List of Reading Rainbow episodes

This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on July 11, 1983. 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.

VHS releases distributed by PBS and Pacific Arts

Title	Release Date	Notes
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 releases

DVD Name	# of Episodes	Release Date	No. of Discs
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

Episodes

155 half-hour episodes produced.

Season 1 (1983)

All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	1	"Tight Times"	Ellen Schecter	Patrick McCaffrey	July 11, 1983	101
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
2	2	"Miss Nelson is Back"	Ellen Schecter	Ruth Buzzi	July 12, 1983	102
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
3	3	"Bea and Mr. Jones"	Ellen Schecter	Madeline Kahn	July 13, 1983	103
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
4	4	"Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain"	Lou Berger	James Earl Jones	July 14, 1983	104
Review Books: The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola; A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley; Rain by Peter Spier
5	5	"Louis the Fish"	Lou Berger	Vincent Gardenia	July 15, 1983	105
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
6	6	"Digging Up Dinosaurs"	Lou Berger	Linda Gelman	July 18, 1983	106
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
7	7	"Liang and the Magic Paintbrush"	Ellen Schecter	Lauren Tom	July 19, 1983	107
Review Books: Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora; Emma by Wendy Kesselman, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; If You Take a Pencil by Fulvio Testa
8	8	"Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport"	Ellen Schecter	Douglas Parvin	July 20, 1983	108
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
9	9	"Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe"	Ellen Schecter	Carolyn McHanon	July 21, 1983	109
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
10	10	"The Gift of the Sacred Dog"	Ellen Schecter	Michael Ansara	July 22, 1983	110
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
11	11	"Gregory the Terrible Eater"	Mark Saltzman	Marilyn Michaels	July 25, 1983	111
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
12	12	"Three by the Sea"	Ellen Schecter	Chicago City Limits	July 26, 1983	112
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
13	13	"Arthur's Eyes"	Ellen Schecter	Bill Cosby	July 27, 1983	113
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
14	14	"The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash"	Mark Saltzman	Kaleena Kiff and Laura Hicks	July 28, 1983	114
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
15	15	"Ty's One-Man Band"	Ellen Schecter	Lou Rawls	July 29, 1983	115
Review Books: The Amazing Bone by William Steig; Making Musical Things by Ann Wiseman; The Banza by Diane Wolkstein, pictures by Marc Brown

Season 2 (1984)

All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
16	1	"Hot-Air Henry"	Ellen Schecter	William Windom	July 16, 1984	201
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
17	2	"Simon's Book"	Ellen Schecter	Ruby Dee	July 17, 1984	202
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
18	3	"Ox-Cart Man"	Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Schecter	Lorne Greene	July 18, 1984	203
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
19	4	"Mystery on the Docks"	Ellen Schecter	Raul Julia	July 19, 1984	204
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
20	5	"A Chair for My Mother"	Ellen Schecter	Amy Linker	July 20, 1984	205
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

Season 3 (1985)

All episodes this season were directed by Larry Lancit.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
21	1	"Paul Bunyan"	Lydia Wilen	Buddy Ebsen	June 24, 1985	301
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
22	2	"The Patchwork Quilt"	Ellen Schecter	Isabel Sanford	June 25, 1985	302
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
23	3	"Hill of Fire"	Ronnie Krauss	Fernando Escandon	June 26, 1985	303
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
24	4	"The Tortoise and the Hare"	Ellen Schecter	Gilda Radner	June 27, 1985	304
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
25	5	"Perfect the Pig"	Lydia Wilen	James Coco	June 28, 1985	305
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

Season 4 (1986)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
26	1	"Animal Cafe"	Hugh Martin	Mark Saltzman	Martin Short (Season 3 leftover)	June 23, 1986	306
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
27	2	"Alistair in Outer Space"	Hugh Martin	Ronnie Krauss	Arnold Stang	June 24, 1986	307
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
28	3	"Feelings"	Hugh Martin	Ellen Schecter	Raima Evans, Jessica Mercado, Laura Haymann, Paul Sidoriak, Jonathan Rose, Timothy Oakes, Jerry David, and Pamela Stogner	June 25, 1986	308
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
29	4	"Watch the Stars Come Out"	Hugh Martin	Peter Barton	Laura Haymann (Season 3 leftover)	June 26, 1986	309
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
30	5	"Mama Don't Allow"	Hugh Martin	Peter Barton	Fred Newman	June 27, 1986	310
Review Books: Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros; Apt. 3 by Ezra Jack Keats; Miranda by Tricia Tusa
31	6	"Space Case"	Hugh Martin	Ellen Schecter	Michael Winslow	August 4, 1986	401
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
32	7	"The Milk Makers"	Hugh Martin	Patti Sullivan	Alaina Reed	August 5, 1986	402
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
33	8	"Imogene's Antlers"	Mitchell Geller	Joan Wilen, Lydia Wilen & Patti Sullivan	Imogene Coca	August 6, 1986	403
Review Books: When Panda Came to Our House by Helen Zane Jensen; The Trek by Ann Jonas; George Shrinks by William Joyce
34	9	"Germs Make Me Sick!"	Hugh Martin	Ronnie Krauss	Molly Mandlin	August 7, 1986	404
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
35	10	"Abiyoyo"	Larry Lancit & Mitchell Geller	Mark Saltzman	Pete Seeger	August 8, 1986	405
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

