Airs Next: PBS at Weekdays 2:30 PM (30 min.)
Status:
On Hiatus / TBD
Premiered:
June 6, 1983
Last Aired:
November 10, 2006
Show Category:
Children 
Reading Rainbow is a children's series designed to promote reading comprehension in elementary school age children. Host LeVar Burton introduces the theme of the episode and the book to be profiled in an animated story using the illustrations from the book and narrated by a celebrity, such as Bill Cosby, Ruby Dee, Richard Gere, and the late great stars Ossie Davis, Julia Child, Raul Julia and...
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Episodes
add »As LeVar helps his wife and daughter construct his family tree, Diahann Carroll narrates Show Way, in which the author chronicles her family back to her Great, Great, Great, Great Grandmother, who was a slave in the South. Through traditions passed down to each generation, her family learned to sew "Show Way" quilts that were secretly maps designed to help slaves escape to the north to freedom, and how her relatives taught her to keep up with the love of quilting to retain family history.
Aired: Friday November 10, 2006
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"Complete waste of time"Abysmal It's more like zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Rainbow Continue » Posted Sep 17, 2007 11:34 am PST |
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"Classic"Superb It really does encourage children on reading. Continue » Posted Jul 23, 2007 6:09 pm PST |
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"Classic"Perfect Hands Down Great show! Continue » Posted May 23, 2007 1:18 am PST |
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"A decent show"Mediocre Geordi LaForge, get back to engineering and tune up the warp engines! Continue » Posted Feb 21, 2007 6:36 am PST |
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"Informative"Superb This show is very relaxing because of the wonderful music choices they have and the stories they have as well. Continue » Posted Feb 4, 2007 8:59 am PST |
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Show Vital Stats
Show: Reading Rainbow
Popularity Rank: 884 of 17,420
Ratings Rank: 1,919 of 17,420 (
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Show Reviews: 17
People Tracking: 122
Popularity Rank: 884 of 17,420
Ratings Rank: 1,919 of 17,420 (
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Show Reviews: 17
People Tracking: 122
Show
Score: 8.1 Great 208 votes
Score: 8.1 Great 208 votes
perfect: 62 (30.4%)
great: 50 (24.5%)
superb: 34 (16.7%)
good: 29 (14.2%)
Other: 29 (14.3%)
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