 411 | "
A Three Hat Day" (narrated by
Zelda Rubinstein)
Review Books: Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina; Maebelle's Suitcase by Tricia Tusa; Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop, illustrated by William Joyce |
Vern Oakley | Mark Saltzman | July 27, 1987 |
42 | 7 | 412 | "
Rumpelstiltskin" (narrated by
Ralph Waite)
Review Books: A Medieval Feast by Aliki; The Story of a Castle by John S. Goodall; The Sleeping Beauty retold and illustrated by Mercer Mayer |
Vern Oakley | Jill Gluckson | July 28, 1987 |
43 | 8 | 413 | "
Best Friends" (narrated by
Liza Siegler)
Review Books: The Story of Mrs. Lovewright and Purrless Her Cat by Lore Segal, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; A Gift for Tia Rosa by Karen T. Taha, illustrated by Dee deRosa; The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Jane Thayer, illustrated by Lisa McCue |
Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | July 29, 1987 |
44 | 9 | 414 | "
Meanwhile Back at the Ranch" (narrated by
Hoyt Axton)
Review Books: Rodeo by Cheryl Walsh Bellville; Bossyboots by David Cox; Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner, illustrated by Ronald Himler |
Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | July 30, 1987 |
45 | 10 | 415 | "
My Little Island" (narrated by
Ron Foster)
Review Books: Yagua Days by Cruz Martel, pictures by Jerry Pinkney; Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Tomie de Paola; The Viking Children's World Atlas by Jacqueline Tivers and Michael Day |
Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | July 31, 1987 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Production code |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
46 | 1 | 501 | "The Bionic Bunny Show" (narrated by
Gene Klavan)
Review Books: Lights! Camera! Action!: How a Movie is Made by Gail Gibbons; The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin, illustrations by Marc Simont; Ramona: Behind the Scenes of a Television Show by Elaine Scott, photographs by Margaret Miller |
Dean Parisot | Ellis Weiner | August 15, 1988 |
47 | 2 | 502 | "
Bugs" (narrated by
Lori Delgado and
Edwin Maldonado Jr.)
Review Books: Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros; Backyard Insects by Millicent E. Selsam and Ronald Goor, photographs by Ronald Goor; Ladybug by Barrie Watts |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | August 16, 1988 |
48 | 3 | 503 | "
The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner" (narrated by
Peter Falk)
Review Books: Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery by Doug Cushman; A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns by Ruth Heller; Better Homes and Gardens Step-by-Step Kids' Cookbook |
Dean Parisot & Larry Lancit | Ellis Weiner | August 17, 1988 |
49 | 4 | 504 | "
Brush" (narrated by
Hector Elizondo)
Review Books: What the Mailman Brought by Carolyn Craven, illustrated by Tomie de Paola; Egg-Carton Zoo by Rudi Haas and Hans Blohm; Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg |
Larry Lancit | Mark Saltzman | August 18, 1988 |
50 | 5 | 505 | "
The Purple Coat" (narrated by
Jack Gilford)
Review Books: How a Book is Made by Aliki; The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood and Martin Link, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker; Pablo Picasso by Ibi Lepscky, illustrated by Paolo Cardoni |
Hugh Martin | Ellis Weiner | August 19, 1988 |
51 | 6 | 506 | "
Barn Dance!" (narrated by
Roy Clark)
Review Books: Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon, illustrations by Jerry Pinkney; The Old Banjo by Dennis Haseley, drawings by Stephen Gammell; I Like the Music by Leah Komaiko, pictures by Barbara Westman |
Hugh Martin | Andrew Gutelle | March 27, 1989 |
52 | 7 | 507 | "
Duncan and Dolores" (narrated by
Jane Curtin)
Review Books: Cat and Canary by Michael Foreman; Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, retold and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley; Moon Tiger by Phyllis Root, art by Ed Young |
Ed Wiseman | Loriann Champagne Smith | March 28, 1989 |
53 | 8 | 508 | "
Knots on a Counting Rope" (narrated by
J. Ruben Silverbird and
Kenneth Blank)
Review Books: Let's Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants by M.K. Brown; Harriet's Recital by Nancy Carlson; Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr |
Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | March 29, 1989 |
54 | 9 | 509 | "
Mummies Made in Egypt" (narrated by
Corinne Orr)
Review Books: Visiting the Art Museum by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown; Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie de Paola; I Can Be an Archaeologist by Robert B. Pickering from the I Can Be series |
Larry Lancit | Cecily Truett | March 30, 1989 |
55 | 10 | 510 | "
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" (narrated by
Phylicia Rashad)
Review Books: Who's in Rabbit's House? by Verna Aardema, pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon; Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings, pictures by Tom Feelings; Jafta series by Hugh Lewin, pictures by Lisa Kopper |
