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Reading Rainbow: Season 6

10 episodes Premiered Aug 15, 1988 Updated Sep 28, 2026
Previously on Reading Rainbow

Season 6 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 5.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 6 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 6: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S6·E1 Mytharc

The Bionic Bunny Show

Aug 15, 1988 · 30 min

In both the featured story and on the set of the show "Star Trek: the Next Generation" (which LeVar also stars on) we learn how TV shows are made and how actors in costumes and spe

S6·E2 Core

Bugs

Aug 16, 1988 · 30 min

With microorganisms under his belt, LeVar now goes on the lookout for insects.

S6·E3 Core

The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner

Aug 17, 1988 · 30 min

LeVar tries to have lunch at a diner, but soon finds himself thrust into work. For some reason, he just doesn't understand luncheonette lingo.

S6·E4 Core

Brush

Aug 18, 1988 · 30 min

Can inanimate things come to life, as the feature book suggests? LeVar finds out for himself in a factory where all the goods for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are stored.

S6·E5 Core

The Purple Coat

Aug 19, 1988 · 30 min

In New York again, LeVar goes to get a tailor-made jacket. In between comes a visit to the Fashion Institute of Technology.

S6·E6 Core

Barn Dance!

Aug 27, 1988 · 30 min

LeVar is in Tennessee where he is going to a barn dance. Along the way, he meets the band who will be playing their Bluegrass music and meets a man who makes his own fiddles. At th

S6·E7 Core

Duncan and Dolores

Aug 28, 1988 · 30 min

There's more to the cat than meets the eye. It culminates with one of the stars of what was then believed to be Broadway's permanence: CATS. Jane Curtain narrates the featured book

S6·E8 Core

Knots on a Counting Rope

Aug 29, 1988

What's a handicap to a determined individual? With LeVar camping out by himself, the show banks itself on a news anchor who had been born with deformed hands and feet. The featured

S6·E9 Mytharc

Mummies Made in Egypt

Aug 30, 1988 · 30 min

A camel is out of place in Boston, but LeVar rides one in preparation for a show that takes a close look at mummies. Corrine Orr narrates "Mummies Made in Egypt", a book that gives

S6·E10 Mytharc

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

Aug 31, 1988 · 30 min

LeVar celebrates the culture of Africa in New York City's Central Park where he learns how African drums are made. Phylicia Rashid narrates Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, an African

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