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Reading Rainbow (1983 – 2006)

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Reading Rainbow — Season 9

10 episodes · Sep 16, 1991

1. Alistair's Time Machine
Sep 16, 1991 · 30m

LeVar goes to a totally-fictitious spot to find inventors from all eras. True to form, these inventors come from the distant past, Reading Rainbow's near-present, and the future. Arnold Stang narrates Alistair's Time Machine, the story of a…

2. The Adventures of Taxi Dog
Sep 17, 1991 · 30m

LeVar is a taxi driver in New York for a day, but the focus of this show soon lands on the subject of a service dog as well as how dogs are such good pets to us. Vincent Gardenia reads the story of an adopted stray dog who helps his new own…

3. The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
Sep 18, 1991 · 30m

LeVar's featured story is about a young Native American tribesman who finds his spiritual calling in life as a natural painter. His assignment is a special task that will influence him and his work have its memory last forever.

4. Galimoto
Sep 19, 1991 · 30m

Viewers learn the many uses for wire: from creating objects of wire art and transporting people on the longest tramway in the world, to playing an integral part in a circus act.

5. Fox on the Job
Sep 20, 1991 · 30m

There's a wide job market out there, but just what kind of job does a person want? In this program are both conventional and unconventional occupations to straddle the flow of the feature book.

6. Opt: An Illusionary Tale
Sep 23, 1991 · 30m

In this episode, all is not what it seems as LeVar demonstrates optical illusions from the book by Arline and Joseph Baum. He also shows how special effects are created for television; meets artist Christian Thee, who paints trompe l'oeil, …

7. Raccoons and Ripe Corn
Sep 24, 1991 · 30m

LeVar spends the day following around wildlife artist and children's book author Jim Arnofsky, who shows LeVar how he is inspired to create the stories by the signs of animals around the woods near his home. Julia Barr reads several of Arno…

8. The Lady with the Ship on her Head
Sep 25, 1991 · 30m

Turning even crazier, the show plays with our heads in more ways than one. LeVar is the "Head reporter" of a mock-news program called "HEADline News Report" and "reports" on a truly head-spinning array of all things ridiculous about the hea…

9. Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
Sep 26, 1991 · 30m

LeVar takes a train ride from California to Washington state. Along the way, we learn about trains and how the transcontinental railroad came to be. Brian Dennehy narrates the true story of how a young teen named Kate Shelley risked her lif…

10. Snowy Day: Stories and Poems
Sep 27, 1991 · 30m

LeVar travels to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It is a perfect spot for a few poetry readings and winter observations. Some of which include sledding down hills, playing in the snow, building snow-people, and even meeting someone who races in the …