As of July 2026, Reading Rainbow Season 11 aired in 1993 with 10 episodes — streaming now on PBS Kids Amazon Channel. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Reading Rainbow Season 11

1993 10 Episodes Kids ⭐ 8/10

Right now you can watch Reading Rainbow Season 11 on — and it holds up to as much attention as you give it. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. With 48 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. LeVar Burton leads a cast that never overplays its hand. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Reading Rainbow Season 11 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Reading Rainbow Season 11 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Season 11 of Reading Rainbow includes 10 episodes. It premiered in October 1993. This season stars LeVar Burton. LeVar Burton leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1993. The performances in Reading Rainbow Season 11 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

Drama fans who appreciate slow-burn storytelling will feel right at home with Reading Rainbow Season 11. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. LeVar Burton carries the material with a performance that rewards close attention. Worth starting sooner rather than later.

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🎬 Reading Rainbow Season 11 — Episode Guide

E1
Amazing Grace
1993-10-11
LeVar visits a theater to discuss acting and how pretending to be someone else sometimes helps people express themselves in different ways. He also visits with his friend, Whoopi Goldberg, who was launching her own talk show, and discussed how her unique look has sometimes helped, and hindered her c...
E2
The Furry News
1993-10-12
As LeVar discusses his favorite parts of a newspaper and interviews other people for different viewpoints, other functions of a newspaper staff are explored. Cartoonist Ray Billingsley, who draws Curtis, shows how he illustrates a comic, and a high school newspaper staff is profiled making a weekly ...
E3
Mrs. Katz and Tush
1993-10-13
LeVar pays a visit to a family friend, who is Jewish, to learn how to prepare special foods served during a Seder dinner, like Challah bread and potato latkes. Reizyl Bozyk and Rick English read the featured story of an elderly Jewish lady and how she befriends her neighbor's young son after she is ...
E4
The Salamander Room
1993-10-14
LeVar explores the rain forest and animals in their habitats by visiting a park that recreates the rain forest environment artificially to make the animals comfortable. This episode also includes a film of scientists who study the region's animals from above by climbing inside a tree's canopy. Lynne...
E5
Silent Lotus
1993-10-15
This episode takes a look-in at deaf culture. LeVar discusses forms of communication that doesn't involve words, like hand signals, mime, and gestures, like in charades. He also asks a friend who is a deaf actress to teach him some sentences in sign language. Lea Salonga reads the featured story of ...
E6
Follow the Drinking Gourd
1993-10-18
LeVar reflects on a time when Africans were brought to America as slaves. He talks about how African-Americans risked their lives for freedom, and discusses how the music from slavery times effected the African culture. Keith David reads the featured story, which explains that the African-American f...
E7
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
1993-10-19
One thing leads to another in this episode, with LeVar in a bowling alley, showing how certain actions lead to consequences. Included is a piece on an expert at domino displays and domino art. Beth Howland reads "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," the tale of a little boy who offers a cookie to a mouse,...
E8
Is This a House for Hermit Crab?
1993-10-20
LeVar sets out to build a bird house, prompting an examination of animal habitats. Eartha Kitt reads the story of a growing hermit crab, who is now too large for his current shell, and all the difficulties he has trying to find a new place to live, all the while trying to avoid predators who want to...
E9
And Still the Turtle Watched
1993-10-21
LeVar discusses how people can help to preserve animals and plants in nature that are in danger of extinction. Stories profiled include scientists working to improve the bald eagle population by raising chicks and re-releasing them into the mountains, and an elementary school class that decides to p...
E10
June 29, 1999
1993-10-22
What's fact and what's fiction? What's the truth and what's absurd? LeVar looks into unusual stories and tries to distinguish the actual news from fabrications. Charles Kimbrough reads a story (set in the future from the time the show was originally broadcast) about a young girl's science experiment...

🎭 Cast of Reading Rainbow Season 11

LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton
Self - Host

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