Each installment of this colorful and imaginative series promotes positive self-esteem and literacy skills, and includes a television adaptation of a children's picture book, a "field trip" segment and reviews of books by children. LeVar Burton hosts. Teachers guides for studies in science and math are available.
PBS 45 & 49 will participate in the 11th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest this year. Entry materials will be ready in January 2005. If you'd like to receive an entry packet for your students, please call Pat Weed at .
101. Tight Times
102. Miss Nelson is Back
103. Bea and Mr. Jones
104. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
105. Louis the Fish
106. Digging Up Dinosaurs
107. Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
108. Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
109. Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
110. The Gift of the Sacred Dog
111. Gregory the Terrible Eater
112. Three by the Sea
113. Arthur's Eyes
114. The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
115. Ty's One-Man Band
201. Hot-Air Henry
202. Simon's Book
203. Ox-Cart Man
204. Mystery on the Docks
205. A Chair for My Mother
301. Paul Bunyan
302. The Patchwork Quilt
303. Hill of Fire
304. The Tortoise and the Hare
305. Perfect the Pig
306. Animal Cafe
307. Alistair in Outer Space
308. Feelings
309. Watch the Stars Come Out
310. Mama Don't Allow
401. Space Case
402. The Milk Makers
403. Imogene's Antlers
404. Germs Make Me Sick!
405. Abiyoyo
406. The Life Cycle of the Honeybee
407. Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
408. Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
409. The Paper Crane
410. The Runaway Duck
411. A Three-Hat Day
412. Rumpelstiltskin
413. Best Friends
414. Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
415. My Little Island
501. The Bionic Bunny Show
502. Bugs
503. The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner
504. Brush
505. The Purple Coat
506. Barn Dance!
507. Duncan and Delores
508. Knots on a Counting Rope
509. Mummies Made in Egypt
510. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
601. Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story
602. Stay Away From the Junkyard
603. Little Nino's Pizzeria
604. Ludlow Laughs
605. Dinosaur Bob & His Adventures With the Family Lizardo
606. Dive to the Coral Reefs: A New England Aquarium Book
607. Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus
608. Tooth-Gnasher Superflash
609. Bored -- Nothing to Do!
610. Sports Pages
701. The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
702. Jack, the Seal & the Sea
703. The Bicycle Man
704. Florence & Eric Take the Cake
705. Sunken Treasure
706. Alistair's Time Machine
707. The Adventures of Taxi Dog
708. The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
709. Galimoto
710. Fox on the Job
801. Opt: An Illusionary Tale
802. Raccoons & Ripe Corn
803. The Lady With the Ship on Her Head
804. Kate Shelley & the Midnight Express
805. Snowy Day: Stories and Poems
806. Tar Beach
807. The Wall
808. Sam the Sea Cow
809. Rechenka's Eggs
810. Sophie & Lou
901. Come a Tide
902. The Piggy in the Puddle
903. Seashore Surprises
904. Through Moon & Stars & Night Skies
905. Berlioz the Bear
906. Amazing Grace
907. The Furry News: How to Make a Newspaper
908. Mrs. Katz & Tush
909. The Salamander Room
910. Silent Lotus
1001. Follow the Drinking Gourd
1002. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
1003. Is This a House for Hermit Crab?
1004. And Still the Turtle Watched
1005. June 29, 1999
1006. Nosy Mrs. Rat
1007. Borreguita and the Coyote
1008. Summer
1009. Once There Was a Tree
1010. Applemando's Dreams
1101. The Lotus Seed
1102. Hail to Mail
1103. Stellaluna
1104. My Shadow
1105. Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
1106. The Wonderful Towers of Watts
1107. Martha Speaks
1108. Alejandro's Gift
1109. The Sign Painter's Dream
1110. Archibald Frisby
1111. Fly Away Home
1112. Uncle Jed's Barbershop
1113. How to Make an Apple Pie & See the World
1114. Owen
1201. How Much is a Million?
1202. Always My Dad
1203. Bread is for Eating
1204. Hotel Animal
1205. Someplace Else
1206. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
1207. On the Day You Were Born
1208. Hip Cat
1209. Regina's Big Mistake
1210. Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message
1211. The Carousel
1301. Math Cure
1302. My Life With the Wave
1303. Saturday Sancocho
1304. When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba
1305. Work Song
1401. The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest
1402. Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk
1403. Lemonade for Sale
1404. The Secret Shortcut
1405. My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States
1406. Badger's Parting Gifts
1407. The Tin Forest
1408. Max
1409. Enemy Pie
1410. Our Big Home: An Earth Poem
1501. Visiting Day
1502. Unique Monique
1503. Mr. George Baker
1504. Beegu
1505. Two Old Potatoes and Me
