Reading Rainbow (Season 20)

Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow!

Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.

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    Visiting Day (Episode 1)

    Air date: 2004-12-15

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: The series tackles a delicate subject of how some children must deal with a parent in prison. Alfre Woodard reads Visiting Day, a tale about a young girl preparing to visit her father in jail on his birthday, and how she and her grandmother get ready for the trip to the prison. Afterwards, LeVar visits a real family planning to see their father and husband in jail as he finishes his prison term for shooting at a man during an argument, and how they have to cope with the social stigma of having to explain an ex-convict.

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    Unique Monique (Episode 2)

    Air date: 2004-12-16

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Eliza Dushku reads a story about a girl attending private school who attempts to create her own unique style without breaking any of the school's strict dress code rules.

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    Mr. George Baker (Episode 3)

    Air date: 2004-12-17

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Eliza Dushku reads a story about a girl attending private school who attempts to create her own unique style without breaking any of the school's strict dress code rules.

  • Poster for Beegu

    Beegu (Episode 4)

    Air date: 2005-01-20

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: As LeVar investigates types of communication, Freddie Prinze Jr. reads Beegu, the story of an alien who visits Earth while lost from its parents and befriends a group of young children who help Beegu contact her family.

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    Two Old Potatoes and Me (Episode 5)

    Air date: 2005-01-21

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Jordan Puryear reads "Two Old Potatoes and Me," about a girl who works with her father to recycle two rotted potatoes by replanting them using the sprouts to grow a whole new crop of potatoes. LeVar, working with his daughter, is inspired to make potato dishes from recipes in the book.

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