Season 5 (1987)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
36	1	"The Life Cycle of the Honeybee"	Mitchell Geller	Ronnie Krauss	Barbara Feldon	June 1, 1987	406
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
37	2	"Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie"	Mitchell Geller	Ellen Schecter	Sada Thompson	June 2, 1987	407
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
38	3	"Chickens Aren't the Only Ones"	Mitchell Geller	Mark Eisman	Georgia Engel	June 3, 1987	408
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
39	4	"The Paper Crane"	Mitchell Geller	Ellen Schecter	Keye Luke	June 4, 1987	409
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
40	5	"The Runaway Duck"	Mitchell Geller	Jeanne Marie Laskas	Orson Bean	June 5, 1987	410
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
41	6	"A Three Hat Day"	Vern Oakley	Mark Saltzman	Zelda Rubinstein	July 27, 1987	411
Review Books: Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina; Maebelle's Suitcase by Tricia Tusa; Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop, illustrated by William Joyce
42	7	"Rumpelstiltskin"	Vern Oakley	Jill Gluckson	Ralph Waite	July 28, 1987	412
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
43	8	"Best Friends"	Vern Oakley	Ronnie Krauss	Liza Siegler	July 29, 1987	413
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
44	9	"Meanwhile Back at the Ranch"	Vern Oakley	Ronnie Krauss	Hoyt Axton	July 30, 1987	414
Review Books: Rodeo by Cheryl Walsh Bellville; Bossyboots by David Cox; Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner, illustrated by Ronald Himler
45	10	"My Little Island"	Vern Oakley	Ronnie Krauss	Ron Foster	July 31, 1987	415
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

Season 6 (1988–89)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
46	1	"The Bionic Bunny Show"	Dean Parisot	Ellis Weiner	Gene Klavan	August 15, 1988	501
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
47	2	"Bugs"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Lori Delgado and Edwin Maldonado Jr.	August 16, 1988	502
Review Books: Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros; Backyard Insects by Millicent E. Selsam and Ronald Goor, photographs by Ronald Goor; Ladybug by Barrie Watts
48	3	"The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner"	Dean Parisot & Larry Lancit	Ellis Weiner	Peter Falk	August 17, 1988	503
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
49	4	"Brush"	Larry Lancit	Mark Saltzman	Héctor Elizondo	August 18, 1988	504
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
50	5	"The Purple Coat"	Hugh Martin	Ellis Weiner	Jack Gilford	August 19, 1988	505
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
51	6	"Barn Dance!"	Hugh Martin	Andrew Gutelle	Roy Clark	March 27, 1989	506
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
52	7	"Duncan and Dolores"	Ed Wiseman	Loriann Champagne Smith	Jane Curtin	March 28, 1989	507
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
53	8	"Knots on a Counting Rope"	Hugh Martin	Ellen Schecter	J. Ruben Silverbird and Kenneth Blank	March 29, 1989	508
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
54	9	"Mummies Made in Egypt"	Larry Lancit	Cecily Truett	Corinne Orr	March 30, 1989	509
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
55	10	"Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters"	Mark Mannucci	David Yazbek	Phylicia Rashad	March 31, 1989	510
Review Books: Who's in Rabbit's House? by Verna Aardema, pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon; Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings, pictures by Tom Feelings; Jafta series by Hugh Lewin, pictures by Lisa Kopper

