Reading Rainbow

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Reading Rainbow ranks 2,235 out of the 18,228 shows on TV.com.

The 147 users who count themselves as Reading Rainbow fans have written a total of 19 reviews.

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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... more »

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 Gilda Radner, for example. After the story is finished, feature stories in the same subject as the book are profiled, and youth reviewers give critiques of three additional books. LeVar usually introduces the children critics by saying, "but you don't have to take my word for it..."less «

• Welcome to Reading Rainbow

  Hi there! Welcome to the Reading Rainbow show guide at TV.com. I am the editor for the show guide. You know, it's been ...more »

  Hi there! Welcome to the Reading Rainbow show guide at TV.com. I am the editor for the show guide. You know, it's been 25 years ago since Reading Rainbow first premeered on PBS. It's still one of PBS's most popular shows. This guide is now getting more improved and detailed than ever. Additions to the Reading Rainbow guide include a list of books featured in certain episodes. The list of Featured books will be shown in the "Notes" section of the episode guides. Each list contains the book titles and the author(s). The illustrator, publisher and year of publication will not be included in the lists, and it's not necessary to post that info. The format of the lists will look like this: Featured books : Book Title 1 by Author 1 Book Title 2 by Author 2 ...and so on With the lists of featured books, you may want to check them out from your local library. Anybody who is a fan of this show is welcome to submit to the show guide. If you have any questions about the Reading Rainbow show guide, about submitting to the guide or anything related to the show, feel free to send me a PM. HAVE FUN READING!less «

  markdoublea84 Last online 3 hrs, 7 mins ago
  1 comments, last one Sep 8, 2008 + Add Comment

• What episode is this?

  Well, i forgot most of it, but i remember Levar and twofloating disimbodyed human heads were sitting in a dark room, i think...more »

  Well, i forgot most of it, but i remember Levar and twofloating disimbodyed human heads were sitting in a dark room, i think they were having a interview like show, anyway, there was a male head, who is bald and has goatee i think, and an earing, and the female head has black hair, that goes up a few feetin a tall cone, with an orange twist through it, (it might be a hat).I think it was an alien or supernatural sci-fi episode. Please help. Thanks. :)less «

  kjb29 Last online May 15, 2008
  4 comments, last one Jun 24, 2008 + Add Comment

• Your Fav episode

  my faviorte epsiode was the one  about show production on The Next Genration. what was yours?????????????

  my faviorte epsiode was the one  about show production on The Next Genration. what was yours????????????? less «

  scout10101 Last online Jan 31, 2009
  9 comments, last one Jun 24, 2008 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  Great memories. hide « show »

  I remember watching this show when I was young and I have to say that this was one of the best shows for kids. It was eductaional and made reading more interesting. I especially liked the story time part of the show as I felt that it was interesting and very entertaining to hear various stories. I wonder why the show never just read one big story? Anyways, the show was a classic when it mixed the comedy and the story together. It was also very fun to watch the host explore buildings, museums, landmarks, and other places to make things interesting. Thank you.

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  cactusjack39 Added Feb 24, 2009 All my reviews
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  8.2 Great

  The books featured in this episode can take viewers, young and old, to different places. hide « show »

  In this long-running PBS series, LeVar Burton--the host--goes to different places and explores the many wonders of reading. Each show has a different theme and at least 3 featured books in each episode.
  
  Each main book in every episode is narrated by a different celebrity guest star. You never know where your imagination can take you as you read those books. I can garantee you, this show will open up a wide world of reading to viewers of all ages. I would also have to say that LeVar Burton makes a great host for Reading Rainbow. For Reading Rainbow, reading rules!!!

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  markdoublea84 Added Jun 10, 2008 All my reviews
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  1 Abysmal

  It's more like zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Rainbow hide « show »

  Who thought of this lame show ! LaVar makes the show lame it was lame all together ! All they did was talk about books . In school they all ways made me watch it ! I thought I'd rather watch Mr.Rodgers or even TELLITUBIES (even though i hate them ) i would rather watch them ! 41 words W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W O O O O O O O O R R R R S S S T T S S S H H H O W EVER!

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  McLarenDude1 Added Sep 17, 2007 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  It really does encourage children on reading. hide « show »

  I remember seeing the past opening back in the 90s. It had colorful animations, and I miss it a lot. I mean, I loved how that butterfly created rainbow trails. Every episode, Levar Burton reads one book about certain things, and near the end, three kids review one book each that he or she recommends. I didn't find most of them back in elementary school, but they were pretty good. I'm still glad to see, though, that the show still survives on my station, although the new opening, which I dislike the most about it, is still on the air.

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  jonghyunchung Added Jul 23, 2007 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Hands Down Great show! hide « show »

  I remember being a kid and siting down watching reading rainbow and learning something new & going to sleep during it. I would watch it and it would be a really good book on there and i would beg my mom to go to the libaray to get the book so i can read it myself. it was such a great show. it was like a showcase of books that you haven't read. i never seen them with stupid book or a book that didn't make sense but it were some that were not amusing and most that were, i wasn't never really a book worm but this show made me like books.

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  IseeAntwan Added May 23, 2007 All my reviews