This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on July 11, 1983.[1][2] 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.
Review Books: Pet Show! by Ezra Jack Keats; When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Diane Goode; The Terrible Thing That Happened at Our House by Marge Blaine, illustrated by John Wallner
Review Books: Grandmama's Joy by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Carole Byard; Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree; Daddy is a Monster Sometimes by John Steptoe
Review Books: Max by Rachel Isadora; The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen, retold and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley; There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
Review Books: Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish, pictures by Arnold Lobel; If You Are a Hunter of Fossils by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall; Dinosaurs!: A Drawing Book by Michael Emberley
Review Books: The Big Hello by Janet Schulman, illustrated by Lillian Hoban; Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats; Mitchell is Moving by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, pictures by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey
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
Review Books: Suho and the White Horse by Yuzo Otsuka, illustrated by Suekichi Akaba; 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
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
Review Books: Come Away from the Water, Shirley by John Burningham; Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel; Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats
Review Books: Is This a Baby Dinosaur? by Millicent E. Selsam; Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan, pictures by Deborah Kogan Ray; A Show of Hands by Mary Beth Sullivan and Linda Bourke
Review Books: The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr, pictures by Carolyn Croll; Just Us Women by Jeannette Caines, illustrated by Pat Cummings; Easy-to-Make Spaceships that Really Fly by Mary and Dewey Blocksma, illustrated by Marisabina Russo
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
Review Books: Round Trip by Ann Jonas; A Winter Place by Ruth Yaffe Radin, illustrated by Mattie Lou O'Kelley; Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner, pictures by Don Bolognese
Review Books: Nate the Great Mystery series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, illustrated by Marc Simont; The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg; Big City Port by Betsy Maestro and Ellen DelVecchio, illustrated by Giulio Maestro
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.
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
Review Books: The Tamarindo Puppy and Other Poems by Charlotte Pomerantz, pictures by Byron Barton; Ed Emberley's Science Flip Books; Emma's Dragon Hunt by Catherine Stock
Review Books: Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell Ernst; Hooray for Snail! by John Stadler; Albert the Running Bear's Exercise Book by Barbara Isenberg and Marjorie Jaffe, illustrated by Diane de Groat
Review Books: Poinsettia and Her Family by Felicia Bond; Hector the Accordion-Nosed Dog by John Stadler; The Bionic Bunny Show by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
Review Books: Night Markets: Bringing Food to a City by Joshua Horwitz; The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson, paintings by Denise Saldutti; The Dream Eater by Christian Garrison, pictures by Diane Goode[3]
Review Books: Check It Out!: The Book About Libraries by Gail Gibbons; Commander Toad series by Jane Yolen, pictures by Bruce Degen; Maps and Globes by Jack Knowlton, illustrated by Harriett Barton
Review Books: 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; Fireflies! by Julie Brinckloe
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[4]
Review Books: Is There Life in Outer Space? by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Don Madden; Legend of the Milky Way retold and illustrated by Jeanne M. Lee; Astronuts: Space Jokes and Riddles compiled by Charles Keller, illustrated by Art Cumings
Review Books: From Blossom to Honey by Ali Mitgutsch; Baby Animals on the Farm by Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, photographs by Ruth Rai; Whales and Other Sea Mammals by Elsa Posell
Review Books: The Microscope by Maxine Kumin, pictures by Arnold Lobel; Guess What? by Beau Gardner; Teddy Bears Cure a Cold by Susanna Gretz, illustrated by Alison Sage
Review Books: Peter and the Wolf adapted by Sergei Prokofiev, illustrated by Erna Voigt; Ayu and the Perfect Moon by David Cox; Blackberry Ink by Eve Merriam, pictures by Hans Wilhelm
Review Books: Going Buggy!: Jokes About Insects by Peter and Connie Roop, pictures by Joan Hanson; The Lady and the Spider by Faith McNulty, illustrated by Bob Marstall; The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
Review Books: The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward; Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews, illustrated by Ian Wallace; Sailing with the Wind by Thomas Locker
Review Books: Turtle and Tortoise by Vincent Serventy from the Animals in the Wild series; Mrs. Huggins and Her Hen Hannah by Lydia Dabcovich; Egg to Chick by Millicent E. Selsam, pictures by Barbara Wolff
Review Books: How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman, illustrated by Allen Say; Perfect Crane by Anne Laurin, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak; "Paper" Through the Ages by Shaaron Cosner, illustrated by Priscilla Kiedrowski
Review Books: The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese; Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien; Dabble Duck by Anne Leo Ellis, illustrated by Sue Truesdell
Review Books: The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Jane Thayer, illustrated by Lisa McCue; A Gift for Tia Rosa by Karen T. Taha, illustrated by Dee deRosa; The Story of Mrs. Lovewright and Purrless Her Cat by Lore Segal, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
Review Books: Yagua Days by Cruz Martel, pictures by Jerry Pinkney; The Viking Children's World Atlas by Jacqueline Tivers and Michael Day; Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Tomie de Paola
Review Books: Ramona: Behind the Scenes of a Television Show by Elaine Scott, photographs by Margaret Miller; The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin, illustrations by Marc Simont; Lights! Camera! Action!: How a Movie is Made by Gail Gibbons
Review Books: Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros; Ladybug by Barrie Watts; Backyard Insects by Millicent E. Selsam and Ronald Goor, photographs by Ronald Goor
Review Books: Better Homes and Gardens Step-by-Step Kids' Cookbook; A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns by Ruth Heller; Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery by Doug Cushman
Review Books: Egg-Carton Zoo by Rudi Haas and Hans Blohm; Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg; What the Mailman Brought by Carolyn Craven, illustrated by Tomie de Paola
Review Books: The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood and Martin Link, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker; How a Book is Made by Aliki; Pablo Picasso by Ibi Lepscky, illustrated by Paolo Cardoni
Review Books: Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon, illustrations by Jerry Pinkney; I Like the Music by Leah Komaiko, pictures by Barbara Westman; The Old Banjo by Dennis Haseley, drawings by Stephen Gammell
Review Books: Moon Tiger by Phyllis Root, art by Ed Young; Cat and Canary by Michael Foreman; Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, retold and illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley
Review Books: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr; Let's Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants by M.K. Brown; Harriet's Recital by Nancy Carlson
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
