Reading Rainbow
Season 18
6 listed hours · 1983–2006 · PBS
From the desk
How this season is filed
LeVar Burton takes you into a book, then kids review it, then the catchphrase: you don't have to take his word for it. PBS literacy as after-school adventure, with field-trip segments that treated reading as a passport. A generation's librarian on camera — the Kickstarter revival proved nobody actually outgrew him.
TV Flash files Season 18 of Reading Rainbow (1983–2006) on PBS as a mid listed season (18; 18 of 21) — 6 listed hours, 2000-10-23–2001-04-20 from “The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest” (S18E01) to “Badger's Parting Gifts” (S18E06). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
- S18E01
The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest — Season 18, Episode 1 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 2000-10-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S18E02
Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk
Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk — Season 18, Episode 2 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 2000-11-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S18E03
Lemonade for Sale
Lemonade for Sale — Season 18, Episode 3 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 2001-01-19. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S18E04
The Secret Shortcut
The Secret Shortcut — Season 18, Episode 4 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 2001-02-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S18E05
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States — Season 18, Episode 5 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 2001-03-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S18E06
Badger's Parting Gifts
Badger's Parting Gifts — Season 18, Episode 6 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 2001-04-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
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