List of Reading Rainbow episodes

This is the following episode list of Reading Rainbow hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on June 6, 1983. The final episode aired on November 10, 2006; re-runs ceased on August 28, 2009. On June 20, 2012, an app for the show was released.

VHS releases distributed by PBS and Pacific Arts

Title	Release Date	Notes
Volume 1	August 13, 1992	"Rumpelstiltskin", and "Snowy Day: Stories and Poems"
Volume 2	August 13, 1992	"Dive to the Coral Reef", and "The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth"
Volume 3	August 13, 1992	"Mummies Made in Egypt", and "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain"
Volume 4	August 13, 1992	"The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush", and "The Life Cycle of the Honeybee"
Volume 5	August 13, 1992	"The Bicycle Man", and "The Adventures Of Taxi Dog"
Volume 6	August 13, 1992	"Opt: An Illusionary Tale", and "A Three Hat Day"

DVD releases

DVD Name	# of Episodes	Release Date	No. of Discs
Reading Rainbow Favorites	8	July 18, 2006	4
Reading Rainbow: Family Matters	2	July 18, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: Man's Best Friend	2	July 18, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: Ocean Life	2	July 18, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: Music, Music Everywhere	2	July 18, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: Let's Go!	2	September 12, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: How's That Made?	2	September 12, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: Birds of a Feather	2	September 12, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: Desert Life	2	September 12, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: Sea To Shining Sea – Stories of America	2	November 7, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: Farm Life	2	November 7, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: Math Is Everywhere	2	November 7, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: Buried Treasures	2	November 7, 2006	1
Reading Rainbow: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie	4	May 12, 2015	1
Reading Rainbow: Animal Cafe	4	June 30, 2015	1
Reading Rainbow: Miss Nelson Is Back	4	January 12, 2016	1
Reading Rainbow: LeVar's Favorites	4	May 10, 2016	1

Episodes

155 half-hour episodes produced.

Season 1: 1983 (15 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
1	1	101	"Tight Times" (narrated by Patrick McCaffrey)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	June 6, 1983
2	2	102	"Miss Nelson Is Back" (narrated by Ruth Buzzi)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	June 13, 1983
3	3	103	"Bea and Mr. Jones" (narrated by Madeline Kahn)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	June 20, 1983
4	4	104	"Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" (narrated by James Earl Jones)	Larry Lancit	Lou Berger	June 27, 1983
5	5	105	"Louis the Fish" (narrated by Vincent Gardenia)	Larry Lancit	Lou Berger	July 4, 1983
6	6	106	"Digging Up Dinosaurs" (narrated by Linda Gelman)	Larry Lancit	Lou Berger	July 18, 1983
7	7	107	"Liang and the Magic Paintbrush" (narrated by Lauren Tom)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	July 19, 1983
8	8	108	"Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport" (Pilot) (narrated by Douglas Parvin)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	July 20, 1983
9	9	109	"Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe" (narrated by Carolyn McHanon)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	July 21, 1983
10	10	110	"The Gift of the Sacred Dog" (narrated by Michael Ansara)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	July 22, 1983
11	11	111	"Gregory the Terrible Eater" (narrated by Marilyn Michaels)	Larry Lancit	Mark Saltzman	July 25, 1983
12	12	112	"Three by the Sea" (narrated by Chicago City Limits)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	July 26, 1983
13	13	113	"Arthur's Eyes" (narrated by Bill Cosby)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	July 27, 1983
14	14	114	"The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" (narrated by Kaleena Kiff and Laura Hicks)	Larry Lancit	Mark Saltzman	July 28, 1983
15	15	115	"Ty's One-Man Band" (narrated by Lou Rawls)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	July 29, 1983

