Reading Rainbow
Season 21
5 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 21 of Reading Rainbow (1983–2006) on PBS as the last listed season of 21 — 5 listed hours, 2006-11-06–2006-11-10 from “The Biggest Test in the Universe” (S21E01) to “Show Way” (S21E05). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S21E05 Show Way
Show Way is the last book: twenty-one seasons of Reading Rainbow. You don't have to take his word for it.
- S21E01
The Biggest Test in the Universe
The Biggest Test in the Universe — Season 21, Episode 1 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 2006-11-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S21E02
I Lost My Tooth in Africa
I Lost My Tooth in Africa — Season 21, Episode 2 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 2006-11-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S21E03
Boxes for Katje
Boxes for Katje — Season 21, Episode 3 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 2006-11-08. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S21E04
Game Day
Game Day — Season 21, Episode 4 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 2006-11-09. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S21E05
Show Way
Show Way — Season 21, Episode 5 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 2006-11-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
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