Reading Rainbow - Season 7

Reading Rainbow - Season 7

Season 7

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DatesJuli 3, 1989 - März 30, 1990
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Episodes

Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story
Season 7Episode 130 min

Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story

LeVar is sailing on the Atlantic coast whale watching. He and a team of scientists learn about how whales eat and how they live in their habitats in the ocean. Jane Pauley narrates the true story of Humphrey, the Lost Whale, all about a humpback whale who gets separated from his pod and gets stuck under a bridge over the Sacramento River.
Juli 3, 1989
Stay Away from the Junkyard!
Season 7Episode 230 min

Stay Away from the Junkyard!

LeVar decides it's time to clean out the things cluttering up his house. What he finds is only memories of his entire life. None of this is junk, as it turns out. Michelle Mariano reads the story of a young girl visiting relatives who befriends the local junkyard manager, even though the rest of the town avoids him and spreads rumors.
Juli 4, 1989
Little Nino's Pizzeria
Season 7Episode 330 min

Little Nino's Pizzeria

LeVar makes a pizza, while "The Wonder Years" star Josh Saviano reads a story about about a boy who's father runs a pizzeria.
Juli 5, 1989
Ludlow Laughs
Season 7Episode 430 min

Ludlow Laughs

Ludlow is a big grump who never laughs or even smiles. One night he has the funniest dream ever. When he starts laughing, the whole world laughs with him. Also includes LeVar "Clowning Around", Stand Up Comic and book reviews for Pig William, Shake My Sillies Out and The Make Me Laugh! Joke Books.
Juli 6, 1989
Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo
Season 7Episode 530 min

Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo

It's spring 1989, and LeVar gets in the training camp of the Oakland Athletics (back when it was Tony LaRussa, Dave Stewart, Mark McGwire and Terry Steinbach) for a program on baseball. Edward Asner reads the story of a family who meets a dinosaur who they soon find out loves to play baseball.
Juli 7, 1989
Dive to the Coral Reefs
Season 7Episode 630 min

Dive to the Coral Reefs

Within the sea, lies a combination of scuba diving and (just slightly) snorkeling as LeVar and a friend of his dive beneath the ocean to explore a living coral reef and the life around it. Fran Brill narrates Dive to the Coral Reefs, a book that shows the life and structures of the beauty that lies beneath the sea.
März 26, 1990
Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus
Season 7Episode 730 min

Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus

LeVar explores the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, photographing its natural environment and learning about how animals in the desert adapt to this kind of climate. Philip Basco narrates the feature book on the natural world of the famous desert cactus, the giant saguaro.
März 27, 1990
Tooth-Gnasher Superflash
Season 7Episode 830 min

Tooth-Gnasher Superflash

LeVar, the jack of all trades, becomes a garage mechanic for this episode. Much of it fantasizes about dream cars. Then comes a real dream car, which a man has decorated, followed by stock footage of an assembly line and a piece on a solar-powered car named the Sunraycer. Victoria Jackson narrates Tooth-Gnasher Superflash, the story of a family that buys a car that is not like any other.
März 28, 1990
Bored–Nothing to Do!
Season 7Episode 930 min

Bored–Nothing to Do!

Focusing on planes in this episode, LeVar takes a flying lesson and flies a plane himself. Also included: the activities of a top-notch airline in flight, as well as a look at the people who made the dream of flying come true, like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindburgh. Alex Borg and David Hyman read the story of two boys who decide to build their own airplane, using household items, after their mother sends them outside to play when they complain of being bored.
März 29, 1990
Sports Pages
Season 7Episode 1030 min

Sports Pages

Levar Burton works out in a gym and talks about the determination it takes to succeed in sports. Burton narrates two poems from "Sports Pages" by Arnold Adoff. Burton visits with a young Olympic gymnast who talks about the preparation she must go through before competition. Burton talks to a brother-sister figure skating team, the skaters show how hard they must work to achieve their goals.
März 30, 1990

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