Season 7 (1989–90)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
56	1	"Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story"	Dean Parisot	Jill Gluckson	Jane Pauley	July 3, 1989	601
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
57	2	"Stay Away from the Junkyard!"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Michele Mariana	July 4, 1989	602
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
58	3	"Little Nino's Pizzeria"	Mark Mannucci	Andrew Gutelle	Josh Saviano	July 5, 1989	603
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
59	4	"Ludlow Laughs"	Dean Parisot	Mitchell Kriegman	Phyllis Diller	July 6, 1989	604
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
60	5	"Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo"	Ed Wiseman	Jill Gluckson	Edward Asner	July 7, 1989	605
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
61	6	"Dive to the Coral Reefs"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Fran Brill	March 26, 1990	606
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
62	7	"Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus"	Dean Parisot	Ronnie Krauss	Philip Bosco	March 27, 1990	607
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
63	8	"Tooth-Gnasher Superflash"	Hugh Martin	Andrew Gutelle	Victoria Jackson	March 28, 1990	608
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
64	9	"Bored - Nothing to Do!"	Larry Lancit	Ronnie Krauss	Alex Borg and David Hyman	March 29, 1990	609
Review Books: Redbird by Patrick Fort; The Magic Wings by Diane Wolkstein, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; Flying from the Let's Discover Library
65	10	"Sports Pages"	Ed Wiseman	Jill Gluckson	LeVar Burton	March 30, 1990	610
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

Season 8 (1990)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
66	1	"The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth"	Mark Mannucci	Andrew Gutelle	Keisha Knight Pulliam	September 10, 1990	701
Review Books: How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World; Caves; Rock Collecting
67	2	"Jack, the Seal and the Sea"	Hugh Martin	Ronnie Krauss	Leslie Uggams	September 11, 1990	702
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
68	3	"The Bicycle Man"	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	Tom Matsusaka	September 12, 1990	703
Review Books: Delphine by Molly Bang; The White Bicycle by Rob Lewis; Our Teacher's in a Wheelchair by Mary Ellen Powers
69	4	"Florence and Eric Take the Cake"	Mark Mannucci	Andrew Gutelle	Julia Child	September 13, 1990	704
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
70	5	"Sunken Treasure"	Larry Lancit	Andrew Gutelle	Robert Morse	September 14, 1990	705
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

Season 9 (1991)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
71	1	"Alistair's Time Machine"	Ed Wiseman	Patty Marx	Arnold Stang	September 16, 1991	706
Review Books: The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin by Aliki; Find Waldo Now by Martin Handford; What Does It Do?: A Book About Inventions by Daniel Jacobs
72	2	"The Adventures of Taxi Dog"	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	Vincent Gardenia	September 17, 1991	707
Review Books: The First Dog by Jan Brett; I Want a Dog by Dayal Kaur Khalsa; Taxi: A Book of City Words by Betsy and Giulio Maestro
73	3	"The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush"	Larry Lancit	Kristin Laskas Martin	Harold Littlebird	September 18, 1991	708
Review Books: The Mud Pony by Caron Lee Cohen, illustrated by Shonto Begay; Indians of the Americas; Rainbow Crow by Nancy Van Laan, illustrated by Beatriz Vidal
74	4	"Galimoto"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Hattie Winston	September 19, 1991	709
Review Books: Look at This by Harlow Rockwell; The Little Pigs' Puppet Book by N. Cameron Watson; My First Activity Book by Angela Wilkes
75	5	"Fox on the Job"	Ed Wiseman	Robert Stork	Fred Newman	September 20, 1991	710
Review Books: Helping Out by George Ancona; Pig Pig Gets a Job by David McPhail; Music, Music for Everyone by Vera B. Williams
76	6	"Opt: An Illusionary Tale"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	LeVar Burton	September 23, 1991	801
Review Books: Lenses!: Take a Closer Look by Siegfried Aust, illustrated by Helge Nyncke; If at First You Do Not See by Ruth Brown; Hide and Seek edited by Jennifer Coldrey and Karen Goldie-Morrison
77	7	"Raccoons and Ripe Corn, Deer at the Brook, Come Out, Muskrats"	Larry Lancit	Andrew Gutelle	Julia Barr	September 24, 1991	802
Review Books: Tree Trunk Traffic by Bianca Lavies; My First Nature Book by Angela Wilkes; Bird Watch by Jane Yolen, illustrations by Ted Lewin
78	8	"The Lady with the Ship on Her Head"	Ed Wiseman	Ellis Weiner	Marilyn Pasekoff	September 25, 1991	803
Review Books: An Enchanted Hair Tale by Alexis De Veaux, pictures by Cheryl Hanna; The Flyaway Pantaloons by Joseph Sharples, illustrated by Sue Scullard; Moog-Moog, Space Barber by Mark Teague
79	9	"Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express"	Richard Hendrick	Jill Gluckson	Brian Dennehy	September 26, 1991	804
Review Books: The Train to Lulu's by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, illustrated by Robert Casilla; The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper, illustrated by George and Doris Hauman; The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
80	10	"Snowy Day: Stories and Poems"	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	Lena Horne (Winter Morning), Lacey Chabert (Snow), and Richard Courtney (Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening)	September 27, 1991	805
Review Books: Over the River and Through the Wood by Lydia Maria Child, illustrated by Iris Van Rynbach; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers; Winter by Ron Hirschi, photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen

