Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow!
Reading Rainbow ist eine US-amerikanische Fernsehsendung für Kinder, in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur vorgestellt und daraus vorgelesen wird. Kinder sollen so zum Lesen animiert werden.
Reading Rainbow (Staffel 1)
Tight Times (Folge 1)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-06
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: A young girl's father loses his job.
Miss Nelson Is Back (Folge 2)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-07
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: 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."
Bea and Mr. Jones (Folge 3)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-08
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: 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.
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (Folge 4)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-09
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Louis the Fish (Folge 5)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-10
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Louis the Fish
Digging Up Dinosaurs (Folge 6)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-13
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: 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.
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush (Folge 7)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-14
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport (Folge 8)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-15
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: 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.
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe (Folge 9)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-16
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
The Gift of the Sacred Dog (Folge 10)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-17
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: 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.
Gregory, the Terrible Eater (Folge 11)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-20
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Today's subject is goats and what they eat.
Three by the Sea (Folge 12)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-21
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Three by the Sea
Arthur's Eyes (Folge 13)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-22
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: 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.
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (Folge 14)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-22
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
Ty's One Man Band (Folge 15)
Sendedatum: 1983-06-23
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: 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.