Season 2: 1984 (5 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
16	1	201	"Hot-Air Henry" (narrated by William Windom)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	July 16, 1984
17	2	202	"Simon's Book" (narrated by Ruby Dee)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	July 17, 1984
18	3	203	"Ox-Cart Man" (narrated by Lorne Greene)	Larry Lancit	Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Schecter	July 18, 1984
19	4	204	"Mystery on the Docks" (narrated by Raul Julia)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	July 19, 1984
20	5	205	"A Chair for My Mother" (narrated by Amy Linker)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	July 20, 1984

Season 3: 1985 (5 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
21	1	301	"Paul Bunyan" (narrated by Buddy Ebsen)	Larry Lancit	Lydia Wilen	June 24, 1985
22	2	302	"The Patchwork Quilt" (narrated by Isabel Sanford)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	June 25, 1985
23	3	303	"Hill of Fire" (narrated by Fernando Escandon)	Larry Lancit	Ronnie Krauss	June 26, 1985
24	4	304	"The Tortoise and the Hare" (narrated by Gilda Radner)	Larry Lancit	Ellen Schecter	June 27, 1985
25	5	305	"Perfect the Pig" (narrated by James Coco)	Larry Lancit	Lydia Wilen	June 28, 1985

Season 4: 1986 (10 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
26	1	306	"Animal Café" (narrated by Martin Short) (Season 3 leftover)	Hugh Martin	Mark Saltzman	June 23, 1986
27	2	307	"Alistair in Outer Space" (narrated by Arnold Stang)	Hugh Martin	Ronnie Krauss	June 24, 1986
28	3	308	"Feelings" (narrated by Raima Evans, Jessica Mercado, Laura Haymann, Paul Sidoriak, Jonathan Rose, Timothy Oakes, Jerry David, and Pamela Stogner)	Hugh Martin	Ellen Schecter	June 25, 1986
29	4	309	"Watch the Stars Come Out" (narrated by Laura Haymann) (Season 3 leftover)	Hugh Martin	Peter Barton	June 26, 1986
30	5	310	"Mama Don't Allow" (narrated by Fred Newman)	Hugh Martin	Peter Barton	June 27, 1986
31	6	401	"Space Case" (narrated by Michael Winslow)	Hugh Martin	Ellen Schecter	August 4, 1986
32	7	402	"The Milk Makers" (narrated by Alaina Reed)	Hugh Martin	Patti Sullivan	August 5, 1986
33	8	403	"Imogene's Antlers" (narrated by Imogene Coca)	Mitchell Geller	Joan Wilen, Lydia Wilen, & Patti Sullivan	August 6, 1986
34	9	404	"Germs Make Me Sick!" (narrated by Molly Mandlin)	Hugh Martin	Ronnie Krauss	August 7, 1986
35	10	405	"Abiyoyo" (narrated and sung by Pete Seeger)	Larry Lancit & Mitchell Geller	Mark Saltzman	August 8, 1986

Season 5: 1987 (10 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
36	1	406	"The Life Cycle of the Honeybee" (narrated by Barbara Feldon)	Mitchell Geller	Ronnie Krauss	June 1, 1987
37	2	407	"Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie" (narrated by Sada Thompson)	Mitchell Geller	Ellen Schecter	June 2, 1987
38	3	408	"Chickens Aren't the Only Ones" (narrated by Georgia Engel)	Mitchell Geller	Mark Eisman	June 3, 1987
39	4	409	"The Paper Crane" (narrated by Keye Luke)	Mitchell Geller	Ellen Schecter	June 4, 1987
40	5	410	"The Runaway Duck" (narrated by Orson Bean)	Mitchell Geller	Jeanne Marie Laskas	June 5, 1987
41	6	411	"A Three Hat Day" (narrated by Zelda Rubinstein)	Vern Oakley	Mark Saltzman	July 27, 1987
42	7	412	"Rumpelstiltskin" (narrated by Ralph Waite)	Vern Oakley	Jill Gluckson	July 28, 1987
43	8	413	"Best Friends" (narrated by Liza Siegler)	Vern Oakley	Ronnie Krauss	July 29, 1987
44	9	414	"Meanwhile Back at the Ranch" (narrated by Hoyt Axton)	Vern Oakley	Ronnie Krauss	July 30, 1987
45	10	415	"My Little Island" (narrated by Ron Foster)	Vern Oakley	Ronnie Krauss	July 31, 1987

