Six-year-old Kai-Lan and her animal pals face kid-sized hurdles, learn about getting along and teach young viewers a few words of Chinese along the way.
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan (Season 1)
The Dragonboat Festival (Episode 1)
Writer: Sascha Paladino
Air date: 2008-02-07
Overview: Rintoo gets angry when he loses a dragonboat race. Kai-lan helps him calm down so they can all meet Mr. Dragon at the end of the festival.
Everybody's Hat Parade (Episode 2)
Writer: Bradley Zweig
Air date: 2008-03-24
Overview: Kai-lan and friends make hats and prepare for a special parade, but Rintoo is upset when Hoho copies his design, and Kai-lan must find a way to calm him so the parade can go on.
HoHo's Big Flight (Episode 3)
Writer: Adam Peltzman
Air date: 2008-10-09
Overview: Hoho's lantern flies away and he becomes trapped with it in a tree. Kai-lan figures out a way to rescue him just in time for the lantern festival.
Safari Pals (Episode 4)
Writer: Bradley Zweig
Air date: 2008-03-26
Overview: In a lesson about jealousy, Kai-lan follows strange footprints to an elephant, whose large size makes Rintoo envious.
Twirly Whirly Flyers (Episode 5)
Writer: Sascha Paladino
Air date: 2008-02-08
Overview: While playing near an ant city with Twirly Whirly flowers, Tolee accidentally break the ants' bridge. Kai-lan and her friends help the ants repair it.
The Snowiest Ride (Episode 6)
Writer: Sascha Paladino
Air date: 2008-03-25
Overview: Kai-lan takes her friends sledding, but Tolee is afraid, so the gang helps him overcome his fear by starting with a small hill.
Tolee's Rhyme Time (Episode 7)
Writer: Bradley Zweig
Air date: 2008-02-11
Overview: Kai-lan wants to start a band, but Tolee cannot do a rhyme. The gang encourages him to keep trying, and he discovers he has a talent for singing and rhyming.
Kai-Lan's Campout (Episode 8)
Writer: May Chan
Air date: 2008-02-14
Overview: Kai-lan camps out in the backyard in a ladybug-shaped tent with her friends, but trouble arises when Tolee refuses to share a stuffed toy, Pandy. Kai-lan helps Tolee see that everyone has more fun while sharing.
Wait, Hoho, Wait! (Episode 9)
Writer: Joe Purdy
Air date: 2008-02-13
Overview: Rintoo and the gang work together to assemble his new toy car, but Hoho can't wait until it is finished. He hops in before the car is done, causing it to fall apart. Kai-lan helps him learn to be patient so everyone gets to play.
The Ant Playground (Episode 10)
Writer: Sascha Paladino
Air date: 2008-02-12
Overview: Kai-lan helps the ants build a tire swing for their playground, but she makes it too big. She learns to view things from the ants' perspective and builds a new swing that is just right.
Happy Chinese New Year! (Episode 11)
Writer: Bradley Zweig
Air date: 2008-02-15
Overview: Kai-lan and her friends are allowed to carry the dragon costume for Chinese New Year parade, but Rintoo quits the team after getting upset about his "boring" middle position.
Ni Hao, Halloween (Episode 12)
Writer: Eric Shaw
Air date: 2008-10-28
Overview: Rintoo sprains his ankle and can not go trick-or-treating with all of his friends.
Beach Day (Episode 13)
Writer: Susan Kim
Air date: 2008-07-11
Overview: On a trip to the beach, Tolee gets angry when the waves knock over his sand castle, so the others help him calm down and together they build a better castle.
Roller Rintoo (Episode 14)
Writer: Sascha Paladino
Air date: 2008-10-07
Overview: Kai-lan helps Rintoo overcome his fear of roller skating so he can join his friends at the rink.
Rain or Shine (Episode 15)
Writer: Bradley Zweig
Air date: 2008-03-27
Overview: The gang's outdoor fun is canceled by the rain and Kai-lan helps them overcome their disappointment.
Kai-lan's Carnival (Episode 16)
Writer: Sascha Paladino
Air date: 2008-10-06
Overview: Kai-lan teaches responsibility to Rintoo and Hoho after they accidentally break Stompy's toy rocket and run away.
Lulu Day (Episode 17)
Writer: Bradley Zweig
Air date: 2008-10-08
Overview: Kai-lan learns how to compromise with her friend Lulu when they take turns playing together.
Sports Day (Episode 18)
Writer: Spencer Walker
Air date: 2008-08-06
Overview: Rintoo brags about winning all the contests in the Dinosaur Games, causing the others to quit in anger.
Kai-Lan's Trip to China (Episode 19)
Writer: Sascha Paladino
Air date: 2009-08-14
Overview: Kai-Lan, Ye Ye and her friends travel to China to meet Kai-lan's great aunt, Gui Nai Nai to visit her and meet a village on top of a bamboo forest full of pandas as they help a baby panda at a naming party. What will be the baby panda's name?
Seasons
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