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Episode Detail: Badger's Parting Gifts - Reading Rainbow

Death is the topic. The book: “Badger's Parting Gifts,” by Susan Varley (read by Ruby Dee). Also: host LeVar Burton recalls his grandmother (and her sweet-potato pie); dancer Judith Jamison recalls choreographer Alvin Ailey; and youngsters make school projects honoring loved ones who have died.

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Jack, the Seal and the Sea
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
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Gregory the Terrible Eater
The Gift of the Sacred Dog
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The Lady with the Ship on Her Head
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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Someplace Else
My Life with the Wave
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Applemando's Dreams
Mummies Made in Egypt
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
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The Tortoise and the Hare
Bea and Mr. Jones
Tight Times
The Purple Coat
Bored---Nothing to Do!
Silent Lotus
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
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Regina's Big Mistake
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A Three-Hat Day
The Runaway Duck
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Raccoons and Ripe Corn
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Feelings
The Lotus Seed
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Louis the Fish
My Shadow
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Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus
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Galimoto
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Borreguita and the Coyote
Owen
Fly Away Home
Work Song
Ty's One-Man Band
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Three Days on a River
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Digging Up Dinosaurs
Stellaluna
Ox-Cart Man
Hill of Fire
Mama Don't Allow
Ludlow Laughs
Paul Bunyan
Animal Cafe
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
The Wall
Alejandro's Gift
Hotel Animal
The Piggy in the Puddle
Hip Cat
Martha Speaks
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Barn Dance
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo
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Little Nino's Pizzeria
Mystery on the Docks
Sunken Treasure
Fox on the Job
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Premiered: 1983, on PBS
Rating: TV-Y
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Premise: A long-running series that tries to instill the joy of reading in children (the target age is 4-8). It has succeeded, as its Peabody and numerous Emmys and Parent's Choice awards attest.

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