LeVar Burton

LeVar and Kermit the Frog discuss Kermit's "special friend," Miss Piggy, and real pigs are visited on a hog farm in Hawaii.

LeVar seems to have a lot of things going wrong for him as he spends a day in the park, causing lots of different emotions. LeVar introduces Koko the Gorilla, who learned to communicate through American Sign Language, and has recently been given a pet kitten to help her deal with the death of her last pet cat.

LeVar goes to a totally fictitious spot to find "inventors" from all eras. True to form, these inventors come from the distant past, Reading Rainbow's near-present, and the future. Arnold Stang narrates Alistair's Time Machine, the story of a boy who invents a machine that takes him centuries back in time.

Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow! Watch the classic children’s award-winning television series hosted by LeVar Burton as he promotes reading as a way for children to sample the world around them. Each episode encourages kids to read by making story time exciting and interesting, one book at a time!

LeVar visits the Boston Children's Museum to participate with other children to design a patchwork quilt with everyone having their own individual square. Isabel Sanford reads The Patchwork Quilt, a story about a young girl who learns how to make a special quilt from her grandmother, and how she and her mother spend the next year collaborating on the quilt after grandmother falls ill.

Parents are their children's first and most important teachers and there are many things parents and caregivers can do to help build a children's literacy skills from the time s/he is born. Parents make a big difference in how their child feels about learning, and ultimately their success in school. The hosts show parents and caregivers how to promote literacy and language skills through everyday activities like talking, reading, singing and playing....

Brings great books to life onscreen through rich illustrations and live shows.

Drawing on original interviews, oral histories and archival documents, the author traces the iconic children's program host's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work.

A reading of the book, "If you give a mouse a cookie" by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond. Discusses chain reactions from a bowling alley, leading into the reading of the main story. Then it's off to a factory where bowling balls are made and a domino expert demonstrates how he designs chain reactons as he sets up a domino art event. Reviews: "This is the key to the kingdom" by Diane Worfolk Allison, "The house that Jack built" illustrated...

America's most celebrated astrophysicist invites young listeners to explore the mysteries of the universe. Extra explanations make accessible even the trickiest concepts, including questions around the nature of space and time. Along the way, Tyson's characteristic wit ensures a journey packed with fun.