Mark Mannucci | David Yazbek | March 31, 1989 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Production code |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
56 | 1 | 601 | "
Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story" (narrated by
Jane Pauley)
Review Books: Whalewatch! by June Behrens, photographs by John Olguin; The Life Cycle of the Whale by Paula Z. Hogan, illustrations by Karen Halt; All About Whales by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent |
Dean Parisot | Jill Gluckson | July 3, 1989 |
57 | 2 | 602 | "
Stay Away from the Junkyard!" (narrated by
Michele Mariana)
Review Books: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats; The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, drawings by Robert Lawson; Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | July 4, 1989 |
58 | 3 | 603 | "
Little Nino's Pizzeria" (narrated by
Josh Saviano)
Review Books: Eats Poems by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by Susan Russo; The Popcorn Book by Tomie de Paola; What Happens to a Hamburger? by Paul Showers, illustrated by Anne Rockwell |
Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | July 5, 1989 |
59 | 4 | 604 | "
Ludlow Laughs" (narrated by
Phyllis Diller)
Review Books: Shake My Sillies Out: A Raffi Song to Read, illustrated by David Allender; Pig William by Arlene Dubanevich; The Make Me Laugh! Joke Books, illustrated by Joan Hanson |
Dean Parisot | Mitchell Kriegman | July 6, 1989 |
60 | 5 | 605 | "
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo" (narrated by
Edward Asner)
Review Books: Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat by Patricia Reilly Giff, illustrated by Susanna Natti; Old Turtle's Baseball Stories by Leonard Kessler; Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, illustrated by Ken Bachaus |
Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | July 7, 1989 |
61 | 6 | 606 | "
Dive to the Coral Reefs" (narrated by
Fran Brill)
Review Books: Creatures of the Sea by John Christopher Fine; How to Hide an Octopus and Other Sea Creatures by Ruth Heller; I Can Be an Oceanographer by Paul P. Sipiera from the I Can Be series |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | March 26, 1990 |
62 | 7 | 607 | "
Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus" (narrated by
Philip Bosco)
Review Books: Cactus by Cynthia Overbeck Bix, photographs by Shabo Hani; Snakes Are Hunters by Patricia Lauber, illustrated by Holly Keller; A Living Desert by Guy J. Spencer, photographs by Tim Fuller |
Dean Parisot | Ronnie Krauss | March 27, 1990 |
63 | 8 | 608 | "
Tooth-Gnasher Superflash" (narrated by
Victoria Jackson)
Review Books: Tin Lizzie and Little Nell by David Cox; Fill It Up!: All About Service Stations by Gail Gibbons; Truck Song by Diane Siebert, pictures by Byron Barton |
Hugh Martin | Andrew Gutelle | March 28, 1990 |
64 | 9 | 609 | "
Bored - Nothing to Do!" (narrated by
Alex Borg and
David Hyman)
Review Books: Redbird by Patrick Fort; The Magic Wings by Diane Wolkstein, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; Flying from the Let's Discover Library |
Larry Lancit | Ronnie Krauss | March 29, 1990 |
65 | 10 | 610 | "
Sports Pages" (narrated by
LeVar Burton)
Review Books: Miss Nelson Has a Field Day by Harry Allard and James Marshall; Making the Team by Nancy Carlson; Soccer Sam by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Blanche Sims |
Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | March 30, 1990 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Production code |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
66 | 1 | 701 | "
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth" (narrated by
Keisha Knight Pulliam)
Review Books: How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World; Caves; Rock Collecting |
Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | September 10, 1990 |
67 | 2 | 702 | "
Jack, the Seal and the Sea" (narrated by
Leslie Uggams)
Review Books: A Day in the Life of a Marine Biologist by David Paige, photographs by Roger Ruhlin; Water: What It Is, What It Does by Judith S. Seixas, illustrated by Tom Huffman; Sterling: The Rescue of a Baby Harbor Seal by Sandra Verrill White and Michael Filisky |
Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | September 11, 1990 |
68 | 3 | 703 | "The Bicycle Man" (narrated by
Tom Matsusaka)
Review Books: Delphine by Molly Bang; The White Bicycle by Rob Lewis; Our Teacher's in a Wheelchair by Mary Ellen Powers |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | September 12, 1990 |
69 | 4 | 704 | "
Florence and Eric Take the Cake" (narrated by
Julia Child)
Review Books: Uncle Nacho's Hat by Harriet Rohmer, illustrations by Veg Reisberg; The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg; My First Cook Book by Angela Wilkes |
Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | September 13, 1990 |
