This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on July 11, 1983.[1] [2] The final episode aired on November 10, 2006, reruns ceased on August 28, 2009. On June 20, 2012, an app for the show was released.
| Title | Release Date | Notes | |
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| Volume 1 | August 13, 1992 | "Rumpelstiltskin", and "Snowy Day: Stories and Poems" | |
| Volume 2 | August 13, 1992 | "Dive to the Coral Reef", and "The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth" | |
| Volume 3 | August 13, 1992 | "Mummies Made in Egypt", and "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" | |
| Volume 4 | August 13, 1992 | "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush", and "The Life Cycle of the Honeybee" | |
| Volume 5 | August 13, 1992 | "The Bicycle Man", and "The Adventures Of Taxi Dog" | |
| Volume 6 | August 13, 1992 | "Opt: An Illusionary Tale", and "A Three Hat Day" |
| DVD Name |
| Release Date | No. of Discs | |
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| Reading Rainbow Favorites | 8 | July 18, 2006 | 4 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Family Matters | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Man's Best Friend | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Ocean Life | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Music, Music Everywhere | 2 | July 18, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Let's Go! | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: How's That Made? | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Birds of a Feather | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Desert Life | 2 | September 12, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Sea To Shining Sea – Stories of America | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Farm Life | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Math Is Everywhere | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Buried Treasures | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | 4 | May 12, 2015 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Animal Cafe | 4 | June 30, 2015 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: Miss Nelson Is Back | 4 | January 12, 2016 | 1 | |
| Reading Rainbow: LeVar's Favorites | 5 | May 10, 2016 | 1 |
155 half-hour episodes produced.
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
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| 1 | 1 | 101 | "Tight Times" (narrated by Patrick McCaffrey)Review Books: The Terrible Thing that Happened at Our House by Marge Blaine, pictures by John Wallner; Pet Show! by Ezra Jack Keats; When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Diane Goode | Ellen Schecter | July 11, 1983 | |
| 2 | 2 | 102 | "Miss Nelson is Back" (narrated by Ruth Buzzi)Review Books: Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree; Grandmama's Joy by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Carole Byard; Daddy is a Monster Sometimes by John Steptoe | Ellen Schecter | July 12, 1983 | |
| 3 | 3 | 103 | "Bea and Mr. Jones" (narrated by Madeline Kahn)Review Books: The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen, retold and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley; Max by Rachel Isadora; There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer | Ellen Schecter | July 13, 1983 | |
| 4 | 4 | 104 | "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" (narrated by James Earl Jones)Review Books: The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola; A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley; Rain by Peter Spier | Lou Berger | July 14, 1983 | |
| 5 | 5 | 105 | "Louis the Fish" (narrated by Vincent Gardenia)Review Books: A Fish Hatches by Joanna Cole and Jerome Wexler; Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak; One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz | Lou Berger | July 15, 1983 | |
| 6 | 6 | 106 | "Digging Up Dinosaurs" (narrated by Linda Gelman)Review Books: If You Are a Hunter of Fossils by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall; Dinosaurs!: A Drawing Book by Michael Emberley; Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish, pictures by Arnold Lobel | Lou Berger | July 18, 1983 | |
| 7 | 7 | 107 | "Liang and the Magic Paintbrush" (narrated by Lauren Tom)Review Books: Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora; Emma by Wendy Kesselman, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; If You Take a Pencil by Fulvio Testa | Ellen Schecter | July 19, 1983 | |