Season 6: 1988–89 (10 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
46	1	501	"The Bionic Bunny Show" (narrated by Gene Klavan)	Dean Parisot	Ellis Weiner	August 15, 1988
47	2	502	"Bugs" (narrated by Lori Delgado and Edwin Maldonado, Jr.)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	August 16, 1988
48	3	503	"The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner" (narrated by Peter Falk)	Dean Parisot & Larry Lancit	Ellis Weiner	August 17, 1988
49	4	504	"Brush" (narrated by Hector Elizondo)	Larry Lancit	Mark Saltzman	August 18, 1988
50	5	505	"The Purple Coat" (narrated by Jack Gilford)	Hugh Martin	Ellis Weiner	August 19, 1988
51	6	506	"Barn Dance!" (narrated by Roy Clark)	Hugh Martin	Andrew Gutelle	March 27, 1989
52	7	507	"Duncan and Dolores" (narrated by Jane Curtin)	Ed Wiseman	Loriann Champagne Smith	March 28, 1989
53	8	508	"Knots on a Counting Rope" (narrated by J. Ruben Silverbird and Kenneth Blank)	Hugh Martin	Ellen Schecter	March 29, 1989
54	9	509	"Mummies Made in Egypt" (narrated by Corinne Orr)	Larry Lancit	Cecily Truett	March 30, 1989
55	10	510	"Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" (narrated by Phylicia Rashad)	Mark Mannucci	David Yazbek	March 31, 1989

Season 7: 1989–90 (10 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
56	1	601	"Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story" (narrated by Jane Pauley)	Dean Parisot	Jill Gluckson	July 3, 1989
57	2	602	"Stay Away from the Junkyard!" (narrated by Michele Mariana)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	July 4, 1989
58	3	603	"Little Nino's Pizzeria" (narrated by Josh Saviano)	Mark Mannucci	Andrew Gutelle	July 5, 1989
59	4	604	"Ludlow Laughs" (narrated by Phyllis Diller)	Dean Parisot	Mitchell Kriegman	July 6, 1989
60	5	605	"Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo" (narrated by Edward Asner)	Ed Wiseman	Jill Gluckson	July 7, 1989
61	6	606	"Dive to the Coral Reefs" (narrated by Fran Brill)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	March 26, 1990
62	7	607	"Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus" (narrated by Philip Bosco)	Dean Parisot	Ronnie Krauss	March 27, 1990
63	8	608	"Tooth-Gnasher Superflash" (narrated by Victoria Jackson)	Hugh Martin	Andrew Gutelle	March 28, 1990
64	9	609	"Bored—Nothing to Do!" (narrated by Alex Borg and David Hyman)	Larry Lancit	Ronnie Krauss	March 29, 1990
65	10	610	"Sports Pages" (narrated by LeVar Burton)	Ed Wiseman	Jill Gluckson	March 30, 1990

Season 8: 1990 (5 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
66	1	701	"The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth" (narrated by Keisha Knight-Pulliam)	Mark Mannucci	Andrew Gutelle	September 10, 1990
67	2	702	"Jack, the Seal and the Sea" (narrated by Leslie Uggams)	Hugh Martin	Ronnie Krauss	September 11, 1990
68	3	703	"The Bicycle Man" (narrated by Tom Matsusaka)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	September 12, 1990
69	4	704	"Florence and Eric Take the Cake" (narrated by Julia Child)	Mark Mannucci	Andrew Gutelle	September 13, 1990
70	5	705	"Sunken Treasure" (narrated by Robert Morse)	Larry Lancit	Andrew Gutelle	September 14, 1990