70 | 5 | 705 | "Sunken Treasure" (narrated by
Robert Morse)
Review Books: The Titanic...Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly, illustrated by Keith Kohler; A Day Underwater by Deborah Kovacs; What's in the Deep?: An Underwater Adventure for Children by Alese and Morton Pechter |
Larry Lancit | Andrew Gutelle | September 14, 1990 |
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71 | 1 | 706 | "
Alistair's Time Machine" (narrated by
Arnold Stang)
Review Books: The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin by Aliki; Find Waldo Now by Martin Handford; What Does It Do?: A Book About Inventions by Daniel Jacobs |
Ed Wiseman | Patty Marx | September 16, 1991 |
72 | 2 | 707 | "
The Adventures of Taxi Dog" (narrated by
Vincent Gardenia)
Review Books: The First Dog by Jan Brett; I Want a Dog by Dayal Kaur Khalsa; Taxi: A Book of City Words by Betsy and Giulio Maestro |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | September 17, 1991 |
73 | 3 | 708 | "
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" (narrated by
Harold Littlebird)
Review Books: The Mud Pony by Caron Lee Cohen, illustrated by Shonto Begay; Indians of the Americas; Rainbow Crow by Nancy Van Laan, illustrated by Beatriz Vidal |
Larry Lancit | Kristin Laskas Martin | September 18, 1991 |
74 | 4 | 709 | "
Galimoto" (narrated by
Hattie Winston)
Review Books: Look at This by Harlow Rockwell; The Little Pigs' Puppet Book by N. Cameron Watson; My First Activity Book by Angela Wilkes |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | September 19, 1991 |
75 | 5 | 710 | "
Fox on the Job" (narrated by
Fred Newman)
Review Books: Helping Out by George Ancona; Pig Pig Gets a Job by David McPhail; Music, Music for Everyone by Vera B. Williams |
Ed Wiseman | Robert Stork | September 20, 1991 |
76 | 6 | 801 | "
Opt: An Illusionary Tale" (narrated by
LeVar Burton)
Review Books: Lenses!: Take a Closer Look by Siegfried Aust, illustrated by Helge Nyncke; If at First You Do Not See by Ruth Brown; Hide and Seek edited by Jennifer Coldrey and Karen Goldie-Morrison |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | September 23, 1991 |
77 | 7 | 802 | "
Raccoons and Ripe Corn, Deer at the Brook, Come Out, Muskrats" (narrated by
Julia Barr)
Review Books: Tree Trunk Traffic by Bianca Lavies; My First Nature Book by Angela Wilkes; Bird Watch by Jane Yolen, illustrations by Ted Lewin |
Larry Lancit | Andrew Gutelle | September 24, 1991 |
78 | 8 | 803 | "
The Lady with the Ship on Her Head" (narrated by
Marilyn Pasekoff)
Review Books: An Enchanted Hair Tale by Alexis De Veaux, pictures by Cheryl Hanna; The Flyaway Pantaloons by Joseph Sharples, illustrated by Sue Scullard; Moog-Moog, Space Barber by Mark Teague |
Ed Wiseman | Ellis Weiner | September 25, 1991 |
79 | 9 | 804 | "
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express" (narrated by
Brian Dennehy)
Review Books: The Train to Lulu's by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, illustrated by Robert Casilla; The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper, illustrated by George and Doris Hauman; The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg |
Richard Hendrick | Jill Gluckson | September 26, 1991 |
80 | 10 | 805 | "
Snowy Day: Stories and Poems" (narrated by
Lena Horne,
Lacey Chabert, and
Richard Courtney)
Review Books: Over the River and Through the Wood by Lydia Maria Child, illustrated by Iris Van Rynbach; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers; Winter by Ron Hirschi, photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | September 27, 1991 |
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81 | 1 | 806 | "
Tar Beach" (narrated by
Ruby Dee)
Review Books: To Sleep by James Sage, illustrated by Warwick Hutton; On Grandma's Roof by Erica Silverman, illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray; I'm Flying! by Alan Wade, pictures by Petra Mathers |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | October 5, 1992 |
82 | 2 | 807 | "The Wall" (narrated by
Jason Ruggiero)
Review Books: Tillie and the Wall by Leo Lionni; All Those Secrets of the World by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Leslie Baker; My Grandson Lew by Charlotte Zolotow, pictures by William Pene du Bois |
Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | October 6, 1992 |
83 | 3 | 808 | "
Sam the Sea Cow" (narrated by
Jason Robards)
Review Books: Manatees by Emilie U. Lepthien; "10 Things I Know" Books by Wendy Wax and Della Rowland, illustrated by Thomas Payne; Will We Miss Them?: Endangered Species by Alexandra Wright, illustrated by Marshall Peck III |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 7, 1992 |
84 | 4 | 809 | "
Rechenka's Eggs" (narrated by
Viveca Lindfors)
Review Books: Stefan and Olga by Betsy Day; I Made It Myself by Sabine Lohf; The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci, pictures by Jerry Pinkney |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 8, 1992 |
85 | 5 | 810 | "
Sophie and Lou" (narrated by
Jessica Walter)
