Reading Rainbow is an American educational children's television series that originally aired on PBS and afterward PBS Kids from July 11, 1983 to November 10, 2006, with reruns continuing to air until August 28, 2009. 155 30-minute episodes were produced over 21 seasons. Before its official premiere, the show aired for test audiences in the Nebraska and Buffalo, New York markets (their PBS member stations, the Nebraska ETV [now Nebraska Public Media] and WNED-TV, respectively, were co-producers of the show).
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155 Total Episodes on
16 DVDs:
Season 1 Episode 1 - Tight Times
Season 1 Episode 2 - Miss Nelson is Back
Season 1 Episode 3 - Bea and Mr. Jones
Season 1 Episode 4 - Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Season 1 Episode 5 - Louis the Fish
Season 1 Episode 6 - Digging Up Dinosaurs
Season 1 Episode 7 - Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
Season 1 Episode 8 - Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
Season 1 Episode 9 - Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
Season 1 Episode 10 - The Gift of the Sacred Dog
Season 1 Episode 11 - Gregory the Terrible Eater
Season 1 Episode 12 - Three by the Sea
Season 1 Episode 13 - Arthur's Eyes
Season 1 Episode 14 - The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
Season 1 Episode 15 - Ty's One-Man Band
Season 2 Episode 1 - Hot-Air Henry
Season 2 Episode 2 - Simon's Book
Season 2 Episode 3 - Ox-Cart Man
Season 2 Episode 4 - Mystery on the Docks
Season 2 Episode 5 - A Chair for My Mother
Season 3 Episode 1 - Paul Bunyan
Season 3 Episode 2 - The Patchwork Quilt
Season 3 Episode 3 - Hill of Fire
Season 3 Episode 4 - The Tortoise and the Hare
Season 3 Episode 5 - Perfect the Pig
Season 4 Episode 1 - Animal Cafe
Season 4 Episode 2 - Alistair in Outer Space
Season 4 Episode 3 - Feelings
Season 4 Episode 4 - Watch the Stars Come Out
Season 4 Episode 5 - Mama Don't Allow
Season 4 Episode 6 - Space Case
Season 4 Episode 7 - The Milk Makers
Season 4 Episode 8 - Imogene's Antlers
Season 4 Episode 9 - Germs Make Me Sick!
Season 4 Episode 10 - Abiyoyo
Season 5 Episode 1 - The Life Cycle of the Honeybee
Season 5 Episode 2 - Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Season 5 Episode 3 - Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
Season 5 Episode 4 - The Paper Crane
Season 5 Episode 5 - The Runaway Duck
Season 5 Episode 6 - A Three Hat Day
Season 5 Episode 7 - Rumpelstiltskin
Season 5 Episode 8 - Best Friends
Season 5 Episode 9 - Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
Season 5 Episode 10 - My Little Island
Season 6 Episode 1 - The Bionic Bunny Show
Season 6 Episode 2 - Bugs
Season 6 Episode 3 - The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner
Season 6 Episode 4 - Brush
Season 6 Episode 5 - The Purple Coat
Season 6 Episode 6 - Barn Dance!
Season 6 Episode 7 - Duncan and Dolores
Season 6 Episode 8 - Knots on a Counting Rope
Season 6 Episode 9 - Mummies Made in Egypt
Season 6 Episode 10 - Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Season 7 Episode 1 - Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story
Season 7 Episode 2 - Stay Away from the Junkyard!
Season 7 Episode 3 - Little Nino's Pizzeria
Season 7 Episode 4 - Ludlow Laughs
Season 7 Episode 5 - Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo
Season 7 Episode 6 - Dive to the Coral Reefs
Season 7 Episode 7 - Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus
Season 7 Episode 8 - Tooth-Gnasher Superflash
Season 7 Episode 9 - Bored - Nothing to Do!
