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Reading Rainbow

Season 18 2000 - 2001
TV-G

  • 2000-10-23T18:30:00Z on PBS
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Children
Host LeVar Burton shepherds children through the exciting world of books with celebrity guest narrations, youth book reviews, and relevant cultural tie-ins.

6 episodes

LeVar visits the Amazon rain forest to meet the real people profiled in today's featured book, a story about how a young man was chosen to follow around his tribe's medicine man to learn all the natural methods of treating injuries and illness using plants of the rain forest.

"Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk", read by Jason Alexander, features stories about pets. LeVar Burton throws a birthday party for his golden retriever, Roy, and treats the dog to a bath at a pet spa for his special day.

2001-01-19T19:30:00Z

18x03 Lemonade for Sale

18x03 Lemonade for Sale

  • 2001-01-19T19:30:00Z30m

LeVar explores way that young people can earn money before they're old enough for official jobs in this show. Andrea McArdle reads the feature story of a group of kids who decide to run a lemonade drink stand to raise money to make repairs to their clubhouse, and how a new neighbor helps them drum up business.

2001-02-16T19:30:00Z

18x04 The Secret Shortcut

18x04 The Secret Shortcut

  • 2001-02-16T19:30:00Z30m

In the first of two map shows, LeVar Burton wants to show how to use maps. But he is not Rick Steves. Tim Conway reads a story about two boys who decide to try a new route to school after getting there late all the time and being reprimanded by the teacher.

Levar takes us on a literary tour of the United States. From Hawaii to Maine and Montana to New York, each state is different in its own way.

Season Finale

2001-04-20T18:30:00Z

18x06 Badger's Parting Gifts

Season Finale

18x06 Badger's Parting Gifts

  • 2001-04-20T18:30:00Z30m

LeVar discusses cathartic ways to adjust to losing a loved one in this episode. He and fellow viewers talk about family members that are now gone that they miss, and how they try to remember the good times rather than dwell on the pain. Ruby Dee reads the featured story about an aging Badger, who knows he doesn't have much longer to live and tries to prepare his friends for his passing.

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