Review Books: Dancing with the Indians by Angela Shelf Medearis, illustrated by Samuel Byrd; Cordelia, Dance! by Sarah Stapler; Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year by Kate Waters and Madeline Slovenz-Low, photographs by Martha Cooper |
Fred Surr | Fred Surr | October 9, 1992 |
86 | 6 | 901 | "
Come a Tide" (narrated by
Dixie Carter)
Review Books: Tornado Alert by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Giulio Maestro; Weather by Rena K. Kirkpatrick, illustrated by Janetta Lewis; Storms by Seymour Simon |
Ed Wiseman | Susan Leeds | October 12, 1992 |
87 | 7 | 902 | "
The Piggy in the Puddle" (narrated by
Tovah Feldshuh)
Review Books: This House is Made of Mud by Ken Buchanan, illustrated by Libby Tracy; The Hippopotamus Song: A Muddy Love Story by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott; Oink by Arthur Geisert |
Ed Wiseman | Orly Berger & Ed Wiseman | October 13, 1992 |
88 | 8 | 903 | "
Seashore Surprises" (narrated by
LeVar Burton)
Review Books: Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald, illustrated by S.D. Schindler; What's Inside? Shells by Angela Royston, photographs by Andreas von Einsiedel; The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow, paintings by Wendell Minor |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 14, 1992 |
89 | 9 | 904 | "
Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies" (narrated by
Andrew Lei)
Review Books: Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Marylin Hafner; Horace by Holly Keller; Free to Be...a Family by Marlo Thomas and Friends |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 15, 1992 |
90 | 10 | 905 | "
Berlioz the Bear" (narrated by
James Avery)
Review Books: The Science Book of Sound by Neil Ardley; Georgia Music by Helen V. Griffith, pictures by James Stevenson; Introduction to Musical Instruments series: Brass/Strings/Woodwinds/Percussion by Dee Lillegard |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | October 16, 1992 |
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91 | 1 | 906 | "
Amazing Grace" (narrated by
Tyne Daly)
Review Books: Great Women in the Struggle by Toyomi Igus, Veronica Freeman Ellis, Diane Patrick and Valerie Wilson Wesley; Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully; Roses Sing on New Snow by Paul Yee, illustrated by Harvey Chan |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 11, 1993 |
92 | 2 | 907 | "
The Furry News: How to Make a Newspaper" (narrated by the cast of
Forbidden Broadway and Lee Murphy)
Review Books: What's It Like to Be a...Newspaper Reporter by Janet Craig, illustrated by Richard Max Kolding; Newspapers by David Petersen; Great Newspaper Crafts by F. Virginia Walter, illustrated by Teddy Cameron Long |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 12, 1993 |
93 | 3 | 908 | "
Mrs. Katz and Tush" (narrated by
Reizl Bozyk and
Rick English)
Review Books: Kwanzaa by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate, illustrations by Melodye Rosales; Abuela by Arthur Dorros, illustrated by Elisa Kleven; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 13, 1993 |
94 | 4 | 909 | "
The Salamander Room" (narrated by
Lynne Thigpen)
Review Books: The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry; Frogs, Toads, Lizards and Salamanders by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright, illustrations by Nancy Winslow Parker; Chipmunk Song by Joanne Ryder, pictures by Lynne Cherry |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 14, 1993 |
95 | 5 | 910 | "
Silent Lotus" (narrated by
Lea Salonga)
Review Books: Hand Rhymes collected and illustrated by Marc Brown; The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin; Amy: The Story of a Deaf Child by Lou Ann Walker, photographs by Michael Abramson |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 15, 1993 |
96 | 6 | 1001 | "
Follow the Drinking Gourd" (narrated by
Keith David)
Review Books: A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler, illustrated by Samuel Byrd; Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson, paintings by James Ransome; Shake It to the One that You Love the Best by Cheryl Warren Mattox, illustrations by Varnette P. Honeywood and Brenda Joysmith |
Mark Mannucci | Steve Conner & Charlie Rice | October 18, 1993 |
97 | 7 | 1002 | "
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" (narrated by
Beth Howland)
Review Books: This is the Key to the Kingdom by Diane Worfolk Allison; Smart Dog by Ralph Leemis, illustrated by Chris L. Demarest; The House that Jack Built, pictures by Jenny Stow |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 19, 1993 |
98 | 8 | 1003 | "
Is This a House for Hermit Crab?" (narrated by
Eartha Kitt)
Review Books: Spider's Web by Christine Back and Barrie Watts; Busy, Busy Squirrels by Colleen Stanley Bare; Urban Roosts by Barbara Bash |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 20, 1993 |
99 | 9 | 1004 | "
And Still the Turtle Watched" (narrated by
Michael Ansara)
