Reading Rainbow - Season 21

Reading Rainbow - Season 21

Season 21

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DatesNov. 6, 2006 - Nov. 10, 2006
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Episodes

The Biggest Test in the Universe
Season 21Episode 130 min

The Biggest Test in the Universe

In addition to discussing accomplishing difficult tasks, LeVar profiles the New York children's theater group Tada, as they prepare auditions for their newest show. Richard Gear reads The Biggest Test in the Universe, a story about a grade school class having anxiety over an annual aptitude test.
Nov. 6, 2006
I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Season 21Episode 230 min

I Lost My Tooth in Africa

LeVar discusses different rites of passage in growing up. The book "I Lost My Tooth in Africa" is read about a young girl who loses her first tooth while visiting her father's family in Africa, and how the tooth fairy tradition is different in other countries. We visit with some young people who are having their first dental appointment, and LeVar discusses other culture's customs regarding loose teeth. In another rite of passage, a friend of LeVar's celebrates her 15th birthday with a Quincenara ceremony.
Nov. 7, 2006
Boxes for Katje
Season 21Episode 330 min

Boxes for Katje

LeVar profiles Children For Children, a New York based youth organization that creates care packages for relief to children affected by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Elizabeth Jute reads a story about a US penpal who sends care packages to her friend in war-torn Holland after WWII.
Nov. 8, 2006
Game Day
Season 21Episode 430 min

Game Day

James Avery reads a story written by identical twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber, who became professional football players, and how they learned the importance of teamwork when they played together in junior high.
Nov. 9, 2006
Show Way
Season 21Episode 530 min

Show Way

As LeVar helps his wife and daughter construct his family tree, Diahann Carroll narrates Show Way, in which the author chronicles her family back to her Great, Great, Great, Great Grandmother, who was a slave in the South. Through traditions passed down to each generation, her family learned to sew "Show Way" quilts that were secretly maps designed to help slaves escape to the north to freedom, and how her relatives taught her to keep up with the love of quilting to retain family history.
Nov. 10, 2006

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