Season 7 Episode 10 - Sports Pages
Season 8 Episode 1 - The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
Season 8 Episode 2 - Jack, the Seal and the Sea
Season 8 Episode 3 - The Bicycle Man
Season 8 Episode 4 - Florence and Eric Take the Cake
Season 8 Episode 5 - Sunken Treasure
Season 9 Episode 1 - Alistair's Time Machine
Season 9 Episode 2 - The Adventures of Taxi Dog
Season 9 Episode 3 - The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
Season 9 Episode 4 - Galimoto
Season 9 Episode 5 - Fox on the Job
Season 9 Episode 6 - Opt: An Illusionary Tale
Season 9 Episode 7 - Raccoons and Ripe Corn
Season 9 Episode 8 - The Lady with the Ship on Her Head
Season 9 Episode 9 - Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
Season 9 Episode 10 - Snowy Day: Stories and Poems
Season 10 Episode 1 - Tar Beach
Season 10 Episode 2 - The Wall
Season 10 Episode 3 - Sam the Sea Cow
Season 10 Episode 4 - Rechenka's Eggs
Season 10 Episode 5 - Sophie and Lou
Season 10 Episode 6 - Come a Tide
Season 10 Episode 7 - The Piggy in the Puddle
Season 10 Episode 8 - Seashore Surprises
Season 10 Episode 9 - Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies
Season 10 Episode 10 - Berlioz the Bear
Season 11 Episode 1 - Amazing Grace
Season 11 Episode 2 - The Furry News: How to Make a Newspaper
Season 11 Episode 3 - Mrs. Katz and Tush
Season 11 Episode 4 - The Salamander Room
Season 11 Episode 5 - Silent Lotus
Season 11 Episode 6 - Follow the Drinking Gourd
Season 11 Episode 7 - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Season 11 Episode 8 - Is This a House for Hermit Crab?
Season 11 Episode 9 - And Still the Turtle Watched
Season 11 Episode 10 - June 29, 1999
Season 12 Episode 1 - Nosey Mrs. Rat
Season 12 Episode 2 - Borreguita and the Coyote
Season 12 Episode 3 - Summer
Season 12 Episode 4 - Once There Was a Tree
Season 12 Episode 5 - Applemando's Dreams
Season 12 Episode 6 - The Lotus Seed
Season 12 Episode 7 - Hail to Mail
Season 12 Episode 8 - Stellaluna
Season 12 Episode 9 - My Shadow
Season 12 Episode 10 - Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
Season 13 Episode 1 - The Wonderful Towers of Watts
Season 13 Episode 2 - Martha Speaks
Season 13 Episode 3 - Alejandro's Gift
Season 13 Episode 4 - The Sign Painter's Dream
Season 13 Episode 5 - Archibald Frisby
Season 14 Episode 1 - Fly Away Home
Season 14 Episode 2 - Uncle Jed's Barbershop
Season 14 Episode 3 - How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Season 14 Episode 4 - Owen
Season 14 Episode 5 - How Much is a Million?
Season 15 Episode 1 - Always My Dad
Season 15 Episode 2 - Bread is for Eating
Season 15 Episode 3 - Hotel Animal
Season 15 Episode 4 - Someplace Else
Season 15 Episode 5 - Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin
Season 16 Episode 1 - On the Day You Were Born
Season 16 Episode 2 - Hip Cat
Season 16 Episode 3 - Regina's Big Mistake
Season 16 Episode 4 - Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message
Season 16 Episode 5 - The Carousel
Season 17 Episode 1 - Math Curse
Season 17 Episode 2 - My Life with the Wave
Season 17 Episode 3 - Saturday Sancocho
Season 17 Episode 4 - When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba
Season 17 Episode 5 - Worksong
Season 18 Episode 1 - The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
Season 18 Episode 2 - Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk
Season 18 Episode 3 - Lemonade for Sale
Season 18 Episode 4 - The Secret Shortcut
Season 18 Episode 5 - My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States
Season 18 Episode 6 - Badger's Parting Gifts
Season 19 Episode 1 - The Tin Forest
Season 19 Episode 2 - Max
Season 19 Episode 3 - Enemy Pie
Season 19 Episode 4 - Our Big Home: An Earth Poem
Season 20 Episode 1 - Visiting Day
Season 20 Episode 2 - Unique Monique
Season 20 Episode 3 - Mr. George Baker
Season 20 Episode 4 - Beegu
Season 20 Episode 5 - Two Old Potatoes and Me
Season 21 Episode 1 - The Biggest Test in the Universe
Season 21 Episode 2 - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Season 21 Episode 3 - Boxes for Katje
Season 21 Episode 4 - Game Day
Season 21 Episode 5 - Show Way
Reading Rainbow Includes Free Bonus:
4 hours of TV Commercials from the 1980's ($9.95 value)