Review Books: A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry; Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Jonathan London and Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Thomas Locker; My First Green Book by Angela Wilkes |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | October 21, 1993 |
100 | 10 | 1005 | "
June 29, 1999" (narrated by
Charles Kimbrough)
Review Books: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, drawn by Ron Barrett; Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert; Time Train by Paul Fleischman, illustrations by Claire Ewart |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 22, 1993 |
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101 | 1 | 1006 | "
Nosey Mrs. Rat" (narrated by
Faith Prince)
Review Books: Tiger by Judy Allen, illustrated by Tudor Humphries; The 13th Clue by Ann Jonas; Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw by Bruce McMillan |
Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle & Ronnie Krauss | October 3, 1994 |
102 | 2 | 1007 | "
Borreguita and the Coyote" (narrated by
Olga Merediz)
Review Books: The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Jim Harris; Coyote Dreams by Susan Nunes, illustrations by Ronald Himler; Diego by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Jeanette Winter |
Mark Mannucci | Bernardo Solano | October 4, 1994 |
103 | 3 | 1008 | "
Summer" (narrated by
Ossie Davis)
Review Books: Changes by Marjorie N. Allen and Shelley Rotner, photographs by Shelley Rotner; Nature All Year Long by Clare Walker Leslie; Turtle in July by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney |
Mark Mannucci & Ed Wiseman | Andrew Gutelle | October 5, 1994 |
104 | 4 | 1009 | "
Once There Was a Tree" (narrated by
Eli Wallach)
Review Books: The Tremendous Tree Book by Barbara Brenner and May Garelick, illustrated by Fred Brenner; Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert; The Tree in the Wood by Christopher Manson |
James C. Wright | Ronnie Krauss | October 6, 1994 |
105 | 5 | 1010 | "
Appelemando's Dreams" (narrated by
Michael Learned)
Review Books: The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee; I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins, illustrated by Robin Brickman; The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun, illustrated by Robert Casilla |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | October 7, 1994 |
106 | 6 | 1101 | "
The Lotus Seed" (narrated by
Rona Figueroa)
Review Books: Halmoni and the Picnic by Sook Nyul Choi, illustrated by Karen M. Dugan; I'm New Here by Bud Howlett; Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say |
Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim | October 10, 1994 |
107 | 7 | 1102 | "
Hail to Mail" (narrated by
Al Roker)
Review Books: The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters by Janet and Allan Ahlberg; Messages in the Mailbox: How to Write a Letter by Loreen Leedy; Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera B. Williams and Jennifer Williams |
Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | October 11, 1994 |
108 | 8 | 1103 | "
Stellaluna" (narrated by
Anne Jackson)
Review Books: Amazing Bats by Frank Greenaway, photographs by Jerry Young and Frank Greenaway; Step into the Night by Joanne Ryder, illustrated by Dennis Nolan; Sleep is for Everyone by Paul Showers, illustrated by Wendy Watson |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 12, 1994 |
109 | 9 | 1104 | "
My Shadow" (narrated by
Robert Guillaume)
Review Books: Shadowgraphs by Jane Corby and Phila H. Webb; Shadows and Reflections by Tana Hoban; I Have a Friend by Keiko Narahashi |
Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim | October 13, 1994 |
110 | 10 | 1105 | "
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation" (narrated by
Linda Lavin)
Review Books: Flight by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Mike Wimmer; Amelia's Fantastic Flight by Rose Bursik; Plane Song by Diane Siebert, paintings by Vincent Nasta |
Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim | October 14, 1994 |
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111 | 1 | 1106 | "
The Wonderful Towers of Watts" (narrated by
Angela Bassett)
Review Books: I Got Community by Melrose Cooper, pictures by Dale Gottlieb; Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield, pictures by Jan Spivey Gilchrist; The Car Washing Street by Denise Lewis Patrick, pictures by John Ward |
Mark Mannucci | Susan Kim & Ronnie Krauss | October 2, 1995 |
112 | 2 | 1107 | "
Martha Speaks" (narrated by
Jo Hayden)
Review Books: My Puppy is Born by Joanna Cole, photographs by Margaret Miller; The Night I Followed the Dog by Nina Laden; Earth Hounds by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross |
Mark Mannucci | Mark Eisman & Ronnie Krauss | October 3, 1995 |
113 | 3 | 1108 | "
Alejandro's Gift" (narrated by
Francisco Rivela)
