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.
VHS releases distributed by PBS and Pacific Arts
| Title | Release Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 releases
| DVD Name | # of Episodes | Release Date | No. of Discs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Episodes
155 half-hour episodes produced.
Season 1 (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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 2 (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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 3 (1985)
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 |
Season 4 (1986)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 5 (1987)
| 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 |
Season 6 (1988–89)
| 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 |
Season 7 (1989–90)
| 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 |
Season 8 (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 |
Season 9 (1991)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 10 (1992)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 11 (1993)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 12 (1994)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 13 (1995)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 14 (1996)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 15 (1996)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 16 (1997)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 17 (1998)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 18 (2000–01)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 19 (2002)
All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 20 (2004–05)
All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 21 (2006)
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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