Reading Rainbow Season 5

June. 22,1987      TV-Y
Rating:
8.4
Trailer Synopsis

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.

Episode 10 : My Little Island
July. 03,1987
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 mountain frog. Ron Foster narrates the featured book, My Little Island, about a young boy who visits his cousins on the island and how it is much different than his life in the United States.
Episode 9 : Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
July. 02,1987
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 shows how stunt riders practice tricks on their horses for western movies. Hoyt Axton reads the featured book, a story told in comparisons about a rancher who decides to spend the day in a town 84 miles from home, and the strange happenings at his ranch back home while his wife stayed home to plant potatoes.
Episode 8 : Best Friends
July. 01,1987
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 friends, but their relationship is strained when one girl goes on a vacation with relatives and the other girl feels lonely and neglected, until a new neighbor moves in and asks her to help him look after his dog.
Episode 7 : Rumplestiltskin
June. 30,1987
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 tale of Rumpelstiltskin, about a poor miller's daughter who is stuck between a greedy king and a conniving elf to get out of a difficult situation.
Episode 6 : A Three Hat Day
June. 29,1987
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, to a model train display in Three Bridges, New Jersey, and to the Nassau Coliseum, where he gets a goal tending lesson from Kelly Hurdey of the New York Islanders. Zelda Rubenstein reads A Three Hat Day, a story about a man who loves hats very much, and how he meets his soul mate when he goes shopping in a new hat store.
Episode 5 : The Runaway Duck
June. 28,1987
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 turns a block of wood into a duck. Orson Bean reads The Runaway Duck, a story of a toy duck named Egbert who gets tied to a car by accident and how he then travels all over the world when the car drives off.
Episode 4 : The Paper Crane
June. 25,1987
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 spectacle soon brings in the guests to make the failing business prosperous again.
Episode 3 : Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
June. 24,1987
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 as loggerhead sea turtles emerging onto the sand to lay eggs. Georgia Engel narrates Chickens Aren't the Only Ones, a book told in rhyme showing all kinds of animals who lay eggs like chickens.
Episode 2 : Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
June. 23,1987
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 the city getting supplies. LeVar visits a family that runs their own sailboat tourism business and actually live on their small craft.
Episode 1 : The Life Cycle of the Honey Bee
June. 22,1987
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 natural habitats such as trees.

Seasons

Season 21
Season 21 2006
Season 20
Season 20 2004
Season 19
Season 19 2002
Season 18
Season 18 2000
Season 17
Season 17 1998
Season 16
Season 16 1997
Season 15
Season 15 1996
Season 14
Season 14 1995
Season 13
Season 13 1995
Season 12
Season 12 1994
Season 11
Season 11 1993
Season 10
Season 10 1992
Season 9
Season 9 1991
Season 8
Season 8 1990
Season 7
Season 7 1989
Season 6
Season 6 1988
Season 5
Season 5 1987
Season 4
Season 4 1986
Season 3
Season 3 1985
Season 2
Season 2 1984
Season 1
Season 1 1983

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