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Series
Reading rainbow volume 97
Publisher
GPN
Pub. Date
©1993
Language
English
Description
A reading of the book, "If you give a mouse a cookie" by Laura Joffe Numeroff. Discusses chain reactions from a bowling alley, leading into the reading of the main story. Then it's off to a factory where bowling balls are made and a domino expert demonstrates how he designs chain reactons as he sets up a domino art event. Reviews: "This is the key to the kingdom" by Diane Worfolk Allison, "The house that Jack built" illustrated by Jebby Stow, and...
8) Hill of fire
Series
Reading rainbow volume 23
Publisher
GPN
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
In a work of fiction, the birth of the Parícutin volcano is presented. Then, while at Volcano National Park in Hawaii, LeVar is only 2,000 feet from a major eruption of Kilauea Volcano. He tells about two kinds of lava and why volcanoes occur. LeVar talks to volcanologists who are studying the prediction of eruptions, and viewers learn what is inside our earth that causes volcanoes. LeVar also visits an artist--Chiu Leong--who creates raku pottery....
Series
Reading rainbow volume 48
Publisher
GNP Educational Media
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Peter Falk reads the featured book The robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner about a talkative chicken named Gloria Feathers who tries to outwit a couple of Diamond Robber Mutts. Host LeVar Burton goes behind the grill at Rosie's Diner and gets a quick lesson on becoming a short-order cook. Viewers also get a close-up look at how pasta is made. Reviewed books are Aunt Eater loves a mystery by Doug Cushman, Better Homes and Gardens Step-by-step kids' cook...
10) Three by the sea
Series
Reading rainbow volume no. 12
Publisher
GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
As host LeVar Burton strolls on the beach reading Edward Marshall's Three by the sea, he learns that stories can be created out of the sea, the sand, and one's imagination.
Series
Reading rainbow volume 9
Publisher
Distributed by GNP
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Presents a reading of the book Three days on a river in a red canoe, by Vera B. Williams. Host LeVar Burton goes camping with a group of enthusiastic youngsters.
12) The tin forest
Series
Reading rainbow volume program 142
Publisher
GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Story: An old man's persistent dreams transform a garbage dump into a forest full of life. Field trip: Deeply affected by the events of September 11th, LeVar spends time with students of P.S. 234, an elementary school just blocks away from Ground Zero. Challenged by tremondous upheaval, students share how they have endured their situation better than anyone would imagine. Together with Reading Rainbow, the entire school creates a music video to share...
13) Boxes for Katje
Series
Reading rainbow volume 153
Publisher
GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
After a young dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes.
14) Game Day
Series
Reading rainbow volume 154
Publisher
GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A story of teamwork and perseverance based on the childhood of National Football League stars and twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber.
Series
Reading rainbow volume 102
Publisher
Distributed by GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her up. Levar visits the shop of the Delgado family who demonstrate how they make guitars. Judy Baca, a mural painter, introduces a group of artists who are creating a large outdoor mural of self-portraits. The musical group Los Lobos talk about their heritage and their music. Review books - Coyote dreams by Susan Nunes ; Diego by Jonah Winter ; The three little javelinas by Susan Lowell....
17) Bugs
Series
Reading rainbow volume 047
Publisher
Distributed by GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Bugs includes general information, jokes and descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects. Other segments include: LeVar visits Insect world: with the assistance of an entomologist LeVar discovers the uniqueness of a wide variety of bugs and insects at Cincinnati Zoo's Insect World ; See the migration of Monarch Butterflies: take a trip to the mountains in Mexico to find out where monarch...
18) Galimoto
Series
Reading rainbow volume 074
Publisher
Distributed by GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Walking through his village, a young African boy finds the materials to make a special toy.
Series
Reading rainbow volume 067
Publisher
Distributed by GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Jack spends his days sailing the sea and taking in nets full of half-dead fish, ignoring the polluted condition of the water, until he finds an ailing seal and receives a message from the sea itself about its sorry state."
Series
Reading rainbow volume 93
Publisher
GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A discussion of relationships that transcend age and cultural differences leads to the reading of "Mrs. Katz and Tush" by Patricia Polacco. LeVar's relationship with his "bubbie" shows another example.
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