Season 9: 1991 (10 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
71	1	706	"Alistair's Time Machine" (narrated by Arnold Stang)	Ed Wiseman	Patty Marx	September 16, 1991
72	2	707	"The Adventures of Taxi Dog" (narrated by Vincent Gardenia)	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	September 17, 1991
73	3	708	"The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" (narrated by Harold Littlebird)	Larry Lancit	Kristin Laskas Martin	September 18, 1991
74	4	709	"Galimoto" (narrated by Hattie Winston)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	September 19, 1991
75	5	710	"Fox on the Job" (narrated by Fred Newman)	Ed Wiseman	Robert Stork	September 20, 1991
76	6	801	"Opt: An Illusionary Tale" (narrated by LeVar Burton)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	September 23, 1991
77	7	802	"Raccoons and Ripe Corn" (narrated by Julia Barr)	Larry Lancit	Andrew Gutelle	September 24, 1991
78	8	803	"The Lady with the Ship on Her Head" (narrated by Marilyn Pasekoff)	Ed Wiseman	Ellis Weiner	September 25, 1991
79	9	804	"Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express" (narrated by Brian Dennehy)	Richard Hendrick	Jill Gluckson	September 26, 1991
80	10	805	"Snowy Day: Stories and Poems" (narrated by Lena Horne, Lacey Chabert, and Richard Courtney)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	September 27, 1991

Season 10: 1992 (10 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
81	1	806	"Tar Beach" (narrated by Ruby Dee)	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	October 5, 1992
82	2	807	"The Wall" (narrated by Jason Ruggiero)	Mark Mannucci	Andrew Gutelle	October 6, 1992
83	3	808	"Sam the Sea Cow" (narrated by Jason Robards)	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	October 7, 1992
84	4	809	"Rechenka's Eggs" (narrated by Viveca Lindfors)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	October 8, 1992
85	5	810	"Sophie and Lou" (narrated by Lola Falana)	Fred Surr	Fred Surr	October 9, 1992
86	6	901	"Come a Tide" (narrated by Dixie Carter)	Ed Wiseman	Susan Leeds	October 12, 1992
87	7	902	"The Piggy in the Puddle" (narrated by Tovah Feldshuh)	Ed Wiseman	Orly Berger & Ed Wiseman	October 13, 1992
88	8	903	"Seashore Surprises" (narrated by LeVar Burton)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	October 14, 1992
89	9	904	"Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies" (narrated by Andrew Lei)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	October 15, 1992
90	10	905	"Berlioz the Bear" (narrated by James Avery)	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	October 16, 1992

Season 11: 1993 (10 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
91	1	906	"Amazing Grace" (narrated by Tyne Daly)	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	October 11, 1993
92	2	907	"The Furry News" (narrated by the cast of Forbidden Broadway and Lee Murphy)	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	October 12, 1993
93	3	908	"Mrs. Katz and Tush" (narrated by Reizl Bozyk and Rick English)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	October 13, 1993
94	4	909	"The Salamander Room" (narrated by Lynne Thigpen)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	October 14, 1993
95	5	910	"Silent Lotus" (narrated by Lea Salonga)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	October 15, 1993
96	6	1001	"Follow the Drinking Gourd" (narrated by Keith David)	Mark Mannucci	Steve Conner & Charlie Rice	October 18, 1993
97	7	1002	"If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" (narrated by Beth Howland)	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	October 19, 1993
98	8	1003	"Is This a House for Hermit Crab?" (narrated by Eartha Kitt)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	October 20, 1993
99	9	1004	"And Still the Turtle Watched" (narrated by Michael Ansara)	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	October 21, 1993
100	10	1005	"June 29, 1999" (narrated by Charles Kimbrough)	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	October 22, 1993

