Reading Rainbow - Season 12

Run Time: 30 mins
Air Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994
Average Rating: ⭐ 8.341 (44 votes)
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Nosey Mrs. Rat
Season 12 - Episode 1
Observing people is the theme of the day, as LeVar finds himself with time to kill before a business meeting and chooses to watch children a...

Borreguita and the Coyote
Season 12 - Episode 2
LeVar spends the day in a barrio in East Los Angeles studying Mexican culture as he visits friends who make their own guitars, eats some tra...

Summer
Season 12 - Episode 3
In this episode of Reading Rainbow, LeVar shows the kids the different sights and sounds of Summer. The different wildlife of Summer, and ho...

Once There Was a Tree
Season 12 - Episode 4
There is still use to a tree stump, as the feature book entails. Eli Wallach reads the story about the lifetime of a tree, and how different...

Appelemando's Dreams
Season 12 - Episode 5
Creativity is the theme as LeVar spends the day painting a mural and other artwork. Michael Learned tells the story of Appelemondo, a boy wh...

The Lotus Seed
Season 12 - Episode 6
Young people who emigrated to the United States from Asian countries are interviewed and discuss having to learn a new language and fitting ...

Hail to Mail
Season 12 - Episode 7
LeVar explains the postal service and shows how important mail as a form of communication.

Stellaluna
Season 12 - Episode 8
LeVar discusses bats and the importance of sleep. The featured story is of a bat who is separated from her family and adopted by a bird.

My Shadow
Season 12 - Episode 9
In this episode of Reading Rainbow: LeVar shows the kids how shadows and lights make up our everyday lives. Andrea Davis is featured as a ph...

Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
Season 12 - Episode 10
Once again the show looks into firsts in air travel, recounting great pilots such as Bessie Coleman, Amelia Earhart and the featured book's ...