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Status
Ended
Release
1983 - 2006
Seasons / Eps
21 / 155
Streaming availability by country
"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.
165 Cast Members
LeVar Burton
Self - Host
155 Episodes
Ruby Dee
Self - Narrator (voice)
3 Episodes
Arnold Stang
Self - Narrator (voice)
3 Episodes
Fred Newman
Self - Narrator (voice)
2 Episodes
Vincent Gardenia
Self - Narrator (voice)
2 Episodes
Michael Ansara
Self - Narrator (voice)
2 Episodes
Linda Gelman
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
James Avery
Self - Narrator (voice)
2 Episodes
Lea Salonga
Self - Narrator (voice)
2 Episodes
Julia Child
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
Ruth Buzzi
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
Madeline Kahn
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
James Earl Jones
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
Lauren Tom
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
Patrick McCaffrey
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
Douglas Parvin
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
Carolyn McHanon
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
Marilyn Michaels
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
Bill Cosby
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
Kaleena Kiff
Self - Narrator (voice)
1 Episodes
