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Episode Detail: The Tortoise and the Hare - Reading Rainbow

Gilda Radner narrates "The Tortoise and the Hare." Also: LeVar Burton tackles a Marine Corps obstacle course and competes in a bicycle race.

Episodes: The Tortoise and the Hare - Reading Rainbow - 159 total Episodes

11/10/2006: Show Way
11/9/2006: Game Day
11/8/2006: Boxes for Katje
11/7/2006: I Lost My Tooth in Africa
11/6/2006: The Biggest Test in the Universe
1/21/2005: Two Old Potatoes and Me
1/20/2005: Beegu
12/17/2004: Mr. George Baker
12/16/2004: Unique Monique
12/15/2004: Visiting Day
9/6/2002: Our Big Home: An Earth Poem
9/5/2002: Enemy Pie
9/4/2002: Max
9/3/2002: The Tin Forest
4/20/2001: Badger's Parting Gifts
3/16/2001: My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States
2/16/2001: The Secret Shortcut
1/19/2001: Lemonade for Sale
11/20/2000: Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk
5/8/2000: The Shaman's Apprentice
Regina's Big Mistake
Sophie and Lou
Rechenka's Eggs
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good-Morning Message
The Runaway Duck
Space Case
The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner
Knots on a Counting Rope
Snowy Day: Stories and Poems
Applemando's Dreams
The Sign Painter's Dream
Alejandro's Gift
The Milk Makers
Bread Is for Eating
Imogene's Antlers
Summer
Aspiring Astronauts
Little Nino's Pizzeria
Amazing Grace
Rumpelstiltskin
The Bionic Bunny Show
Three Days on a River
Digging Up Dinosaurs
Hill of Fire
Miss Nelson Is Back
The Patchwork Quilt
Raccoons and Ripe Corn
The Lady with the Ship on Her Head
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
And Still the Turtle Watched
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
Tight Times
How Much Is a Million?
On the Day You Were Born
Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies
The Purple Coat
Math Curse
Saturday Sancocho
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
My Shadow
Liang and the Magic Paint Brush
Tar Beach
Once There Was a Tree
Nosey Mrs. Rat
Paul Bunyan
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Germs Make Me Sick
Duncan and Dolores
The Bicycle Man
Furry News
The Gift of the Sacred Dog
My Little Island
Tooth-Gnasher Superflash
A Three-Hat Day
Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
Florence and Eric Take the Cake
The Sports Pages
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
Someplace Else
The Salamander Room
The Piggy in the Puddle
Bugs
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
Silent Lotus
Ludlow Laughs
Barn Dance
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
Mystery on the Docks
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
Galimoto
Bea and Mr. Jones
Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story
The Brush
Mummies Made in Egypt
Alistair in Outer Space
Mrs. Katz and Tush
Gregory the Terrible Eater
Uncle Jed's Barbershop
The Lotus Seed
Best Friends
Borreguita and the Coyote
Alistair's Time Machine
Watch the Stars Come Out
Tight Times
Owen
Hail to Mail
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Reading Rainbow
The Life Cycle of the Honeybee
Martha Speaks
Abiyoyo
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Sunken Treasure
Fox on the Job
Jack, the Seal and the Sea
Archibald Frisby
The Tortoise and the Hare
Work Song
Is This House for Hermit Crab?
Stellaluna
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo
Arthur's Eyes
A Chair for My Mother
Three by the Sea
Sam the Sea Cow
Fly Away Home
Reading Rainbow
Louis the Fish
June 29, 1999
Animal Cafe
Simon's Book
The Wonderful Towers of Watts
Ox-Cart Man
Perfect the Pig
When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba
Berlioz the Bear
Feelings
The Life Cycle of the Honeybee
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
Opt: An Illusionary Tale
Hip Cat
Ty's One-Man Band
Dive to the Coral Reefs
The Wall
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Always My Dad
Come a Tide
Seashore Surprises
The Adventures of Taxi Dog
The Paper Crane
The Carousel
Mama Don't Allow
My Life with the Wave
Hotel Animal
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Bored---Nothing to Do!
Stay Away from the Junkyard
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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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