| 8 | 8 | 108 | "Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport" (Pilot) (narrated by Douglas Parvin)Review Books: Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats; The Big Hello by Janet Schulman, illustrated by Lillian Hoban; Mitchell is Moving by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, pictures by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey | Ellen Schecter | July 20, 1983 | |
| 9 | 9 | 109 | "Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe" (narrated by Carolyn McHanon)Review Books: Today We Are Brother and Sister by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by Glo Coalson; Anno's Journey by Mitsumasa Anno; Worlds to Explore by Girl Scouts of the USA | Ellen Schecter | July 21, 1983 | |
| 10 | 10 | 110 | "The Gift of the Sacred Dog" (narrated by Michael Ansara)Review Books: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema, pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon; Moonsong Lullaby by Jamake Highwater, photographs by Marcia Keegan; Suho and the White Horse by Yuzo Otsuka, illustrated by Suekichi Akaba | Ellen Schecter | July 22, 1983 | |
| 11 | 11 | 111 | "Gregory the Terrible Eater" (narrated by Marilyn Michaels)Review Books: Poem Stew by William Cole, pictures by Karen Ann Weinhaus; Mrs. Pig's Bulk Buy by Mary Rayner; Better Homes and Gardens New Junior Cook Book | Mark Saltzman | July 25, 1983 | |
| 12 | 12 | 112 | "Three by the Sea" (narrated by Chicago City Limits)Review Books: Come Away from the Water, Shirley by John Burningham; Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats; Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel | Ellen Schecter | July 26, 1983 | |
| 13 | 13 | 113 | "Arthur's Eyes" (narrated by Bill Cosby)Review Books: Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan, pictures by Deborah Kogan Ray; Is This a Baby Dinosaur? by Millicent E. Selsam; A Show of Hands by Mary Beth Sullivan and Linda Bourke | Ellen Schecter | July 27, 1983 | |
| 14 | 14 | 114 | "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" (narrated by Kaleena Kiff and Laura Hicks)Review Books: "Could Be Worse!" by James Stevenson; Crictor by Tomi Ungerer; Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Ray Cruz | Mark Saltzman | July 28, 1983 | |
| 15 | 15 | 115 | "Ty's One-Man Band" (narrated by Lou Rawls)Review Books: The Amazing Bone by William Steig; Making Musical Things by Ann Wiseman; The Banza by Diane Wolkstein, pictures by Marc Brown | Ellen Schecter | July 29, 1983 |
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
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| 16 | 1 | 201 | "Hot-Air Henry" (narrated by William Windom)Review Books: Easy-to-Make Spaceships that Really Fly by Mary and Dewey Blocksma, illustrated by Marisabina Russo; Just Us Women by Jeannette Caines, illustrated by Pat Cummings; The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr, pictures by Carolyn Croll | Ellen Schecter | July 16, 1984 | |
| 17 | 2 | 202 | "Simon's Book" (narrated by Ruby Dee)Review Books: Me and Neesie by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Moneta Barnett; Begin at the Beginning by Amy Schwartz; What's Under My Bed? by James Stevenson | Ellen Schecter | July 17, 1984 | |
| 18 | 3 | 203 | "Ox-Cart Man" (narrated by Lorne Greene)Review Books: Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner, pictures by Don Bolognese; Round Trip by Ann Jonas; A Winter Place by Ruth Yaffe Radin, illustrated by Mattie Lou O'Kelley | Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Schecter | July 18, 1984 | |
| 19 | 4 | 204 | "Mystery on the Docks" (narrated by Raul Julia)Review Books: Big City Port by Betsy Maestro and Ellen DelVecchio, illustrated by Giulio Maestro; Nate the Great Mystery series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, illustrated by Marc Simont; The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg | Ellen Schecter | July 19, 1984 | |
| 20 | 5 | 205 | "A Chair for My Mother" (narrated by Amy Linker)Review Books: Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi; I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, pictures by Deborah Kogan Ray; My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter, pictures by Pat Cummings | Ellen Schecter | July 20, 1984 |
All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.
