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Reading Rainbow

Series Information
Curricular Areas: Language Arts
Length: 30-Minute Programs CC
Grade levels: Pre-K-2
Web Resources	Teacher's Guide	Family Literacy Kits

Reading Rainbow, hosted by LeVar Burton, is a critically-acclaimed award-winning half-hour PBS series that turns children on to books and reading. The series targets 4-8 year olds, and is based on research that identifies these early years as the optimum time for children to learn to read, and to adopt positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.

Professionally the series has been recognized with over 150 awards. In a more personal way the series impact is acknowledged by the actions of children - as librarians and booksellers report that books featured on episodes receive enormous requests and quickly become "classics" in kids' personal libraries, and when young children often ask for books seen on Reading Rainbow by title and sometimes even by author.

These programs can be recorded off air but are not available through the lending library.

Click here to view a list of all Reading Rainbow titles by episode name.

Special Holiday Week Programs

Reading Rainbow will air in two Special Block Feed Schedules from 5:30-6:30 AM and 10:00-11:00 AM, two programs per hour, from December 24 through January 4. Episode titles are listed on the Broadcast Schedule.

(all times listed are Central)

Air Date	Episode #	Title
9/12/07	601	Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story
9/19/07	602	Stay Away From the Junkyard!
9/26/07	603	Little Nino's Pizzeria
10/03/07	604	Ludlow Laughs
10/10/07	605	Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo
10/17/07	606	Dive to the Coral Reef
10/24/07	607	Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus
10/31/07	608	Tooth-Gnasher Superflash
11/07/07	609	Bored - Nothing to Do!
11/14/07	610	Sports Pages
11/28/07	1501	Visiting Day
12/05/07	1502	Unique Monique
12/12/07	1503	Mr. George Baker
12/19/07	1504	Beegu
1/09/08	1505	Two Old Potatoes and Me
1/16/08	1601	The Biggest Test in the Universe
1/23/08	1602	I Lost My Tooth in Africa
1/30/08	1603	Boxes for Katje
2/06/08	1604	Game Day
2/13/08	1605	Show Way
2/20/08	1001	Follow the Drinking Gourd
2/27/08	1002	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
3/05/08	1003	Is This a House for Hermit Crab?
3/12/08	1004	And Still the Turtle Watched
3/19/08	1005	June 29,1999
3/26/08	702	Jack, the Seal and the Sea
4/02/08	704	Florence and Eric Take the Cake
4/09/08	705	Sunken Treasure
4/23/08	707	The Adventures of Taxi Dog
4/30/08	708	The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
5/07/08	709	Galimoto
5/14/08	710	Fox on the Job

Reading Rainbow Literacy Kits Available!

Purchase your Reading Rainbow Family Literacy Kits through Instructional Resources for $39.95 a piece! Included is a brightly colored backpack, 30 minute Reading Rainbow episode, 1 feature book narrated in the episode, activities for families to do together provided on laminated sheet and a set of 25 Family Response Cards so families can report their experiences.

The Young Writers and Illustrators Contest

Encourage your students to enter the annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest.

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