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Reading Rainbow

Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow!

  • TV series
  • 1983
  • TV-Y
  • 21 seasons
  • 155 episodes
8.4

TMDB audience rating
8.4 out of 10 from 52 votes

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Overview

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.

Roughly 77h 30m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 155 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

Where to watch

Official offers in the United States

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  • PBS Kids Amazon Channel

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Trailer

Play trailer: PBS Kids Promo: Reading Rainbow (2002)

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Series cast and crew

  • LeVar Burton

    LeVar BurtonSelf - Host
    155 episodes

  • Ruby Dee

    Ruby DeeSelf - Narrator (voice)
    3 episodes

  • Arnold Stang

    Arnold StangSelf - Narrator (voice)
    3 episodes

  • Fred Newman

    Fred NewmanSelf - Narrator (voice)
    3 episodes

  • Vincent Gardenia

    Vincent GardeniaSelf - Narrator (voice)
    2 episodes

  • Michael Ansara

    Michael AnsaraSelf - Narrator (voice)
    2 episodes

  • Linda GelmanNarrator (voice)
    2 episodes

  • James Avery

    James AverySelf - Narrator (voice)
    2 episodes

  • Lea Salonga

    Lea SalongaSelf - Narrator (voice)
    2 episodes

  • Julia Child

    Julia ChildSelf - Narrator (voice)
    1 episode

  • Ruth Buzzi

    Ruth BuzziSelf - Narrator (voice)
    1 episode

  • Madeline Kahn

    Madeline KahnSelf - Narrator (voice)
    1 episode

  • James Earl Jones

    James Earl JonesSelf - Narrator (voice)
    1 episode

  • Lauren Tom

    Lauren TomSelf - Narrator (voice)
    1 episode

  • Patrick McCaffreySelf - Narrator (voice)
    1 episode

  • Douglas ParvinSelf - Narrator (voice)
    1 episode

  • Carolyn McHanonSelf - Narrator (voice)
    1 episode

  • Marilyn MichaelsSelf - Narrator (voice)
    1 episode

Network
PBS

Seasons and episodes