| No. in series | No. in season | Production code | Title | Written by | Original air date(s) | |
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| 21 | 1 | 301 | "Paul Bunyan" (narrated by Buddy Ebsen)Review Books: The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie de Paola; Whale in the Sky by Anne Siberell; The Star-Spangled Banner, illustrated by Peter Spier | Lydia Wilen | June 24, 1985 | |
| 22 | 2 | 302 | "The Patchwork Quilt" (narrated by Isabel Sanford)Review Books: The Two of Them by Aliki; Being Adopted by Maxine B. Rosenberg, photographs by George Ancona; Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat, pictures by Vo-Dinh Mai | Ellen Schecter | June 25, 1985 | |
| 23 | 3 | 303 | "Hill of Fire" (narrated by Fernando Escandon)Review Books: Ed Emberley's Science Flip Books; The Tamarindo Puppy and Other Poems by Charlotte Pomerantz, pictures by Byron Barton; Emma's Dragon Hunt by Catherine Stock | Ronnie Krauss | June 26, 1985 | |
| 24 | 4 | 304 | "The Tortoise and the Hare" (narrated by Gilda Radner)Review Books: Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell Ernst; Albert the Running Bear's Exercise Book by Barbara Isenberg and Marjorie Jaffe, illustrated by Diane de Groat; Hooray for Snail! by John Stadler | Ellen Schecter | June 27, 1985 | |
| 25 | 5 | 305 | "Perfect the Pig" (narrated by James Coco)Review Books: Poinsettia and Her Family by Felicia Bond; The Bionic Bunny Show by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown; Hector the Accordion-Nosed Dog by John Stadler | Lydia Wilen | June 28, 1985 |
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| 26 | 1 | 306 | "Animal Cafe" (narrated by Martin Short) (Season 3 leftover)Review Books: The Dream Eater by Christian Garrison, pictures by Diane Goode; Night Markets: Bringing Food to a City by Joshua Horwitz; The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson, paintings by Denise Saldutti[3] | Hugh Martin | Mark Saltzman | June 23, 1986 | |
| 27 | 2 | 307 | "Alistair in Outer Space" (narrated by Arnold Stang)Review Books: Check It Out!: The Book About Libraries by Gail Gibbons; Maps and Globes by Jack Knowlton, illustrated by Harriett Barton; Commander Toad series by Jane Yolen, pictures by Bruce Degen | Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | June 24, 1986 | |
| 28 | 3 | 308 | "Feelings" (narrated by Raima Evans, Jessica Mercado, Laura Haymann, Paul Sidoriak, Jonathan Rose, Timothy Oakes, Jerry David, and Pamela Stogner)Review Books: Fireflies! by Julie Brinckloe; Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems by Eloise Greenfield, pictures by Diane and Leo Dillon; Loudmouth George and the Sixth-Grade Bully by Nancy Carlson | Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | June 25, 1986 | |
| 29 | 4 | 309 | "Watch the Stars Come Out" (narrated by Laura Haymann) (Season 3 leftover)Review Books: Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen, illustrated by Michael J. Deraney; The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg; The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin[4] | Hugh Martin | Peter Barton | June 26, 1986 | |
| 30 | 5 | 310 | "Mama Don't Allow" (narrated by Fred Newman)Review Books: Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros; Apt. 3 by Ezra Jack Keats; Miranda by Tricia Tusa | Hugh Martin | Peter Barton | June 27, 1986 | |
| 31 | 6 | 401 | "Space Case" (narrated by Michael Winslow)Review Books: Is There Life in Outer Space? by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Don Madden; Astronuts: Space Jokes and Riddles compiled by Charles Keller, illustrated by Art Cumings; Legend of the Milky Way retold and illustrated by Jeanne M. Lee | Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | August 4, 1986 | |
| 32 | 7 | 402 | "The Milk Makers" (narrated by Alaina Reed)Review Books: Baby Animals on the Farm by Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, photographs by Ruth Rau; From Blossom to Honey: A Start-to-Finish Book by Ali Mitgutsch; Whales and Other Sea Mammals by Elsa Posell | Hugh Martin | Patti Sullivan | August 5, 1986 | |
| 33 | 8 | 403 | "Imogene's Antlers" (narrated by Imogene Coca)Review Books: When Panda Came to Our House by Helen Zane Jensen; The Trek by Ann Jonas; George Shrinks by William Joyce | Mitchell Geller | Joan Wilen, Lydia Wilen & Patti Sullivan | August 6, 1986 | |
