Reading Rainbow

S01E11: Gregory, the Terrible Eater

Today's subject is goats and what they eat.

Overview

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.

Episodes

S01E01 Tight Times

June 6, 1983 30 min
A young girl's father loses his job.

S01E02 Miss Nelson Is Back

June 7, 1983 30 min
As part of his birthday celebration, LeVar gets made-up like a movie monster, and then gets involved in Harry Blackstone's magic act. Ruth Buzzi reads Miss Nelson Is Back, all about a group of rowdy...

S01E03 Bea and Mr. Jones

June 8, 1983 30 min
LeVar is already worn out after working on several scenes all day long on the production of the series. He feels he needs to take on another identity, segueing into introducing the featured book, Bea...

S01E04 Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

June 9, 1983 30 min
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

S01E05 Louis the Fish

June 10, 1983 30 min
Louis the Fish

S01E06 Digging Up Dinosaurs

June 13, 1983 30 min
Technically not the first science-related show in its history, LeVar seeks a place where archaeologists retrieve dinosaur bones. At the end of the program, LeVar buries a time capsule, containing (among other things) a can...

S01E07 Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

June 14, 1983 30 min
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

S01E08 Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport

June 15, 1983 30 min
In the featured book, a young boy and his family move from New York City to the Southwest and he has many misconceptions about what his new home is like.

S01E09 Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

June 16, 1983 30 min
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

S01E10 The Gift of the Sacred Dog

June 17, 1983 30 min
The first of many programs favoring Native Americans. In this instance, a Midwestern legend suggests how horses arrived to the tribe. Later in this episode is the song "Ancient Places, Sacred Lands" which lists several...

S01E11 Gregory, the Terrible Eater

June 20, 1983 30 min
Today's subject is goats and what they eat.

S01E12 Three by the Sea

June 21, 1983 30 min
Three by the Sea

S01E13 Arthur's Eyes

June 22, 1983 30 min
LaVar explores seeing and our other senses, as Bill Cosby tells the story of how the young aardvark, Arthur Read acquired his pair of glasses.

S01E14 The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

June 22, 1983 30 min
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

S01E15 Ty's One Man Band

June 23, 1983 30 min
LeVar is ready to find music everywhere, and he does. This show includes the animation Onomatopoeia. Lou Rawls reads the story of Ty's One-Man Band, about a man who teaches a boy how to make...

Cast

LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton
Self - Host

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