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Episode Detail: Math Curse - Reading Rainbow

A 16th season begins. Michelle Trachtenberg narrates Jon Scieszka's "Math Curse," which demonstrates how math is used in daily activities. Also: "Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems"; "Twelve Snails to One Lizard."

Episodes: Math Curse - 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
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
Archibald Frisby
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
My Little Island
Gregory the Terrible Eater
The Gift of the Sacred Dog
The Bicycle Man
Opt: An Illusionary Tale
The Lady with the Ship on Her Head
Furry News
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Someplace Else
My Life with the Wave
Saturday Sancocho
Applemando's Dreams
Mummies Made in Egypt
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Reading Rainbow
Bugs
Is This House for Hermit Crab?
On the Day You Were Born
Tight Times
Abiyoyo
The Life Cycle of the Honeybee
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
Alistair in Outer Space
Germs Make Me Sick
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
The Adventures of Taxi Dog
Sophie and Lou
The Salamander Room
Always My Dad
Berlioz the Bear
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
Space Case
The Brush
The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner
Miss Nelson Is Back
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
Amazing Grace
Regina's Big Mistake
Math Curse
A Three-Hat Day
The Runaway Duck
The Life Cycle of the Honeybee
Raccoons and Ripe Corn
Simon's Book
Feelings
Hail to Mail
Perfect the Pig
Three by the Sea
Dive to the Coral Reefs
Arthur's Eyes
Tooth-Gnasher Superflash
Florence and Eric Take the Cake
Mrs. Katz and Tush
And Still the Turtle Watched
June 29, 1999
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good-Morning Message
The Carousel
Sam the Sea Cow
Watch the Stars Come Out
The Patchwork Quilt
Jack, the Seal and the Sea
The Lotus Seed
The Wonderful Towers of Watts
Louis the Fish
My Shadow
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
Knots on a Counting Rope
Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus
The Paper Crane
Stay Away from the Junkyard
Galimoto
Seashore Surprises
Tar Beach
Borreguita and the Coyote
Owen
Fly Away Home
Work Song
Ty's One-Man Band
Alistair's Time Machine
Three Days on a River
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
The Sign Painter's Dream
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Barn Dance
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo
Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story
Little Nino's Pizzeria
Mystery on the Docks
Sunken Treasure
Fox on the Job
Come a Tide
Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies
Uncle Jed's Barbershop
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba
The Milk Makers
Liang and the Magic Paint Brush
Summer
Aspiring Astronauts
Rumpelstiltskin
The Bionic Bunny Show
A Chair for My Mother
Reading Rainbow
Best Friends
Duncan and Dolores
Imogene's Antlers
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
Snowy Day: Stories and Poems
Rechenka's Eggs
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Once There Was a Tree
How Much Is a Million?
Bread Is for Eating
Nosey Mrs. Rat
The Sports Pages
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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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