Reading Rainbow: Season 12
Season 12 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Reading Rainbow Season 11.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Nosey Mrs. Rat
Oct 3, 1994 · 30 min
Observing people is the theme of the day, as LeVar finds himself with time to kill before a business meeting and chooses to watch children at a playground while he waits.
Borreguita and the Coyote
Oct 4, 1994 · 30 min
LeVar spends the day in a barrio in East Los Angeles studying Mexican culture as he visits friends who make their own guitars, eats some traditional food, and discusses the cultura
Summer
Oct 5, 1994 · 30 min
In this episode of Reading Rainbow, LeVar shows the kids the different sights and sounds of Summer. The different wildlife of Summer, and how they live. Also, there are segments on
Once There Was a Tree
Oct 6, 1994 · 30 min
There is still use to a tree stump, as the feature book entails. Eli Wallach reads the story about the lifetime of a tree, and how different animals and people made use of the tree
Appelemando's Dreams
Oct 7, 1994 · 30 min
Creativity is the theme as LeVar spends the day painting a mural and other artwork. Michael Learned tells the story of Appelemondo, a boy whose daydreams were so vivid that they co
The Lotus Seed
Oct 10, 1994 · 30 min
Young people who emigrated to the United States from Asian countries are interviewed and discuss having to learn a new language and fitting in with other children their age while d
Hail to Mail
Oct 11, 1994 · 30 min
LeVar explains the postal service and shows how important mail as a form of communication.
Stellaluna
Oct 12, 1994 · 30 min
LeVar discusses bats and the importance of sleep. The featured story is of a bat who is separated from her family and adopted by a bird.
My Shadow
Oct 13, 1994 · 30 min
In this episode of Reading Rainbow: LeVar shows the kids how shadows and lights make up our everyday lives. Andrea Davis is featured as a photographer who shoots different parts of
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
Oct 14, 1994 · 30 min
Once again the show looks into firsts in air travel, recounting great pilots such as Bessie Coleman, Amelia Earhart and the featured book's heroine, Ruth Law. Linda Lavin narrates