| 34 | 9 | 404 | "Germs Make Me Sick!" (narrated by Molly Mandlin)Review Books: Guess What? by Beau Gardner; Teddy Bears Cure a Cold by Susanna Gretz, illustrated by Alison Sage; The Microscope by Maxine Kumin, pictures by Arnold Lobel | Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | August 7, 1986 | |
| 35 | 10 | 405 | "Abiyoyo" (narrated and sung by Pete Seeger)Review Books: Ayu and the Perfect Moon by David Cox; Blackberry Ink by Eve Merriam, pictures by Hans Wilhelm; Peter and the Wolf adapted by Sergei Prokofiev, illustrated by Erna Voigt | Larry Lancit & Mitchell Geller | Mark Saltzman | August 8, 1986 |
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| 36 | 1 | 406 | "The Life Cycle of the Honeybee" (narrated by Barbara Feldon)Review Books: The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller; The Lady and the Spider by Faith McNulty, illustrated by Bob Marstall; Going Buggy!: Jokes About Insects by Peter and Connie Roop, pictures by Joan Hanson | Mitchell Geller | Ronnie Krauss | June 1, 1987 | |
| 37 | 2 | 407 | "Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie" (narrated by Sada Thompson)Review Books: Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews, illustrated by Ian Wallace; Sailing with the Wind by Thomas Locker; The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward | Mitchell Geller | Ellen Schecter | June 2, 1987 | |
| 38 | 3 | 408 | "Chickens Aren't the Only Ones" (narrated by Georgia Engel)Review Books: Mrs. Huggins and Her Hen Hannah by Lydia Dabcovich; Egg to Chick by Millicent E. Selsam, pictures by Barbara Wolff; Turtle and Tortoise by Vincent Serventy from the Animals in the Wild series | Mitchell Geller | Mark Eisman | June 3, 1987 | |
| 39 | 4 | 409 | "The Paper Crane" (narrated by Keye Luke)Review Books: "Paper" Through the Ages by Shaaron Cosner, illustrated by Priscilla Kiedrowski; How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman, illustrated by Allen Say; Perfect Crane by Anne Laurin, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak | Mitchell Geller | Ellen Schecter | June 4, 1987 | |
| 40 | 5 | 410 | "The Runaway Duck" (narrated by Orson Bean)Review Books: Dabble Duck by Anne Leo Ellis, illustrated by Sue Truesdell; The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese; Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien | Mitchell Geller | Jeanne Marie Laskas | June 5, 1987 | |
| 41 | 6 | 411 | "A Three Hat Day" (narrated by Zelda Rubinstein)Review Books: Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina; Maebelle's Suitcase by Tricia Tusa; Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop, illustrated by William Joyce | Vern Oakley | Mark Saltzman | July 27, 1987 | |
| 42 | 7 | 412 | "Rumpelstiltskin" (narrated by Ralph Waite)Review Books: A Medieval Feast by Aliki; The Story of a Castle by John S. Goodall; The Sleeping Beauty retold and illustrated by Mercer Mayer | Vern Oakley | Jill Gluckson | July 28, 1987 | |
| 43 | 8 | 413 | "Best Friends" (narrated by Liza Siegler)Review Books: The Story of Mrs. Lovewright and Purrless Her Cat by Lore Segal, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; A Gift for Tia Rosa by Karen T. Taha, illustrated by Dee deRosa; The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Jane Thayer, illustrated by Lisa McCue | Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | July 29, 1987 | |
| 44 | 9 | 414 | "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch" (narrated by Hoyt Axton)Review Books: Rodeo by Cheryl Walsh Bellville; Bossyboots by David Cox; Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner, illustrated by Ronald Himler | Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | July 30, 1987 | |
| 45 | 10 | 415 | "My Little Island" (narrated by Ron Foster)Review Books: Yagua Days by Cruz Martel, pictures by Jerry Pinkney; Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Tomie de Paola; The Viking Children's World Atlas by Jacqueline Tivers and Michael Day | Vern Oakley | Ronnie Krauss | July 31, 1987 |
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| 46 | 1 | 501 | "The Bionic Bunny Show" (narrated by Gene Klavan)Review Books: Lights! Camera | Action!: How a Movie is Made by Gail Gibbons; The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin, illustrations by Marc Simont; Ramona: Behind the Scenes of a Television Show by Elaine Scott, photographs by Margaret Miller | Dean Parisot | Ellis Weiner | August 15, 1988 |