Season 10 (1992)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
81	1	"Tar Beach"	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	Ruby Dee	October 5, 1992	806
Review Books: To Sleep by James Sage, illustrated by Warwick Hutton; On Grandma's Roof by Erica Silverman, illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray; I'm Flying! by Alan Wade, pictures by Petra Mathers
82	2	"The Wall"	Mark Mannucci	Andrew Gutelle	Jason Ruggiero	October 6, 1992	807
Review Books: Tillie and the Wall by Leo Lionni; All Those Secrets of the World by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Leslie Baker; My Grandson Lew by Charlotte Zolotow, pictures by William Pene du Bois
83	3	"Sam the Sea Cow"	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	Jason Robards	October 7, 1992	808
Review Books: Manatees by Emilie U. Lepthien; "10 Things I Know" Books by Wendy Wax and Della Rowland, illustrated by Thomas Payne; Will We Miss Them?: Endangered Species by Alexandra Wright, illustrated by Marshall Peck III
84	4	"Rechenka's Eggs"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Viveca Lindfors	October 8, 1992	809
Review Books: Stefan and Olga by Betsy Day; I Made It Myself by Sabine Lohf; The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci, pictures by Jerry Pinkney
85	5	"Sophie and Lou"	Fred Surr	Fred Surr	Jessica Walter	October 9, 1992	810
Review Books: Dancing with the Indians by Angela Shelf Medearis, illustrated by Samuel Byrd; Cordelia, Dance! by Sarah Stapler; Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year by Kate Waters and Madeline Slovenz-Low, photographs by Martha Cooper
86	6	"Come a Tide"	Ed Wiseman	Susan Leeds	Dixie Carter	October 12, 1992	901
Review Books: Tornado Alert by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Giulio Maestro; Weather by Rena K. Kirkpatrick, illustrated by Janetta Lewis; Storms by Seymour Simon
87	7	"The Piggy in the Puddle"	Ed Wiseman	Orly Berger & Ed Wiseman	Tovah Feldshuh	October 13, 1992	902
Review Books: This House is Made of Mud by Ken Buchanan, illustrated by Libby Tracy; The Hippopotamus Song: A Muddy Love Story by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott; Oink by Arthur Geisert
88	8	"Seashore Surprises"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	LeVar Burton	October 14, 1992	903
Review Books: Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald, illustrated by S.D. Schindler; What's Inside? Shells by Angela Royston, photographs by Andreas von Einsiedel; The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow, paintings by Wendell Minor
89	9	"Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Andrew Lei	October 15, 1992	904
Review Books: Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Marylin Hafner; Horace by Holly Keller; Free to Be...a Family by Marlo Thomas and Friends
90	10	"Berlioz the Bear"	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	James Avery	October 16, 1992	905
Review Books: The Science Book of Sound by Neil Ardley; Georgia Music by Helen V. Griffith, pictures by James Stevenson; Introduction to Musical Instruments series: Brass/Strings/Woodwinds/Percussion by Dee Lillegard

