Reading Rainbow

Season 6

10 episodes · Aug 15, 1988

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  • S6E1

    The Bionic Bunny Show

    Aug 15, 198830m

    In both the featured story and on the set of the show "Star Trek: the Next Generation" (which LeVar also stars on) we learn how TV shows are made and how actors in costumes and special effects can make imaginary things seem real.

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  • S6E2

    Bugs

    Aug 16, 198830m

    With microorganisms under his belt, LeVar now goes on the lookout for insects.

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  • S6E3

    The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner

    Aug 17, 198830m

    LeVar tries to have lunch at a diner, but soon finds himself thrust into work. For some reason, he just doesn't understand luncheonette lingo.

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  • S6E4

    Brush

    Aug 18, 198830m

    Can inanimate things come to life, as the feature book suggests? LeVar finds out for himself in a factory where all the goods for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are stored.

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  • S6E5

    The Purple Coat

    Aug 19, 198830m

    In New York again, LeVar goes to get a tailor-made jacket. In between comes a visit to the Fashion Institute of Technology.

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  • S6E6

    Barn Dance!

    Aug 27, 198830m

    LeVar is in Tennessee where he is going to a barn dance. Along the way, he meets the band who will be playing their Bluegrass music and meets a man who makes his own fiddles. At the barn, LeVar also learns a few dance steps for the big night Roy Clark narrates Barn Dance!, a story about a hoedown that is unlike any other.

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  • S6E7

    Duncan and Dolores

    Aug 28, 198830m

    There's more to the cat than meets the eye. It culminates with one of the stars of what was then believed to be Broadway's permanence: CATS. Jane Curtain narrates the featured book about a girl who wants a cat. In the story, Duncan and Dolores learn how to be themselves and earn each other's friendship.

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  • S6E8

    Knots on a Counting Rope

    Aug 29, 1988

    What's a handicap to a determined individual? With LeVar camping out by himself, the show banks itself on a news anchor who had been born with deformed hands and feet. The featured story, Knots on a Counting Rope, tells about how a boy who is blind faces his own fears.

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  • S6E9

    Mummies Made in Egypt

    Aug 30, 198830m

    A camel is out of place in Boston, but LeVar rides one in preparation for a show that takes a close look at mummies. Corrine Orr narrates "Mummies Made in Egypt", a book that gives all the facts about what mummies are, how the ancient Egyptians were mummified, and what they resembled three thousand years ago.

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  • S6E10

    Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

    Aug 31, 198830m

    LeVar celebrates the culture of Africa in New York City's Central Park where he learns how African drums are made. Phylicia Rashid narrates Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, an African tale about a villager who has two beautiful daughters with completely different personalities. Mufaro presents his daughters to the king who is looking for a wife.

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