Season 12: 1994 (10 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
101	1	1006	"Nosey Mrs. Rat" (narrated by Faith Prince)	Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle & Ronnie Krauss	October 3, 1994
102	2	1007	"Borreguita and the Coyote" (narrated by Olga Merediz)	Mark Mannucci	Bernardo Solano	October 4, 1994
103	3	1008	"Summer" (narrated by Ossie Davis)	Mark Mannucci & Ed Wiseman	Andrew Gutelle	October 5, 1994
104	4	1009	"Once There Was a Tree" (narrated by Eli Wallach)	James C. Wright	Ronnie Krauss	October 6, 1994
105	5	1010	"Appelemando's Dreams" (narrated by Michael Learned)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	October 7, 1994
106	6	1101	"The Lotus Seed" (narrated by Rona Figueroa)	Mark Mannucci	Susan Kim	October 10, 1994
107	7	1102	"Hail to Mail" (narrated by Al Roker)	Mark Mannucci	Andrew Gutelle	October 11, 1994
108	8	1103	"Stellaluna" (narrated by Anne Jackson)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	October 12, 1994
109	9	1104	"My Shadow (poem)" (narrated by Robert Guillaume)	Mark Mannucci	Susan Kim	October 13, 1994
110	10	1105	"Ruth Law Thrills a Nation" (narrated by Linda Lavin)	Mark Mannucci	Susan Kim	October 14, 1994

Season 13: 1995 (5 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
111	1	1106	"The Wonderful Tower of Watts" (narrated by Angela Bassett)	Mark Mannucci	Susan Kim & Ronnie Krauss	October 2, 1995
112	2	1107	"Martha Speaks" (narrated by Jo Hayden)	Mark Mannucci	Mark Eisman & Ronnie Krauss	October 3, 1995
113	3	1108	"Alejandro's Gift" (narrated by Francisco Rivela)	Larry Lancit	Andrew Gutelle	October 4, 1995
114	4	1109	"The Sign Painter's Dream" (narrated by Jamie Farr)	Ed Wiseman	Lee Hunkins & Jill Gluckson	October 5, 1995
115	5	1110	"Archibald Frisby" (narrated by Arnold Stang)	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	October 6, 1995

Season 14: 1996 (5 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
116	1	1111	"Fly Away Home" (narrated by Daniel Saltzman)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	April 8, 1996
117	2	1112	"Uncle Jed's Barbershop" (narrated by Regina Taylor)	Mark Mannucci	Lee Hunkins	April 9, 1996
118	3	1113	"How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World" (narrated by Helen Mirren)	Larry Lancit & Kevin Lombard	Andrew Gutelle	April 10, 1996
119	4	1114	"Owen" (narrated by Matthew Broderick)	Ed Wiseman	McPaul Smith	April 11, 1996
120	5	1115	"How Much Is a Million?" (narrated by Nick Sullivan)	Ed Wiseman, Tony Jacobs, & Barry Shapiro	Jill Gluckson	April 12, 1996

Season 15: 1996 (5 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
121	1	1201	"Always My Dad" (narrated by BJ Crosby)	Ed Wiseman	Lee Hunkins	October 7, 1996
122	2	1202	"Bread Is for Eating" (narrated by Cecilia Arana)	Kevin Lombard, Ed Wiseman, & Tony Jacobs	Ronnie Krauss & Sharon Dennis Wyeth	October 8, 1996
123	3	1203	"Hotel Animal" (narrated by John Cunningham)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	October 9, 1996
124	4	1204	"Someplace Else" (narrated by Carol Kane)	Kevin Lombard	Robert Stork	October 10, 1996
125	5	1205	"Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin" (narrated by Gregory Hines)	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	October 11, 1996

