Iowa Public Television

All Upcoming Episodes

• Game Day (#1604)

  NFL superstar twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber share how they learned about team effort as kids.

  • Thu, September 4, 2:00 AM on IPTV

• Show Way (#1605)

  A family's women began creating quilts with secret maps to freedom during the years of slavery.

  • Thu, September 4, 2:30 AM on IPTV

• The Paper Crane (#409)

  by Molly Bang - A mysterious man enters a restaurant and pays for his dinner with a paper crane that magically comes alive and dances. LeVar celebrates Japanese culture by visiting Gasho of Japan in Central Valley, New York. Surrounded by lush gardens, LeVar dons a kimono and steps into the enchanting world of Japan, exploring the artistry of a Japanese vegetable carver and the art of origami. He takes a side trip to see how paper can be made out of old blue jeans, then joins Soh Daiko, an energetic and colorful group of Japanese drummers and dancers, as they perform the celebratory 'festival of the drums.'

  • Thu, September 4, 3:00 AM on IPTV

• The Runaway Duck (#410)

  by David Lyon - Sebastian

  • Thu, September 4, 3:30 AM on IPTV

• Rumpelstiltskin (#412)

  Retold by Paul O. Zelinsky - This classic fairy tale is about a strange little man that helps the miller

  • Thu, September 4, 4:00 AM on IPTV

• Best Friends (#413)

  In this tale, a girl feels lonely and betrayed when her best friend goes away for the summer.

  • Thu, September 11, 2:00 AM on IPTV

• Meanwhile Back at the Ranch (#414)

  by Trinka Hakes Noble - Looking for some diversion, a bored Rancher Hicks drives to town not knowing that he will miss a very eventful, surprise-filled day back at the ranch. LeVar visits Old Tucson, an authentic western town, and gets a taste of western life as a cowboy when he dons true western garb, complete with spurs, chaps, and an official ten-gallon hat. Viewers meet a talented stunt woman who demonstrates rope tricks and thrilling stunts on horseback.

  • Thu, September 11, 2:30 AM on IPTV

• The Bionic Bunny Show (#501)

  By Marc Brown and Laurene Krasny Brown - Wilbur is an ordinary rabbit, but when he goes to work each morning he becomes TV

  • Thu, September 11, 3:00 AM on IPTV

• Bugs (#502)

  by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright - This book includes general information, jokes and descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects. With the assistance of an entomologist, LeVar discovers the uniqueness of a wide variety of bugs and insects at the Cincinnati Zoo

  • Thu, September 11, 3:30 AM on IPTV

• The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner (#503)

  by Eileen Christelow - Lola Dog doesn

  • Thu, September 11, 4:00 AM on IPTV

• Brush (#504)

  by Pere Calders - A little boy adopts a large brush to replace his banished dog. The brush totally surprises him when it comes to life and behaves like a dog. LeVar finds out how

  • Thu, September 18, 2:00 AM on IPTV

• The Purple Coat (#505)

  A visit to NY's garment district, the Fashion Institute of Technology and a paper mache artist.

  • Thu, September 18, 2:30 AM on IPTV

• Barn Dance! (#506)

  Levar takes a team of horses to a barn dance in Tennessee and meets a band and a fiddle maker.

  • Thu, September 18, 3:00 AM on IPTV

• Duncan and Dolores (#507)

  A close up look at cats, big and small, starts with tigers and their trainers at Marine World in CA.

  • Thu, September 18, 3:30 AM on IPTV

• Knots on a Counting Rope (#508)

  Visit with a New York news anchor, who anchors local news despite her deformity on both hands.

  • Thu, September 18, 4:00 AM on IPTV

• Mummies Made In Egypt (#509)

  Levar goes to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts which houses the largest mummy collection in the U.S.

  • Thu, September 25, 2:00 AM on IPTV

• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (#510)

  This special on African culture and Black American heritage includes musicians and instruments.

  • Thu, September 25, 2:30 AM on IPTV

• Humphrey The Lost Whale: A True Story (#601)

  A humpback whale loses his way from his family and ends up in a life threatening situation.

  • Thu, September 25, 3:00 AM on IPTV

• Stay Away from the Junkyard! (#602)

  This story is about a little girl who discovers a wonderful friend in a small town junkyard.

  • Thu, September 25, 3:30 AM on IPTV

• Little Nino's Pizzeria (#603)

  As Levar's dinner guest list gets bigger, so does the pizza. A visit to a family fireworks business.

  • Thu, September 25, 4:00 AM on IPTV

Past Episodes

These episodes of Reading Rainbow aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.

• Show Way (#1605)
• Game Day (#1604)
• Boxes for Katje (#1603)
• I Lost My Tooth In Africa (#1602)
• The Biggest Test in the Universe (#1601)
• Two Old Potatoes and Me (#1505)
• Beegu (#1504)
• Mr. George Baker (#1503)
• Unique Monique (#1502)
• Visiting Day (#1501)
• June 29, 1999 (#1005)
• And Still The Turtle Watched (#1004)
• Is This A House for Hermit Crab? (#1003)
• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie (#1002)
• Follow The Drinking Gourd (#1001)
• Silent Lotus (#910)
• The Salamander Room (#909)
• Mrs. Katz and Tush (#908)
• The Furry New: How to Make A Newspaper (#907)
• Amazing Grace (#906)
• Berloiz The Bear (#905)
• Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies (#904)
• Seashore Surprises (#903)
• The Piggy in the Puddle (#902)
• Sophie and Lou (#810)
• Rechenka's Eggs (#809)
• Sam The Sea Cow (#808)
• The Wall (#807)
• Tar Beach (#806)
• Snowy Day: Stories and Poems (#805)
• Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express (#804)
• Raccoons and Ripe Corn (#802)
• Opt: An Illusionary Tale (#801)
• Fox on the Job (#710)
• Galimoto (#709)
• The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush (#708)
• The Adventure of Taxi Dog (#707)
• Sunken Treasure (#705)
• Florence and Eric Take The Cake (#704)
• Jack, The Seal and the Sea (#702)
• Sport Pages (#610)
• Bored - Nothing to Do! (#609)
• Toothgnasher Superflash (#608)
• Desert Giant (#607)
• Dive to the Coral Reefs (#606)
• Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo (#605)
• Ludlow Laughs (#604)
• Little Nino's Pizzeria (#603)
• Stay Away from the Junkyard! (#602)
• Humphrey The Lost Whale: A True Story (#601)
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (#510)
• Mummies Made In Egypt (#509)
• Knots on a Counting Rope (#508)
• Duncan and Dolores (#507)
• Barn Dance! (#506)
• The Purple Coat (#505)
• Brush (#504)
• The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner (#503)
• Bugs (#502)
• The Bionic Bunny Show (#501)
• Meanwhile Back at the Ranch (#414)
• Best Friends (#413)
• Rumpelstiltskin (#412)
• The Runaway Duck (#410)
• The Paper Crane (#409)

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