Review Books: Water, Water Everywhere by Cynthia Overbeck Bix and Mark J. Rauzon; It Rained on the Desert Today by Ken and Debby Buchanan, illustrated by Libby Tracy; The Desert Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta, illustrated by Mark Astrella |
Larry Lancit | Andrew Gutelle | October 4, 1995 |
114 | 4 | 1109 | "
The Sign Painter's Dream" (narrated by
Jamie Farr)
Review Books: The Signmaker's Assistant by Tedd Arnold; The Letter Jesters by Cathryn Falwell; I Read Signs by Tana Hoban |
Ed Wiseman | Lee Hunkins & Jill Gluckson | October 5, 1995 |
115 | 5 | 1110 | "
Archibald Frisby" (narrated by
Arnold Stang)
Review Books: What Makes Popcorn Pop? by Jack Myers; Science Magic series: Sound/Light/Air/Water by Chris Oxlade; I Wonder Why Soap Makes Bubbles? by Barbara Taylor |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | October 6, 1995 |
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116 | 1 | 1111 | "Fly Away Home" (narrated by
Daniel Saltzman)
Review Books: Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan; The Homeless Hibernating Bear by Kids Livin' Life; Home edited by Michael Rosen |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | April 8, 1996 |
117 | 2 | 1112 | "
Uncle Jed's Barbershop" (narrated by
Regina Taylor)
Review Books: Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree by William Miller, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu; Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; A Peddler's Dream by Janice Shefelman, illustrated by Tom Shefelman |
Mark Mannucci | Lee Hunkins | April 9, 1996 |
118 | 3 | 1113 | "
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World" (narrated by
Helen Mirren)
Review Books: What Food is This? by Rosmarie Hausherr; The Edible Pyramid by Loreen Leedy; The Kids Around the World Cookbook by Deri Robins, illustrated by Charlotte Stowell |
Larry Lancit & Kevin Lombard | Andrew Gutelle | April 10, 1996 |
119 | 4 | 1114 | "
Owen" (narrated by
Matthew Broderick)
Review Books: Born in the Gravy by Denys Cazet; Darcy and Gran Don't Like Babies by Jane Cutler, pictures by Susannah Ryan; Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber |
Ed Wiseman | McPaul Smith | April 11, 1996 |
120 | 5 | 1115 | "
How Much is a Million?" (narrated by Nick Sullivan)
Review Books: Only One by Marc Harshman, illustrated by Barbara Garrison; How Many Stars in the Sky? by Lenny Hort, paintings by James Ransome; One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes, illustrated by Bonnie MacKain |
Ed Wiseman, Tony Jacobs & Barry Shapiro | Jill Gluckson | April 12, 1996 |
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121 | 1 | 1201 | "
Always My Dad" (narrated by
BJ Crosby)
Review Books: Taxi! Taxi! by Cari Best, illustrated by Dale Gottlieb; The Perfect Spot by Robert J. Blake; Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman, pictures by Caroline Binch |
Ed Wiseman | Lee Hunkins | October 7, 1996 |
122 | 2 | 1202 | "
Bread is for Eating" (narrated by
Cecilia Arana and
Michael Uribe)
Review Books: Walter the Baker by Eric Carle; Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris, photographs by Ken Heyman; The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen, paintings by Ruth Wright Paulsen |
Kevin Lombard, Ed Wiseman, & Tony Jacobs | Ronnie Krauss & Sharon Dennis Wyeth | October 8, 1996 |
123 | 3 | 1203 | "
Hotel Animal" (narrated by
John Cunningham)
Review Books: Zoom by Istvan Banyai; Mr. Tall and Mr. Small by Barbara Brenner, illustrations by Mike Shenon; The Three Bears by Paul Galdone |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | October 9, 1996 |
124 | 4 | 1204 | "
Someplace Else" (narrated by
Carol Kane)
Review Books: Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Carol Jones; Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Schuett; Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney, illustrated by Annette Cable |
Kevin Lombard | Robert Stork | October 10, 1996 |
125 | 5 | 1205 | "
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin" (narrated by
Gregory Hines)
Review Books: Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes, illustrated by Karmen Thompson; The Maestro Plays by Bill Martin, Jr., pictures by Vladimir Radunsky; Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney |
Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | October 11, 1996 |
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126 | 1 | 1206 | "
On the Day You Were Born" (narrated by
Patrick Stewart)
Review Books: How You Were Born by Joanna Cole, photographs by Margaret Miller; One Round Moon and a Star for Me by Ingrid Mennen, illustrations by Niki Daly; A Teeny Tiny Baby by Amy Schwartz |
Ed Wiseman | Billy Aronson | April 7, 1997 |
127 | 2 | 1207 | "
Hip Cat" (narrated by
Ann Duquesnay)
Review Books: Willie Jerome by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Tyrone Geter; Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka; Conga Crocodile by Nicole Rubel |
Mark Mannucci | McPaul Smith | April 8, 1997 |
128 | 3 | 1208 | "
Regina's Big Mistake" (narrated by
Anna Holbrooks)
