List of Reading Rainbow episodes
No . in series No . in season Production code Title Directed by Written by Original air date ( s )
126 1 1206 On the Day You Were Born ( narrated by Patrick Stewart ) Ed Wiseman Billy Aronson April 7 , 1997
127 2 1207 Hip Cat ( narrated by Ann Duquesnay ) Review Books : Conga Crocodile ; Charlie Parker Played Be Bop ; Willie Jerome Mark Mannucci McPaul Smith April 8 , 1997
128 3 1208 Regina 's Big Mistake ( narrated by Anna Holbrooks ) Review Books : The Little Painter of Sabana Grande ; The Art Lesson ; I Am an Artist Ed Wiseman Ronnie Krauss & Renee Creange April 9 , 1997
129 4 1209 Giving Thanks : A Native American Good Morning Message ( narrated by Nicholson Earl Billey ) Kevin Lombard Ronnie Krauss & Ellen Doherty April 10 , 1997
130 5 1210 The Carousel ( narrated by Sarah Hubbard ) Ed Wiseman Jill Gluckson April 11 , 1997
Episodes -- Season 16 : 1997 ( 5 episodes )
This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on June 6, 1983. The final episode aired on November 10, 2006; re-runs ceased on August 28, 2009. On June 20, 2012, an app for the show was released.