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Reading Rainbow (1983 – 2006)

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Reading Rainbow — Season 7

10 episodes · Jul 3, 1989

1. Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story
Jul 3, 1989 · 30m

LeVar is sailing on the Atlantic coast whale watching. He and a team of scientists learn about how whales eat and how they live in their habitats in the ocean. Jane Pauley narrates the true story of Humphrey, the Lost Whale, all about a hum…

2. Stay Away from the Junkyard!
Jul 4, 1989 · 30m

LeVar decides it's time to clean out the things cluttering up his house. What he finds is only memories of his entire life. None of this is junk, as it turns out. Michelle Mariano reads the story of a young girl visiting relatives who befri…

3. Little Nino's Pizzeria
Jul 5, 1989 · 30m

LeVar makes a pizza, while "The Wonder Years" star Josh Saviano reads a story about about a boy who's father runs a pizzeria.

4. Ludlow Laughs
Jul 6, 1989

Ludlow is a big grump who never laughs or even smiles. One night he has the funniest dream ever. When he starts laughing, the whole world laughs with him. Also includes LeVar "Clowning Around", Stand Up Comic and book reviews for Pig Willia…

5. Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo
Jul 7, 1989 · 30m

It's spring 1989, and LeVar gets in the training camp of the Oakland Athletics (back when it was Tony LaRussa, Dave Stewart, Mark McGwire and Terry Steinbach) for a program on baseball. Edward Asner reads the story of a family who meets a d…

6. Dive to the Coral Reefs
Mar 26, 1990 · 30m

Within the sea, lies a combination of scuba diving and (just slightly) snorkeling as LeVar and a friend of his dive beneath the ocean to explore a living coral reef and the life around it. Fran Brill narrates Dive to the Coral Reefs, a book…

7. Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus
Mar 27, 1990 · 30m

LeVar explores the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, photographing its natural environment and learning about how animals in the desert adapt to this kind of climate. Philip Basco narrates the feature book on the natural world of the famous desert…

8. Tooth-Gnasher Superflash
Mar 28, 1990 · 30m

LeVar, the jack of all trades, becomes a garage mechanic for this episode. Much of it fantasizes about dream cars. Then comes a real dream car, which a man has decorated, followed by stock footage of an assembly line and a piece on a solar-…

9. Bored-Nothing to Do!
Mar 29, 1990 · 30m

Focusing on planes in this episode, LeVar takes a flying lesson and flies a plane himself. Also included: the activities of a top-notch airline in flight, as well as a look at the people who made the dream of flying come true, like Amelia E…

10. Sports Pages
Mar 30, 1990 · 30m

Levar Burton works out in a gym and talks about the determination it takes to succeed in sports. Burton narrates two poems from "Sports Pages" by Arnold Adoff. Burton visits with a young Olympic gymnast who talks about the preparation she m…