Review Books: I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins, illustrated by Robin Brickman; The Art Lesson by Tomie de Paola; The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun, illustrated by Robert Casilla |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss & Renee Creange | April 9, 1997 |
129 | 4 | 1209 | "
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message" (narrated by
Nicholson Earl Billey)
Review Books: The Tremendous Tree Book by Barbara Brenner and May Garelick, illustrated by Fred Brenner; A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry; My First Green Book by Angela Wilkes |
Kevin Lombard | Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Doherty | April 10, 1997 |
130 | 5 | 1210 | "
The Carousel" (narrated by
Sarah Hubbard)
Review Books: Up and Down on the Merry-Go-Round by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Ted Rand; The Always Prayer Shawl by Sheldon Oberman, illustrated by Ted Lewin; The Long Silk Strand by Laura E. Williams, illustrated by Grayce Bochak |
Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | April 11, 1997 |
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131 | 1 | 1301 | "
Math Curse" (narrated by
Michelle Trachtenberg)
Review Books: Pigs on a Blanket by Amy Axelrod, pictures by Sharon McGinley-Nally; Twelve Snails to One Lizard by Susan Hightower, pictures by Matt Novak; Marvelous Math by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Karen Barbour |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | October 5, 1998 |
132 | 2 | 1302 | "
My Life with the Wave" (narrated by
Scott Irby-Ranniar)
Review Books: Here is the Coral Reef by Madeleine Dunphy, illustrated by Tom Leonard; Water Dance by Thomas Locker; Our Wet World by Sneed B. Collard III, illustrated by James M. Needham |
Larry Lancit | Cecily Truett | October 6, 1998 |
133 | 3 | 1303 | "
Saturday Sancocho" (narrated by
Jose de Guzman)
Review Books: The Pirate Cookbook by Mary Ling; Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova, illustrated by Robert Roth; Mama Bear by Chyng-Feng Sun, illustrated by Lolly Robinson |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | October 7, 1998 |
134 | 4 | 1304 | "
When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba" (narrated by
Lucie Arnaz)
Review Books: The Dancing Man by Ruth Lercher Bornstein; My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray, illustrated by Raul Colon; The Old Man Who Loved to Sing by John Winch |
Mark Mannucci | Jill Gluckson | October 8, 1998 |
135 | 5 | 1305 | "
Worksong" (narrated by
David Canary)
Review Books: A Day's Work by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ronald Himler; I'm Going to Be a Firefighter and I'm Going to Be a Police Officer by Edith Kunhardt; Work by Ann Morris |
Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | October 9, 1998 |
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136 | 1 | 1401 | "
The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest" (narrated by
Susan Sarandon)
Review Books: Amazon Diary by Hudson Talbott and Mark Greenberg; People in the Rainforest by Saviour Pirotta; Welcome to the Greenhouse by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Laura Regan |
Kevin Lombard | Ronnie Krauss | May 8, 2000 |
137 | 2 | 1402 | "
Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk" (narrated by
Jason Alexander)
Review Books: Aloha, Dolores by Barbara Samuels; Harry and Lulu by Arthur Yorinks, illustrated by Martin Matje; Moondogs by Daniel Kirk |
Larry Lancit | Cecily Truett | November 20, 2000 |
138 | 3 | 1403 | "
Lemonade for Sale" (narrated by
Andrea McArdle)
Review Books: Neale S. Godfrey's Ultimate Kids' Money Book, illustrated by Randy Verougstraete; Lulu's Lemonade by Barbara deRubertis, illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye; How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman, pictures by Bill Slavin |
Ed Wiseman | Robert Stork | January 19, 2001 |
139 | 4 | 1404 | "
The Secret Shortcut" (narrated by
Tim Conway)
Review Books: Pipsqueaks! Maze School by Patrick Merrell; Mapping Penny's World by Loreen Leedy; How Tall, How Short, How Faraway by David A. Adler, illustrated by Nancy Tobin |
Ed Wiseman | Susan Kim | February 16, 2001 |
140 | 5 | 1405 | "
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States" (narrated by
Lea Salonga,
Tom and Ray Magliozzi and
Nikki Giovanni)
Review Books: Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant, illustrations by Lisa Desimini; The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller; Celebrate the 50 States! by Loreen Leedy |
Ed Wiseman | Susan Kim | March 16, 2001 |
141 | 6 | 1406 | "
Badger's Parting Gifts" (narrated by
Ruby Dee)
Review Books: The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Erik Blegvad; The Grandad Tree by Trish Cooke, illustrated by Sharon Wilson; A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead by Nancy Luenn, illustrated by Robert Chapman |
Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | April 20, 2001 |
All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.
