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Episode Detail: Show Way - Reading Rainbow

A story about slavery. Also: Host LeVar Burton and his family discover items from past relatives; a grandmother recalls surviving the Holocaust. Featured book: Jacqueline Woodson's “Show Way.”

Episodes: Show Way - Reading Rainbow - 159 total Episodes

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