Season 11 (1993)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
91	1	"Amazing Grace"	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	Tyne Daly	October 11, 1993	906
Review Books: Great Women in the Struggle by Toyomi Igus, Veronica Freeman Ellis, Diane Patrick and Valerie Wilson Wesley; Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully; Roses Sing on New Snow by Paul Yee, illustrated by Harvey Chan
92	2	"The Furry News: How to Make a Newspaper"	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	the cast of Forbidden Broadway and Lee Murphy	October 12, 1993	907
Review Books: What's It Like to Be a...Newspaper Reporter by Janet Craig, illustrated by Richard Max Kolding; Newspapers by David Petersen; Great Newspaper Crafts by F. Virginia Walter, illustrated by Teddy Cameron Long
93	3	"Mrs. Katz and Tush"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Reizl Bozyk and Rick English	October 13, 1993	908
Review Books: Kwanzaa by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate, illustrations by Melodye Rosales; Abuela by Arthur Dorros, illustrated by Elisa Kleven; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas
94	4	"The Salamander Room"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Lynne Thigpen	October 14, 1993	909
Review Books: The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry; Frogs, Toads, Lizards and Salamanders by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright, illustrations by Nancy Winslow Parker; Chipmunk Song by Joanne Ryder, pictures by Lynne Cherry
95	5	"Silent Lotus"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Lea Salonga	October 15, 1993	910
Review Books: Hand Rhymes collected and illustrated by Marc Brown; The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin; Amy: The Story of a Deaf Child by Lou Ann Walker, photographs by Michael Abramson
96	6	"Follow the Drinking Gourd"	Mark Mannucci	Steve Conner & Charlie Rice	Keith David	October 18, 1993	1001
Review Books: A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler, illustrated by Samuel Byrd; Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson, paintings by James Ransome; Shake It to the One that You Love the Best by Cheryl Warren Mattox, illustrations by Varnette P. Honeywood and Brenda Joysmith
97	7	"If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	Beth Howland	October 19, 1993	1002
Review Books: This is the Key to the Kingdom by Diane Worfolk Allison; Smart Dog by Ralph Leemis, illustrated by Chris L. Demarest; The House that Jack Built, pictures by Jenny Stow
98	8	"Is This a House for Hermit Crab?"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Eartha Kitt	October 20, 1993	1003
Review Books: Spider's Web by Christine Back and Barrie Watts; Busy, Busy Squirrels by Colleen Stanley Bare; Urban Roosts by Barbara Bash
99	9	"And Still the Turtle Watched"	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	Michael Ansara	October 21, 1993	1004
Review Books: A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry; Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Jonathan London and Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Thomas Locker; My First Green Book by Angela Wilkes
100	10	"June 29, 1999"	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	Charles Kimbrough	October 22, 1993	1005
Review Books: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, drawn by Ron Barrett; Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert; Time Train by Paul Fleischman, illustrations by Claire Ewart

Season 12 (1994)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
101	1	"Nosey Mrs. Rat"	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle & Ronnie Krauss	Faith Prince	October 3, 1994	1006
Review Books: Tiger by Judy Allen, illustrated by Tudor Humphries; The 13th Clue by Ann Jonas; Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw by Bruce McMillan
102	2	"Borreguita and the Coyote"	Mark Mannucci	Bernardo Solano	Olga Merediz	October 4, 1994	1007
Review Books: The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Jim Harris; Coyote Dreams by Susan Nunes, illustrations by Ronald Himler; Diego by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Jeanette Winter
103	3	"Summer"	Mark Mannucci & Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	Ossie Davis	October 5, 1994	1008
Review Books: Changes by Marjorie N. Allen and Shelley Rotner, photographs by Shelley Rotner; Nature All Year Long by Clare Walker Leslie; Turtle in July by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
104	4	"Once There Was a Tree"	James C. Wright	Ronnie Krauss	Eli Wallach	October 6, 1994	1009
Review Books: The Tremendous Tree Book by Barbara Brenner and May Garelick, illustrated by Fred Brenner; Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert; The Tree in the Wood by Christopher Manson
105	5	"Appelemando's Dreams"	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	Michael Learned	October 7, 1994	1010
Review Books: The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee; I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins, illustrated by Robin Brickman; The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun, illustrated by Robert Casilla
106	6	"The Lotus Seed"	Mark Mannucci	Susan Kim	Rona Figueroa	October 10, 1994	1101
Review Books: Halmoni and the Picnic by Sook Nyul Choi, illustrated by Karen M. Dugan; I'm New Here by Bud Howlett; Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
107	7	"Hail to Mail"	Mark Mannucci	Andrew Gutelle	Al Roker	October 11, 1994	1102
Review Books: The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters by Janet and Allan Ahlberg; Messages in the Mailbox: How to Write a Letter by Loreen Leedy; Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera B. Williams and Jennifer Williams
108	8	"Stellaluna"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Anne Jackson	October 12, 1994	1103
Review Books: Amazing Bats by Frank Greenaway, photographs by Jerry Young and Frank Greenaway; Step into the Night by Joanne Ryder, illustrated by Dennis Nolan; Sleep is for Everyone by Paul Showers, illustrated by Wendy Watson
109	9	"My Shadow"	Mark Mannucci	Susan Kim	Robert Guillaume	October 13, 1994	1104
Review Books: Shadowgraphs by Jane Corby and Phila H. Webb; Shadows and Reflections by Tana Hoban; I Have a Friend by Keiko Narahashi
110	10	"Ruth Law Thrills a Nation"	Mark Mannucci	Susan Kim	Linda Lavin	October 14, 1994	1105
Review Books: Flight by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Mike Wimmer; Amelia's Fantastic Flight by Rose Bursik; Plane Song by Diane Siebert, paintings by Vincent Nasta

