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Reading Rainbow

“Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow!”

Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.

1983 8.4/10 community score 21 seasons · 155 episodes Ended
  • Kids

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3 platforms currently listed across all viewing options

Data checked 20 Oct 2026, 01:43 UTC

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  • Streaming providerPBS Kids Amazon ChannelNo linked platform guide yetDetails unavailable

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  • Streaming providerAmazon VideoNo linked platform guide yetDetails unavailable
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First aired
Seasons
21
Episodes
155
Status
Ended

Latest aired episode

S21 E5

Show Way

Aired 30 min

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.

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Season guide

Most recent seasons first

21 season entries

  • Season 21

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 20

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 19

    4 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 18

    6 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 17

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 16

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 15

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 14

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

Show 13 more season entries

  • Season 13

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 12

    10 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 11

    10 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 10

    10 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 9

    10 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 8

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 7

    10 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 6

    10 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 5

    10 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 4

    10 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 3

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 2

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 1

    15 episodes

    First episode aired

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