Reading Rainbow (1983) Web Series — Cast, Story & Where to Watch | MovieLinkBD

Reading Rainbow (1983) is a kids web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Reading Rainbow online in HD.

Reading Rainbow — Storyline

Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.

Cast & Crew

• Starring: LeVar Burton

Reading Rainbow — Series Details

Reading Rainbow — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Tight Times (1983-06-06) — A young girl's father loses his job.
• E2: Miss Nelson Is Back (1983-06-07) — As part of his birthday celebration, LeVar gets made-up like a movie monster, and then gets involved in Harry Blackstone's magic act. Ruth Buzzi reads Miss Nelson Is Back, all abou
• E3: Bea and Mr. Jones (1983-06-08) — LeVar is already worn out after working on several scenes all day long on the production of the series. He feels he needs to take on another identity, segueing into introducing the
• E4: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (1983-06-09) — Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
• E5: Louis the Fish (1983-06-10) — Louis the Fish
• E6: Digging Up Dinosaurs (1983-06-13) — Technically not the first science-related show in its history, LeVar seeks a place where archaeologists retrieve dinosaur bones. At the end of the program, LeVar buries a time caps
• E7: Liang and the Magic Paintbrush (1983-06-14) — Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
• E8: Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport (1983-06-15) — In the featured book, a young boy and his family move from New York City to the Southwest and he has many misconceptions about what his new home is like.
• E9: Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe (1983-06-16) — Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
• E10: The Gift of the Sacred Dog (1983-06-17) — The first of many programs favoring Native Americans. In this instance, a Midwestern legend suggests how horses arrived to the tribe. Later in this episode is the song "Ancient Pla
• E11: Gregory, the Terrible Eater (1983-06-20) — Today's subject is goats and what they eat.
• E12: Three by the Sea (1983-06-21) — Three by the Sea
• E13: Arthur's Eyes (1983-06-22) — LaVar explores seeing and our other senses, as Bill Cosby tells the story of how the young aardvark, Arthur Read acquired his pair of glasses.
• E14: The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (1983-06-22) — The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
• E15: Ty's One Man Band (1983-06-23) — LeVar is ready to find music everywhere, and he does. This show includes the animation Onomatopoeia. Lou Rawls reads the story of Ty's One-Man Band, about a man who teaches a boy h

Season 2

• E1: Hot-Air Henry (1984-01-01) — LeVar goes to South Carolina to ride a hot-air balloon. In another study of how air travel has advanced, schoolchildren visit the Space Camp for Aspiring Young Astronauts. William
• E2: Simon's Book (1984-01-01) — Simon's Book
• E3: Ox-Cart Man (1984-01-01) — Ox-Cart Man
• E4: Mystery on the Docks (1984-01-01) — Mystery on the Docks
• E5: A Chair for My Mother (1984-01-01) — A Chair for My Mother

Season 3

• E1: Paul Bunyan (1985-07-01) — Lavar visits a lumberjack camp in the forest. Today's featured book is based on the legend of Paul Bunyan, the giant woodsman.
• E2: The Patchwork Quilt (1985-07-02) — The Patchwork Quilt
• E3: Hill of Fire (1985-07-03) — Hill of Fire
• E4: The Tortoise and the Hare (1985-07-05) — LeVar has entered a bicycle race. He's in competition not just with the other bikers, but with himself as well. This program also includes a lengthy piece on a karate class. Comedi
• E5: Perfect the Pig (1985-07-22) — LeVar visits a pig farm in Hawaii to find out why pigs are so popular. He also interviews Kermit the Frog to ask him about his famous girlfriend, Miss Piggy.James Coco reads the st