Season 13 (1995)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
111	1	"The Wonderful Towers of Watts"	Mark Mannucci	Susan Kim & Ronnie Krauss	Angela Bassett	October 2, 1995	1106
Review Books: I Got Community by Melrose Cooper, pictures by Dale Gottlieb; Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield, pictures by Jan Spivey Gilchrist; The Car Washing Street by Denise Lewis Patrick, pictures by John Ward
112	2	"Martha Speaks"	Mark Mannucci	Mark Eisman & Ronnie Krauss	Jo Hayden	October 3, 1995	1107
Review Books: My Puppy is Born by Joanna Cole, photographs by Margaret Miller; The Night I Followed the Dog by Nina Laden; Earth Hounds by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross
113	3	"Alejandro's Gift"	Larry Lancit	Andrew Gutelle	Francisco Rivela	October 4, 1995	1108
Review Books: Water, Water Everywhere by Cynthia Overbeck Bix and Mark J. Rauzon; It Rained on the Desert Today by Ken and Debby Buchanan, illustrated by Libby Tracy; The Desert Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta, illustrated by Mark Astrella
114	4	"The Sign Painter's Dream"	Ed Wiseman	Lee Hunkins & Jill Gluckson	Jamie Farr	October 5, 1995	1109
Review Books: The Signmaker's Assistant by Tedd Arnold; The Letter Jesters by Cathryn Falwell; I Read Signs by Tana Hoban
115	5	"Archibald Frisby"	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	Arnold Stang	October 6, 1995	1110
Review Books: What Makes Popcorn Pop? by Jack Myers; Science Magic series: Sound/Light/Air/Water by Chris Oxlade; I Wonder Why Soap Makes Bubbles? by Barbara Taylor

Season 14 (1996)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
116	1	"Fly Away Home"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Daniel Saltzman	April 8, 1996	1111
Review Books: Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan; The Homeless Hibernating Bear by Kids Livin' Life; Home edited by Michael Rosen
117	2	"Uncle Jed's Barbershop"	Mark Mannucci	Lee Hunkins	Regina Taylor	April 9, 1996	1112
Review Books: Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree by William Miller, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu; Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; A Peddler's Dream by Janice Shefelman, illustrated by Tom Shefelman
118	3	"How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World"	Larry Lancit & Kevin Lombard	Andrew Gutelle	Helen Mirren	April 10, 1996	1113
Review Books: What Food is This? by Rosmarie Hausherr; The Edible Pyramid by Loreen Leedy; The Kids Around the World Cookbook by Deri Robins, illustrated by Charlotte Stowell
119	4	"Owen"	Ed Wiseman	McPaul Smith	Matthew Broderick	April 11, 1996	1114
Review Books: Born in the Gravy by Denys Cazet; Darcy and Gran Don't Like Babies by Jane Cutler, pictures by Susannah Ryan; Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
120	5	"How Much is a Million?"	Ed Wiseman, Tony Jacobs & Barry Shapiro	Jill Gluckson	Nick Sullivan	April 12, 1996	1115
Review Books: Only One by Marc Harshman, illustrated by Barbara Garrison; How Many Stars in the Sky? by Lenny Hort, paintings by James Ransome; One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes, illustrated by Bonnie MacKain

Season 15 (1996)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
121	1	"Always My Dad"	Ed Wiseman	Lee Hunkins	BJ Crosby	October 7, 1996	1201
Review Books: Taxi! Taxi! by Cari Best, illustrated by Dale Gottlieb; The Perfect Spot by Robert J. Blake; Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman, pictures by Caroline Binch
122	2	"Bread is for Eating"	Kevin Lombard, Ed Wiseman, & Tony Jacobs	Ronnie Krauss & Sharon Dennis Wyeth	Cecilia Arana and Michael Uribe	October 8, 1996	1202
Review Books: Walter the Baker by Eric Carle; Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris, photographs by Ken Heyman; The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen, paintings by Ruth Wright Paulsen
123	3	"Hotel Animal"	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	John Cunningham	October 9, 1996	1203
Review Books: Zoom by Istvan Banyai; Mr. Tall and Mr. Small by Barbara Brenner, illustrations by Mike Shenon; The Three Bears by Paul Galdone
124	4	"Someplace Else"	Kevin Lombard	Robert Stork	Carol Kane	October 10, 1996	1204
Review Books: Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Carol Jones; Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Schuett; Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney, illustrated by Annette Cable
125	5	"Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	Gregory Hines	October 11, 1996	1205
Review Books: Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes, illustrated by Karmen Thompson; The Maestro Plays by Bill Martin, Jr., pictures by Vladimir Radunsky; Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney

