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Reading Rainbow

Season 6

10 listed hours · 1983–2006 · PBS

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How this season is filed

Filed by Julian Hart · The Binge Brief

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 6 of Reading Rainbow (1983–2006) on PBS as a mid listed season (6; 6 of 21) — 10 listed hours, 1988-08-15–1989-08-31 from “The Bionic Bunny Show” (S06E01) to “Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters” (S06E10). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S06E01 The Bionic Bunny Show

    The Bionic Bunny Show is a 1988 bunny-title open: Kickstarter-era love already implied in the craft, nobody outgrew him.

  1. S06E01

    The Bionic Bunny Show

    The Bionic Bunny Show — Season 6, Episode 1 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 1988-08-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S06E02

    Bugs

    Bugs — Season 6, Episode 2 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 1987-08-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S06E03

    The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner

    The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner — Season 6, Episode 3 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 1987-08-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S06E04

    Brush

    Brush — Season 6, Episode 4 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 1988-08-18. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S06E05

    The Purple Coat

    The Purple Coat — Season 6, Episode 5 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 1988-08-19. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S06E06

    Barn Dance!

    Barn Dance! — Season 6, Episode 6 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 1989-08-27. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S06E07

    Duncan and Dolores

    Duncan and Dolores — Season 6, Episode 7 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 1989-08-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S06E08

    Knots on a Counting Rope

    Knots on a Counting Rope — Season 6, Episode 8 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 1989-08-29. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S06E09

    Mummies Made in Egypt

    Mummies Made in Egypt — Season 6, Episode 9 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 1989-08-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S06E10

    Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

    Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters — Season 6, Episode 10 of Reading Rainbow. Aired 1989-08-31. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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