Reading Rainbow

• E1

  Tight Times

  A young girl's father loses his job.

  1983-06-06 · 30m
• E2

  Miss Nelson Is Back

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

  1983-06-07 · 30m
• E3

  Bea and Mr. Jones

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

  1983-06-08 · 30m
• E4

  Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

  Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

  1983-06-09 · 30m
• E5

  Louis the Fish

  Louis the Fish

  1983-06-10 · 30m
• E6

  Digging Up Dinosaurs

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

  1983-06-13 · 30m
• E7

  Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

  Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

  1983-06-14 · 30m
• E8

  Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport

  In the featured book, a young boy and his family move from New York City to the Southwest and he has many misconceptions about what his new home is like.

  1983-06-15 · 30m
• E9

  Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

  Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

  1983-06-16 · 30m
• E10

  The Gift of the Sacred Dog

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

  1983-06-17 · 30m
• E11

  Gregory, the Terrible Eater

  Today's subject is goats and what they eat.

  1983-06-20 · 30m
• E12

  Three by the Sea

  Three by the Sea

  1983-06-21 · 30m
• E13

  Arthur's Eyes

  LaVar explores seeing and our other senses, as Bill Cosby tells the story of how the young aardvark, Arthur Read acquired his pair of glasses.

  1983-06-22 · 30m
• E14

  The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

  The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

  1983-06-22 · 30m
• E15

  Ty's One Man Band

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

  1983-06-23 · 30m

Top cast

LeVar Burton

Self - Host