| 47 | 2 | 502 | "Bugs" (narrated by Lori Delgado and Edwin Maldonado Jr.)Review Books: Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros; Backyard Insects by Millicent E. Selsam and Ronald Goor, photographs by Ronald Goor; Ladybug by Barrie Watts | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | August 16, 1988 | |
| 48 | 3 | 503 | "The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner" (narrated by Peter Falk)Review Books: Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery by Doug Cushman; A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns by Ruth Heller; Better Homes and Gardens Step-by-Step Kids' Cookbook | Dean Parisot & Larry Lancit | Ellis Weiner | August 17, 1988 | |
| 49 | 4 | 504 | "Brush" (narrated by Héctor Elizondo)Review Books: What the Mailman Brought by Carolyn Craven, illustrated by Tomie de Paola; Egg-Carton Zoo by Rudi Haas and Hans Blohm; Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg | Larry Lancit | Mark Saltzman | August 18, 1988 | |
| 50 | 5 | 505 | "The Purple Coat" (narrated by Jack Gilford)Review Books: How a Book is Made by Aliki; The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood and Martin Link, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker; Pablo Picasso by Ibi Lepscky, illustrated by Paolo Cardoni | Hugh Martin | Ellis Weiner | August 19, 1988 | |
| 51 | 6 | 506 | "Barn Dance!" (narrated by Roy Clark)Review Books: Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon, illustrations by Jerry Pinkney; The Old Banjo by Dennis Haseley, drawings by Stephen Gammell; I Like the Music by Leah Komaiko, pictures by Barbara Westman | Hugh Martin | Andrew Gutelle | March 27, 1989 | |
| 52 | 7 | 507 | "Duncan and Dolores" (narrated by Jane Curtin)Review Books: Cat and Canary by Michael Foreman; Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, retold and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley; Moon Tiger by Phyllis Root, art by Ed Young | Ed Wiseman | Loriann Champagne Smith | March 28, 1989 | |
| 53 | 8 | 508 | "Knots on a Counting Rope" (narrated by J. Ruben Silverbird and Kenneth Blank)Review Books: Let's Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants by M.K. Brown; Harriet's Recital by Nancy Carlson; Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr | Hugh Martin | Ellen Schecter | March 29, 1989 | |
| 54 | 9 | 509 | "Mummies Made in Egypt" (narrated by Corinne Orr)Review Books: Visiting the Art Museum by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown; Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie de Paola; I Can Be an Archaeologist by Robert B. Pickering from the I Can Be series | Larry Lancit | Cecily Truett | March 30, 1989 | |
| 55 | 10 | 510 | "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" (narrated by Phylicia Rashad)Review Books: Who's in Rabbit's House? by Verna Aardema, pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon; by Muriel Feelings, pictures by Tom Feelings; Jafta series by Hugh Lewin, pictures by Lisa Kopper | Mark Mannucci | David Yazbek | March 31, 1989 |
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| 56 | 1 | 601 | "Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story" (narrated by Jane Pauley)Review Books: Whalewatch! by June Behrens, photographs by John Olguin; The Life Cycle of the Whale by Paula Z. Hogan, illustrations by Karen Halt; All About Whales by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent | Dean Parisot | Jill Gluckson | July 3, 1989 | |
| 57 | 2 | 602 | "Stay Away from the Junkyard!" (narrated by Michele Mariana)Review Books: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats; The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, drawings by Robert Lawson; Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | July 4, 1989 | |
| 58 | 3 | 603 | "Little Nino's Pizzeria" (narrated by Josh Saviano)Review Books: Eats Poems by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by Susan Russo; The Popcorn Book by Tomie de Paola; What Happens to a Hamburger? by Paul Showers, illustrated by Anne Rockwell | Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | July 5, 1989 | |
