Episode guide
Reading Rainbow: Season 4
10 episodes · premiered Jun 23, 1986
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- Episode 1: Animal Cafe Jun 23, 1986 · 30m LeVar goes to a 24-hour diner to look into night jobs, and profiles people who have occupations in the evening and early morning hours, like radio DJ's, bakers, cab drivers, and police…
- Episode 2: Alistair in Outer Space Jun 24, 1986 · 30m Alistair is on his way to return library books when he is captured in a spaceship by two creatures called Goots. Also includes Library of Congress, Maps and Globes, Conan the Librarian…
- Episode 3: Feelings Jun 25, 1986 · 30m Pictures, dialogues, poems, and stories portray a variety of emotions we all feel - jealousy, sadness, fear, anger, joy, love, etc. Also includes Let's Make Music, Feeling Sad, Meet Koko…
- Episode 4: Watch the Stars Come Out Jun 26, 1986 · 30m LeVar visits a pig farm in Hawaii to find out why pigs are so popular. He also interviews Kermit the Frog to ask him about his famous girlfriend, Miss Piggy.James Coco reads the story of…
- Episode 5: Mama Don't Allow Jun 27, 1986 · 30m When Miles gets a saxophone for his birthday, neither his parents nor his neighborhood can stand the racket! No one guesses what's in store for them, when Miles and his Swamp Band receive…
- Episode 6: Space Case Jun 30, 1986 · 30m Is there life on other planets and stars? LaVar sends a message to aliens who might be watching and a radio telescope in Puerto Rico is profiled. Today's featured story is about a being…
- Episode 7: The Milk Makers Jul 1, 1986 · 30m LeVar spends a day at the dairy seeing how cows are milked and understanding what care cows need. Alaina Reed Hall reads the story of The Milk Makers, detailing how milk is collected from…
- Episode 8: Imogene's Antlers Jul 2, 1986 · 30m LaVar visits the Philadelphia Zoo in Pennsylvania to learn about animals with horns and antlers. In today's featured story, a young girl wakes up one morning to discover she's grown her…
- Episode 9: Germs Make Me Sick! Jul 3, 1986 · 30m LeVar goes on a search for microorganisms, distinguishing the good ones from the bad. An animated satire of Hill Street Blues (which ran 1981-1987) shows white blood cells ready to fight…
- Episode 10: Abiyoyo Jul 4, 1986 · 30m In one of the rare times Reading Rainbow uses a studio set, LeVar tells about storytelling through music. The then-new art of music videos is first up, with clips of Who's Johnny (among…