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142 | 1 | 1407 | " The Tin Forest" (narrated by Jeff Bridges) Review Books: On that Day by Andrea Patel; Mole Music by David McPhail; The Wonderful Happens by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Coco Dowley | Ronnie Krauss | September 3, 2002 |
143 | 2 | 1408 | " Max" (narrated by Regina King and Ian Desdone) Review Books: The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen, illustrated by Elaine Greenstein; If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold; Sosu's Call by Meshack Asare | Susan Kim | September 4, 2002 |
144 | 3 | 1409 | " Enemy Pie" (narrated by Ed Harris) Review Books: Don't Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin, illustrated by Glib Dibley; The Brand New Kid by Katie Couric, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose, illustrated by Debbie Tilly | Ronnie Krauss | September 5, 2002 |
145 | 4 | 1410 | " Our Big Home: An Earth Poem" (narrated by Naomi Judd) Review Books: Take Action: A Guide to Active Citizenship by Marc Kielburger, illustrated by Craig Kielburger; Whoever You Are by Mem Fox, illustrated by Leslie Staub | Susan Kim | September 6, 2002 |
All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.
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146 | 1 | 1501 | " Visiting Day" (narrated by Alfre Woodard) Review: Finding the Right Spot by Janice Levy, illustrated by Whitney Martin; Let's Talk About When your Parent is in Jail by Maureen K. Wittbold, photo illustrations by Bill Stanton, Phylis Picardi, and Ira Fox; Mama Loves me from Away by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Laurie Caple | Ronnie Krauss | December 15, 2004 |
147 | 2 | 1502 | " Unique Monique" (narrated by Eliza Dushku) Review: Daffodil by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Tomek Bogacki; I'm Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell; The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi | Jill Gluckson | December 16, 2004 |
148 | 3 | 1503 | " Mr. George Baker" (narrated by Wayne Brady) Review: The Music in Derrick's Heart by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert, illustrated by Colin Bootman; Grandfather Counts by Andrea Chang, illustrated by Ange Zhang; A Bird About to Sing by Laura Nyman Montenegro | Ronnie Krauss | December 17, 2004 |
149 | 4 | 1504 | " Beegu" (narrated by Freddie Prinze Jr.) Review: Space Exploration by David Glover; Planets: A Solar System Stickerbook by Ellen Hasbrouck, illustrated by Scott McDougal; Rise the Moon by Eileen Spinelli, pictures by Raul Colon | Twila Liggett | January 20, 2005 |
150 | 5 | 1505 | " Two Old Potatoes and Me" (narrated by Jordan Puryear) Review: Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes; Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin, pictures by Harry Bliss; Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert | Ronnie Krauss | January 21, 2005 |
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151 | 1 | 1601 | " The Biggest Test in the Universe" (narrated by Richard Gere) Review: Angelina on Stage by Katharine Holabird, illustrated by Helen Craig; Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow by Alexander Stadler; Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | November 6, 2006 |
152 | 2 | 1602 | " I Lost My Tooth in Africa" Review: Madlenka by Peter Six; Rites of Passage: Coming of Age by Mandy Ross; My Wobbly Tooth Must Not Ever Never Fall Out by Lauren Child | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | November 7, 2006 |
153 | 3 | 1603 | " Boxes for Katje" (narrated by Elizabeth Jute) Review: Luba: As Told to Michelle R. McCann by Luba Tryszynska-Frederick, illustrated by Anne Marshall; Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter; The Lady in the Box by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Marni Backer | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | November 8, 2006 |
154 | 4 | 1604 | " Game Day" (narrated by James Avery) Review: The Blue Ribbon Day by Katie Courtic, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; Pecorino Plays Ball by Alan Madison, illustrated by AnnaLaura Cantone; Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm, illustrated by Carol Thompson | Ed Wiseman | Ed Wiseman | November 9, 2006 |
155 | 5 | 1605 | " Show Way" (narrated by Diahann Carroll) Review: The Kids' Family Tree Book by Caroline Leavitt, illustrated by Ian Philips; What a Family! by Rachel Isadora; Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne, illustrated by Bethanne Andersen | Ed Wiseman | Ronnie Krauss | November 10, 2006 |