Season 16: 1997 (5 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
126	1	1206	"On the Day You Were Born" (narrated by Patrick Stewart)	Ed Wiseman	Billy Aronson	April 7, 1997
127	2	1207	"Hip Cat" (narrated by Ann Duquesnay)	Mark Mannucci	McPaul Smith	April 8, 1997
128	3	1208	"Regina's Big Mistake" (narrated by Anna Holbrooks)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss & Renee Creange	April 9, 1997
129	4	1209	"Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message" (narrated by Nicholson Earl Billey)	Kevin Lombard	Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Doherty	April 10, 1997
130	5	1210	"The Carousel" (narrated by Sarah Hubbard)	Ed Wiseman	Jill Gluckson	April 11, 1997

Season 17: 1998 (5 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
131	1	1301	"Math Curse" (narrated by Michelle Trachtenberg)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	October 5, 1998
132	2	1302	"My Life with the Wave" (narrated by Scott Irby Ranier)	Larry Lancit	Cecily Truett	October 6, 1998
133	3	1303	"Saturday Sancocho" (narrated by Jose de Guzman)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	October 7, 1998
134	4	1304	"When Aunt Lena Did the Rumba" (narrated by Lucie Arnaz)	Mark Mannucci	Jill Gluckson	October 8, 1998
135	5	1305	"Worksong" (narrated by David Canary)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	October 9, 1998

Season 18: 2000–01 (6 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
136	1	1401	"The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest" (narrated by Susan Sarandon)	Kevin Lombard	Ronnie Krauss	May 8, 2000
137	2	1402	"Pet Stories You Don't Have to Walk" (narrated by Jason Alexander)	Larry Lancit	Cecily Truett	November 20, 2000
138	3	1403	"Lemonade for Sale" (narrated by Andrea McArdle)	Ed Wiseman	Robert Stork	January 19, 2001
139	4	1404	"The Secret Shortcut" (narrated by Tim Conway)	Ed Wiseman	Susan Kim	February 16, 2001
140	5	1405	"My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States" (narrated by Lea Salonga, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, and Nikki Giovanni)	Ed Wiseman	Susan Kim	March 16, 2001
141	6	1406	"Badger's Parting Gifts" (narrated by Ruby Dee)	Ed Wiseman	Jill Gluckson	April 20, 2001

Season 19: 2002 (4 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
142	1	1407	"The Tin Forest" (narrated by Jeff Bridges)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	September 3, 2002
143	2	1408	"Max" (narrated by Regina King and Ian Desdone)	Ed Wiseman	Susan Kim	September 4, 2002
144	3	1409	"Enemy Pie" (narrated by Ed Harris)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	September 5, 2002
145	4	1410	"Our Big Home: An Earth Poem" (narrated by Naomi Judd)	Ed Wiseman	Susan Kim	September 6, 2002

Season 20: 2004–05 (5 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
146	1	1501	"Visiting Day" (narrated by Alfre Woodard)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	December 15, 2004
147	2	1502	"Unique Monique" (narrated by Eliza Dushku)	Ed Wiseman	Jill Gluckson	December 16, 2004
148	3	1503	"Mr. George Baker" (narrated by Wayne Brady)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	December 17, 2004
149	4	1504	"Beegu" (narrated by Freddie Prinze, Jr.)	Ed Wiseman	Twila Liggett	January 20, 2005
150	5	1505	"Two Old Potatoes and Me" (narrated by Jordan Puryear)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	January 21, 2005

Season 21: 2006 (5 episodes)

No. in series	No. in season	Production code	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date(s)
151	1	1601	"The Biggest Test in the Universe" (narrated by Richard Gere)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	November 6, 2006
152	2	1602	"I Lost My Tooth in Africa"	Mark Mannucci	Ronnie Krauss	November 7, 2006
153	3	1603	"Boxes for Katje" (narrated by Elizabeth Jute)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	November 8, 2006
154	4	1604	"Game Day" (narrated by James Avery)	Ed Wiseman	Ed Wiseman	November 9, 2006
155	5	1605	"Show Way" (narrated by Diahann Carroll)	Ed Wiseman	Ronnie Krauss	November 10, 2006