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Reading Rainbow

Season 1 Episode 4: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

How do you envision the rain or any kind of weather? Some of the things to ask about in this show of weather legends. When LeVar's plans of attending a picnic and softball game are derailed by a downpour, he decides to stay home to read a...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Tight Times

1. Tight Times

Aired: Jun 6, 1983

What can you do with very little money? That's what the featured book and LeV...

Episode 2 Miss Nelson Is Back

2. Miss Nelson Is Back

Aired: Jun 7, 1983

As part of his birthday celebration, LeVar gets made-up like a movie monster,...

Episode 3 Bea and Mr. Jones

3. Bea and Mr. Jones

Aired: Jun 8, 1983

LeVar is already worn out after working on several scenes all day long on the...

Episode 5 Louis the Fish

5. Louis the Fish

Aired: Jun 10, 1983

Starting at the New England Aquarium, LeVar gets into a lengthy observation o...

Episode 6 Digging Up Dinosaurs

6. Digging Up Dinosaurs

Aired: Jun 13, 1983

Technically not the first science-related show in its history, LeVar seeks a ...

Episode 12 Three by the Sea

12. Three by the Sea

Aired: Jun 21, 1983

LeVar spends a day at the beach, where he notices that everyone is reading th...

Episode 13 Arthur's Eyes

13. Arthur's Eyes

Aired: Jun 22, 1983

LaVar explores seeing and our other senses, as Bill Cosby tells the story of ...

Episode 15 Ty's One Man Band

15. Ty's One Man Band

Aired: Jun 23, 1983

LeVar is ready to find music everywhere, and he does. This show includes the ...

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Info about Reading Rainbow

Seasons: 21

Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Animation, Fantasy