Season 16 (1997)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
126	1	"On the Day You Were Born"	Ed Wiseman	Billy Aronson	Patrick Stewart	April 7, 1997	1206
Review Books: How You Were Born by Joanna Cole, photographs by Margaret Miller; One Round Moon and a Star for Me by Ingrid Mennen, illustrations by Niki Daly; A Teeny Tiny Baby by Amy Schwartz
127	2	"Hip Cat"	Mark Mannucci	McPaul Smith	Ann Duquesnay	April 8, 1997	1207
Review Books: Willie Jerome by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Tyrone Geter; Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka; Conga Crocodile by Nicole Rubel
128	3	"Regina's Big Mistake"	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss & Renee Creange	Anna Holbrooks	April 9, 1997	1208
Review Books: I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins, illustrated by Robin Brickman; The Art Lesson by Tomie de Paola; The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun, illustrated by Robert Casilla
129	4	"Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message"	Kevin Lombard	Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Doherty	Nicholson Earl Billey	April 10, 1997	1209
Review Books: The Tremendous Tree Book by Barbara Brenner and May Garelick, illustrated by Fred Brenner; A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry; My First Green Book by Angela Wilkes
130	5	"The Carousel"	Ed Wiseman	Jill Gluckson	Sarah Hubbard	April 11, 1997	1210
Review Books: Up and Down on the Merry-Go-Round by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Ted Rand; The Always Prayer Shawl by Sheldon Oberman, illustrated by Ted Lewin; The Long Silk Strand by Laura E. Williams, illustrated by Grayce Bochak

Season 17 (1998)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
131	1	"Math Curse"	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	Michelle Trachtenberg	October 5, 1998	1301
Review Books: Pigs on a Blanket by Amy Axelrod, pictures by Sharon McGinley-Nally; Twelve Snails to One Lizard by Susan Hightower, pictures by Matt Novak; Marvelous Math by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Karen Barbour
132	2	"My Life with the Wave"	Larry Lancit	Cecily Truett	Scott Irby-Ranniar	October 6, 1998	1302
Review Books: Here is the Coral Reef by Madeleine Dunphy, illustrated by Tom Leonard; Water Dance by Thomas Locker; Our Wet World by Sneed B. Collard III, illustrated by James M. Needham
133	3	"Saturday Sancocho"	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	Jose de Guzman	October 7, 1998	1303
Review Books: The Pirate Cookbook by Mary Ling; Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova, illustrated by Robert Roth; Mama Bear by Chyng-Feng Sun, illustrated by Lolly Robinson
134	4	"When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba"	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	Lucie Arnaz	October 8, 1998	1304
Review Books: The Dancing Man by Ruth Lercher Bornstein; My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray, illustrated by Raul Colon; The Old Man Who Loved to Sing by John Winch
135	5	"Worksong"	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	David Canary	October 9, 1998	1305
Review Books: A Day's Work by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ronald Himler; I'm Going to Be a Firefighter and I'm Going to Be a Police Officer by Edith Kunhardt; Work by Ann Morris

Season 18 (2000–01)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
136	1	"The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest"	Kevin Lombard	Ronnie Krauss	Susan Sarandon	May 8, 2000	1401
Review Books: Amazon Diary by Hudson Talbott and Mark Greenberg; People in the Rainforest by Saviour Pirotta; Welcome to the Greenhouse by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Laura Regan
137	2	"Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk"	Larry Lancit	Cecily Truett	Jason Alexander	November 20, 2000	1402
"Danny and the Dinosaur" "A Dog's Tale" Review Books: Harry and Lulu by Arthur Yorinks, illustrated by Martin Matje; Aloha, Dolores by Barbara Samuels; Moondogs by Daniel Kirk
138	3	"Lemonade for Sale"	Ed Wiseman	Robert Stork	Andrea McArdle	January 19, 2001	1403
Review Books: Lulu's Lemonade by Barbara deRubertis, illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye; Neale S. Godfrey's Ultimate Kids' Money Book, illustrated by Randy Verougstraete; How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman, pictures by Bill Slavin
139	4	"The Secret Shortcut"	Ed Wiseman	Susan Kim	Tim Conway	February 16, 2001	1404
Review Books: Mapping Penny's World by Loreen Leedy; Pipsqueaks! Maze School by Patrick Merrell; How Tall, How Short, How Faraway by David A. Adler, illustrated by Nancy Tobin
140	5	"My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States"	Ed Wiseman	Susan Kim	Lea Salonga (Mauna Loa), Tom and Ray Magliozzi (New England Lighthouse), and Nikki Giovanni (Knoxville, Tennessee)	March 16, 2001	1405
Review Books (credit and Outro order): Celebrate the 50 States! by Loreen Leedy; The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller; Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant, illustrations by Lisa Desimini Review Books (children's order): The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller; Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant, illustrations by Lisa Desimini; Celebrate the 50 States! by Loreen Leedy
141	6	"Badger's Parting Gifts"	Ed Wiseman	Jill Gluckson	Ruby Dee	April 20, 2001	1406
Review Books: The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Erik Blegvad; The Grandad Tree by Trish Cooke, illustrated by Sharon Wilson; A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead by Nancy Luenn, illustrated by Robert Chapman