| 59 | 4 | 604 | "Ludlow Laughs" (narrated by Phyllis Diller)Review Books: Shake My Sillies Out: A Raffi Song to Read, illustrated by David Allender; Pig William by Arlene Dubanevich; The Make Me Laugh! Joke Books, illustrated by Joan Hanson | Dean Parisot | Mitchell Kriegman | July 6, 1989 | |
| 60 | 5 | 605 | "Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo" (narrated by Edward Asner)Review Books: Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat by Patricia Reilly Giff, illustrated by Susanna Natti; Old Turtle's Baseball Stories by Leonard Kessler; Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, illustrated by Ken Bachaus | Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | July 7, 1989 | |
| 61 | 6 | 606 | "Dive to the Coral Reefs" (narrated by Fran Brill)Review Books: Creatures of the Sea by John Christopher Fine; How to Hide an Octopus and Other Sea Creatures by Ruth Heller; I Can Be an Oceanographer by Paul P. Sipiera from the I Can Be series | Mark Mannucci | Ronnie Krauss | March 26, 1990 | |
| 62 | 7 | 607 | "" (narrated by Philip Bosco)Review Books: Cactus by Cynthia Overbeck Bix, photographs by Shabo Hani; Snakes Are Hunters by Patricia Lauber, illustrated by Holly Keller; A Living Desert by Guy J. Spencer, photographs by Tim Fuller | Dean Parisot | Ronnie Krauss | March 27, 1990 | |
| 63 | 8 | 608 | "Tooth-Gnasher Superflash" (narrated by Victoria Jackson)Review Books: Tin Lizzie and Little Nell by David Cox; Fill It Up!: All About Service Stations by Gail Gibbons; Truck Song by Diane Siebert, pictures by Byron Barton | Hugh Martin | Andrew Gutelle | March 28, 1990 | |
| 64 | 9 | 609 | "Bored - Nothing to Do!" (narrated by Alex Borg and David Hyman)Review Books: Redbird by Patrick Fort; The Magic Wings by Diane Wolkstein, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; Flying from the Let's Discover Library | Larry Lancit | Ronnie Krauss | March 29, 1990 | |
| 65 | 10 | 610 | "Sports Pages" (narrated by LeVar Burton)Review Books: Miss Nelson Has a Field Day by Harry Allard and James Marshall; Making the Team by Nancy Carlson; Soccer Sam by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Blanche Sims | Ed Wiseman | Jill Gluckson | March 30, 1990 |
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| 66 | 1 | 701 | "The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth" (narrated by Keisha Knight Pulliam)Review Books: How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World; Caves; Rock Collecting | Mark Mannucci | Andrew Gutelle | September 10, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 67 | 2 | 702 | "Jack, the Seal and the Sea" (narrated by Leslie Uggams)Review Books: A Day in the Life of a Marine Biologist by David Paige, photographs by Roger Ruhlin; Water: What It Is, What It Does by Judith S. Seixas, illustrated by Tom Huffman; Sterling: The Rescue of a Baby Harbor Seal by Sandra Verrill White and Michael Filisky | Hugh Martin | Ronnie Krauss | September 11, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 68 | 3 | 703 | "The Bicycle Man" (narrated by Tom Matsusaka)Review Books: Delphine by Molly Bang; The White Bicycle by Rob Lewis; Our Teacher's in a Wheelchair by Mary Ellen Powers|Ed Wiseman|Ronnie Krauss|| align="center" |September 12, 1990|-|align="center"|69 || align="center"|4 || align="center"| 704 || "Florence and Eric Take the Cake" (narrated by Julia Child)Review Books: Uncle Nacho's Hat by Harriet Rohmer, illustrations by Veg Reisberg; The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg; My First Cook Book by Angela Wilkes|Mark Mannucci|Andrew Gutelle|| align="center" |September 13, 1990|-|align="center"|70|| align="center"|5 || align="center"| 705 || "Sunken Treasure" (narrated by Robert Morse)Review Books: The Titanic...Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly, illustrated by Keith Kohler; A Day Underwater by Deborah Kovacs; What's in the Deep?: An Underwater Adventure for Children by Alese and Morton Pechter|Larry Lancit|Andrew Gutelle|| align="center" |September 14, 1990|}Season 9 (1991)
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Season 12 (1994)
Season 13 (1995)
Season 14 (1996)
Season 15 (1996)
Season 16 (1997)
Season 17 (1998)
Season 18 (2000–01)
Season 19 (2002)All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.
Season 20 (2004–05)All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.
Season 21 (2006)
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