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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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