Reading Rainbow Season 5

Right now you can watch Reading Rainbow Season 5 on — and it holds up to as much attention as you give it. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. Its 8/10 TMDB score, built from 48 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. LeVar Burton anchors it with a performance that rewards close attention. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Reading Rainbow Season 5 earns its spot. Reading Rainbow Season 5 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Season 5 of Reading Rainbow includes 10 episodes. It aired from June 1987 to July 1987. This season stars LeVar Burton. LeVar Burton leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1987. Reading Rainbow Season 5 resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in Reading Rainbow Season 5. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. 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.

🎬 Reading Rainbow Season 5 — Episode Guide

The Life Cycle of the Honey Bee

1987-06-22

LeVar visits a beehive to look into beekeeping and how honey is made. Barbara Feldon narrates The Life Cycle of the Honeybee, which goes into detail about how bees make hives in natural habitats such as trees.

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie

1987-06-23

Sada Thompson reads the story of Abbie, the eldest daughter of a family that tends a lighthouse, and how she had to keep the lamps working during a storm while her father was in the city getting supplies. LeVar visits a family that runs their own sailboat tourism business and actually live on their ...

Chickens Aren't the Only Ones

1987-06-24

LeVar wants to find the answer to the old question, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Posing as field reporter for E.G.G.-TV , he uncovers other discoveries instead, such as loggerhead sea turtles emerging onto the sand to lay eggs. Georgia Engel narrates Chickens Aren't the Only Ones, a b...

The Paper Crane

1987-06-25

LeVar provides insight on Japanese culture. Keye Luke reads the story of a kind restaurant owner who is thanked by a customer with a magical crane made from a napkin, whose dancing spectacle soon brings in the guests to make the failing business prosperous again.

The Runaway Duck

1987-06-28

In a small boat on the Chesapeake Bay, LeVar is on the lookout for ducks who are spending the winter. During the trip, he gets a chance to see a duck up close and show how a couple turns a block of wood into a duck. Orson Bean reads The Runaway Duck, a story of a toy duck named Egbert who gets tied ...

A Three Hat Day

1987-06-29

A totally unreal hat store called "Hats... to Where?" sells hats that transport customers to all parts of the world. LeVar whisks himself to the horse racetrack at Turf Paradise, to a model train display in Three Bridges, New Jersey, and to the Nassau Coliseum, where he gets a goal tending lesson fr...

Rumplestiltskin

1987-06-30

This looks like an extension of the previous episode, but it is a separate venture. LeVar appears in proper attire for an English Renaissance festival. Ralph Waite reads the fairy tale of Rumpelstiltskin, about a poor miller's daughter who is stuck between a greedy king and a conniving elf to get ou...

Best Friends

1987-07-01

The best of friends are those whose friendships endure everything. And it extends to all walks of life, particularly to dogs. Liza Siegler reads the story of two girls who are best friends, but their relationship is strained when one girl goes on a vacation with relatives and the other girl feels lo...

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch

1987-07-02

LeVar travels to an old west town made to look like life in the 1880's to see how times have changed in the last 100 years. He explores how cowboys lived and traveled, and he also shows how stunt riders practice tricks on their horses for western movies. Hoyt Axton reads the featured book, a story t...

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My Little Island

1987-07-03

LeVar spends a day on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. With the featured book as his guide, LeVar drives around the coastline, visits an open market, and gets a glimpse of a mountain frog. Ron Foster narrates the featured book, My Little Island, about a young boy who visits his cousins on the isl...

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