Season 19 (2002)

All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
142	1	"The Tin Forest"	Ronnie Krauss	Jeff Bridges	September 3, 2002	1407
Review Books: On that Day by Andrea Patel; Mole Music by David McPhail; The Wonderful Happens by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Coco Dowley
143	2	"Max"	Susan Kim	Regina King and Ian Desdone	September 4, 2002	1408
Review Books: The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen, illustrated by Elaine Greenstein; If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold; Sosu's Call by Meshack Asare
144	3	"Enemy Pie"	Ronnie Krauss	Ed Harris	September 5, 2002	1409
Review Books: Don't Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin, illustrated by Glib Dibley; The Brand New Kid by Katie Couric, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose, illustrated by Debbie Tilly
145	4	"Our Big Home: An Earth Poem"	Susan Kim	Naomi Judd	September 6, 2002	1410
Review Books: Take Action: A Guide to Active Citizenship by Marc Kielburger, illustrated by Craig Kielburger; Whoever You Are by Mem Fox, illustrated by Leslie Staub

Season 20 (2004–05)

All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
146	1	"Visiting Day"	Ronnie Krauss	Alfre Woodard	December 15, 2004	1501
Review: Finding the Right Spot by Janice Levy, illustrated by Whitney Martin; Let's Talk About When your Parent is in Jail by Maureen K. Wittbold, photo illustrations by Bill Stanton, Phylis Picardi, and Ira Fox; Mama Loves me from Away by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Laurie Caple
147	2	"Unique Monique"	Jill Gluckson	Eliza Dushku	December 16, 2004	1502
Review: Daffodil by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Tomek Bogacki; I'm Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell; The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
148	3	"Mr. George Baker"	Ronnie Krauss	Wayne Brady	December 17, 2004	1503
Review: The Music in Derrick's Heart by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert, illustrated by Colin Bootman; Grandfather Counts by Andrea Chang, illustrated by Ange Zhang; A Bird About to Sing by Laura Nyman Montenegro
149	4	"Beegu"	Twila Liggett	Freddie Prinze Jr.	January 20, 2005	1504
Review: Space Exploration by David Glover; Planets: A Solar System Stickerbook by Ellen Hasbrouck, illustrated by Scott McDougal; Rise the Moon by Eileen Spinelli, pictures by Raul Colon
150	5	"Two Old Potatoes and Me"	Ronnie Krauss	Jordan Puryear	January 21, 2005	1505
Review: Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes; Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin, pictures by Harry Bliss; Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert

Season 21 (2006)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Narrated by	Original air date	Prod. code
151	1	"The Biggest Test in the Universe"	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	Richard Gere	November 6, 2006	1601
Review: Angelina on Stage by Katharine Holabird, illustrated by Helen Craig; Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow by Alexander Stadler; Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
152	2	"I Lost My Tooth in Africa"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	TBA	November 7, 2006	1602
Review: Madlenka by Peter Six; Rites of Passage: Coming of Age by Mandy Ross; My Wobbly Tooth Must Not Ever Never Fall Out by Lauren Child
153	3	"Boxes for Katje"	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	Elizabeth Jute	November 8, 2006	1603
Review: Luba: As Told to Michelle R. McCann by Luba Tryszynska-Frederick, illustrated by Anne Marshall; Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter; The Lady in the Box by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Marni Backer
154	4	"Game Day"	Ed Wiseman	Ed Wiseman	James Avery	November 9, 2006	1604
Review: The Blue Ribbon Day by Katie Courtic, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; Pecorino Plays Ball by Alan Madison, illustrated by AnnaLaura Cantone; Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm, illustrated by Carol Thompson
155	5	"Show Way"	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	Diahann Carroll	November 10, 2006	1605
Review: The Kids' Family Tree Book by Caroline Leavitt, illustrated by Ian Philips; What a Family! by Rachel Isadora; Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne, illustrated by Bethanne Andersen