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
Review Books: The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, drawings by Robert Lawson; The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats; Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Review Books: The Popcorn Book by Tomie de Paola; What Happens to a Hamburger? by Paul Showers, illustrated by Anne Rockwell; Eats Poems by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by Susan Russo
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
Review Books: Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, illustrated by Ken Bachaus; Old Turtle's Baseball Stories by Leonard Kessler; Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat by Patricia Reilly Giff, illustrated by Susanna Natti
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
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
Review Books: Truck Song by Diane Siebert, pictures by Byron Barton; Tin Lizzie and Little Nell by David Cox; Fill It Up!: All About Service Stations by Gail Gibbons
Review Books: Soccer Sam by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Blanche Sims; Making the Team by Nancy Carlson; Miss Nelson Has a Field Day by Harry Allard, illustrated by James Marshall
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
Review Books: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg; My First Cook Book by Angela Wilkes; Uncle Nacho's Hat by Harriet Rohmer, illustrations by Veg Reisberg
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
Review Books: Find Waldo Now by Martin Handford; What Does It Do?: A Book About Inventions by Daniel Jacobs; The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin by Aliki
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
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
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
Review Books: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg; The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper, illustrated by George and Doris Hauman; The Train to Lulu's by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, illustrated by Robert Castilla
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
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
Review Books: 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; Tillie and the Wall by Leo Lionni
Review Books: Will We Miss Them?: Endangered Species by Alexandra Wright, illustrated by Marshall Peck III; "10 Things I Know" Books by Wendy Wax and Della Rowland, illustrated by Thomas Payne; Manatees by Emilie U. Lepthien
Review Books: Dancing with the Indians by Angela Shelf Medearis, illustrated by Samuel Byrd; Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year by Kate Waters and Madeline Slovenz-Low, photographs by Martha Cooper; Cordelia, Dance! by Sarah Stapler
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
Review Books: Oink by Arthur Geisert; The Hippopotamus Song: A Muddy Love Story by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott; This House is Made of Mud by Ken Buchanan, illustrated by Libby Tracy
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
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
Review Books: Introduction to Musical Instruments series: Brass/Strings/Woodwinds/Percussion by Dee Lillegard; Georgia Music by Helen V. Griffith, pictures by James Stevenson; The Science Book of Sound by Neil Ardley
Review Books: Roses Sing on New Snow by Paul Yee, illustrated by Harvey Chan; Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully; Great Women in the Struggle by Toyomi Igus, Veronica Freeman Ellis, Diane Patrick and Valerie Wilson Wesley
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
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
Review Books: 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; The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
Review Books: Amy: The Story of a Deaf Child by Lou Ann Walker, photographs by Michael Abramson; Hand Rhymes collected and illustrated by Marc Brown; The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin
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
Review Books: Smart Dog by Ralph Leemis, illustrated by Chris Demarest; This is the Key to the Kingdom by Diane Worfolk Allison; The House that Jack Built, pictures by Jenny Stow
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
Review Books: Time Train by Paul Fleischman, illustrations by Claire Ewart; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, drawn by Ron Barrett; Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Review Books: Coyote Dreams by Susan Nunes, illustrations by Ronald Himler; The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Jim Harris; Diego by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Jeanette Winter
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
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
Review Books: I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins, illustrated by Robin Brickman; The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee; The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun, illustrated by Robert Casilla
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
Review Books: Sleep is for Everyone by Paul Showers, illustrated by Wendy Watson; Step into the Night by Joanne Ryder, illustrated by Dennis Nolan; Amazing Bats by Frank Greenaway, photographs by Jerry Young and Frank Greenaway
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
Review Books: The Car Washing Street by Denise Lewis Patrick, pictures by John Ward; Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield, pictures by Jan Spivey Gilchrist; I Got Community by Melrose Cooper, pictures by Dale Gottlieb
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
Review Books: The Desert Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta, illustrated by Mark Astrella; It Rained on the Desert Today by Ken and Debby Buchanan, illustrated by Libby Tracy; Water, Water Everywhere by Cynthia Overbeck Bix and Mark J. Rauzon
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
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
Review Books: A Peddler's Dream by Janice Shefelman, illustrated by Tom Shefelman; Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree by William Miller, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu
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
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
Review Books: 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; Only One by Marc Harshman, illustrated by Barbara Garrison
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
Review Books: Walter the Baker by Eric Carle; The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen, paintings by Ruth Wright Paulsen; Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris, photographs by Ken Heyman
Review Books: Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Schuett; Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Carol Jones; Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney, illustrated by Annette Cable
Review Books: Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes, illustrated by Karmen Thompson; Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney; The Maestro Plays by Bill Martin, Jr., pictures by Vladimir Radunsky
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Review Books: A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead by Nancy Luenn, illustrated by Robert Chapman; The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Erik Blegvad; The Grandad Tree by Trish Cooke, illustrated by Sharon Wilson
Season 19 (2002)
All episodes this season were directed by Ed Wiseman.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Review: Angelina on Stage by Katharine Holabird, illustrated by Helen Craig; Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow by Alexander Stadler; Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
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
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
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