Season 4

• E1: Animal Cafe (1986-06-23) — LeVar goes to a 24-hour diner to look into night jobs, and profiles people who have occupations in the evening and early morning hours, like radio DJ's, bakers, cab drivers, and po
• E2: Alistair in Outer Space (1986-06-24) — Alistair is on his way to return library books when he is captured in a spaceship by two creatures called Goots. Also includes Library of Congress, Maps and Globes, Conan the Libra
• E3: Feelings (1986-06-25) — Pictures, dialogues, poems, and stories portray a variety of emotions we all feel – jealousy, sadness, fear, anger, joy, love, etc. Also includes Let's Make Music, Feeling Sad, Mee
• E4: Watch the Stars Come Out (1986-06-26) — LeVar visits a pig farm in Hawaii to find out why pigs are so popular. He also interviews Kermit the Frog to ask him about his famous girlfriend, Miss Piggy.James Coco reads the st
• E5: Mama Don't Allow (1986-06-27) — When Miles gets a saxophone for his birthday, neither his parents nor his neighborhood can stand the racket! No one guesses what's in store for them, when Miles and his Swamp Band
• E6: Space Case (1986-06-30) — Is there life on other planets and stars? LaVar sends a message to aliens who might be watching and a radio telescope in Puerto Rico is profiled. Today's featured story is about a
• E7: The Milk Makers (1986-07-01) — LeVar spends a day at the dairy seeing how cows are milked and understanding what care cows need. Alaina Reed Hall reads the story of The Milk Makers, detailing how milk is collect
• E8: Imogene's Antlers (1986-07-02) — LaVar visits the Philadelphia Zoo in Pennsylvania to learn about animals with horns and antlers. In today's featured story, a young girl wakes up one morning to discover she's grow
• E9: Germs Make Me Sick! (1986-07-03) — LeVar goes on a search for microorganisms, distinguishing the good ones from the bad. An animated satire of Hill Street Blues (which ran 1981-1987) shows white blood cells ready to
• E10: Abiyoyo (1986-07-04) — In one of the rare times Reading Rainbow uses a studio set, LeVar tells about storytelling through music. The then-new art of music videos is first up, with clips of Who's Johnny (

Season 5

• E1: The Life Cycle of the Honey Bee (1987-06-22) — LeVar visits a beehive to look into beekeeping and how honey is made. Barbara Feldon narrates The Life Cycle of the Honeybee, which goes into detail about how bees make hives in na
• E2: Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie (1987-06-23) — Sada Thompson reads the story of Abbie, the eldest daughter of a family that tends a lighthouse, and how she had to keep the lamps working during a storm while her father was in th
• E3: Chickens Aren't the Only Ones (1987-06-24) — LeVar wants to find the answer to the old question, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Posing as field reporter for E.G.G.-TV , he uncovers other discoveries instead, such
• E4: The Paper Crane (1987-06-25) — LeVar provides insight on Japanese culture. Keye Luke reads the story of a kind restaurant owner who is thanked by a customer with a magical crane made from a napkin, whose dancing
• E5: The Runaway Duck (1987-06-28) — In a small boat on the Chesapeake Bay, LeVar is on the lookout for ducks who are spending the winter. During the trip, he gets a chance to see a duck up close and show how a couple
• E6: A Three Hat Day (1987-06-29) — A totally unreal hat store called "Hats… to Where?" sells hats that transport customers to all parts of the world. LeVar whisks himself to the horse racetrack at Turf Paradise, t
• E7: Rumplestiltskin (1987-06-30) — This looks like an extension of the previous episode, but it is a separate venture. LeVar appears in proper attire for an English Renaissance festival. Ralph Waite reads the fairy
• E8: Best Friends (1987-07-01) — The best of friends are those whose friendships endure everything. And it extends to all walks of life, particularly to dogs. Liza Siegler reads the story of two girls who are best
• E9: Meanwhile Back at the Ranch (1987-07-02) — LeVar travels to an old west town made to look like life in the 1880's to see how times have changed in the last 100 years. He explores how cowboys lived and traveled, and he also
• E10: My Little Island (1987-07-03) — LeVar spends a day on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. With the featured book as his guide, LeVar drives around the coastline, visits an open market, and gets a glimpse of a mou

Season 6

• E1: The Bionic Bunny Show (1988-08-15) — 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 spe
• E2: Bugs (1988-08-16) — With microorganisms under his belt, LeVar now goes on the lookout for insects.
• E3: The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner (1988-08-17) — 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.
• E4: Brush (1988-08-18) — 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.
• E5: The Purple Coat (1988-08-19) — In New York again, LeVar goes to get a tailor-made jacket. In between comes a visit to the Fashion Institute of Technology.
• E6: Barn Dance! (1988-08-27) — 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 th
• E7: Duncan and Dolores (1988-08-28) — 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
• E8: Knots on a Counting Rope (1988-08-29) — 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
• E9: Mummies Made in Egypt (1988-08-30) — 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
• E10: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (1988-08-31) — 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

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Reading Rainbow have? 21 season(s) with 155 episodes.

Where can I watch Reading Rainbow? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.