Product Details

• Actors: LeVar Burton, Jennifer Betit Yen, Arnold Stang, Fred Newman, Michael Ansara
• Directors: Larry Lancit, Mark Mannucci
• Writers: Rob Stork
• Producers: Larry Lancit, Andy Ames, Cecily Truett, Guy Merrill, Lauren Elbaum
• Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hooked on Phonics
• DVD Release Date: July 18, 2006
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FZEQUU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,810 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Reading Rainbow Favorites" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Reading Rainbow is one of the longest running and best loved children's series on PBS. Reading Rainbow is designed to inspire a love of reading and build lasting connections between children and books. As a half hour magazine-style series, Reading Rainbow mixes live action, music and illustrations. Reading Rainbows' target audience is children 4-8 years old. Included in this collection is Family Matters, Man's Best Friend, Music, Music, Everywhere, and Ocean Life. 4-disc collection includes eight episodes and 120 minutes of bonus material. Full screen, region 0 encoded, audio 2.0

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best children's educational series July 6, 2007

By Bookreader79424

Format:DVD

Move over "Sesame Street," it's "Reading Rainbow!" This is a wonderful children's series, which encourages children to read. Each segment has children giving a brief description of the book they read.

Be prepared to go on to a journey of make-believe, and have fun while you're doing it by reading the suggested books these children recommend!

I grew up on this show in the 80's, and it's amongst the best educational shows. The theme song inspires children to reach beyond the sky's limits and explore the wonderful world of reading!

This series is perfect and entertaining for the child who enjoys reading, and even for the child, who doesn't like reading.

Highly recommended for children, parents and teachers, alike!

Buy it today, you'll be glad you did!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth it! May 19, 2009

By T. Genasci

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I bought this to show my 2nd grade class. Reading Rainbows, in general are tops, but some are better than others. I like 3 out of the 4 DVDs,(but for the price, it is worth it even for the 3). I judge this purely by my class, they were not wild about the DVD that pertains to music. One of the episodes on that one is an older one, and honestly we didn't even finish it, but if I remember, it didn't use the typical Reading Rainbow format. All the other episodes in this collection were a big hit though, and the DVD with Taxi Dog on it was worth it right there!

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful February 8, 2007

By C. Smith VINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

Reading rainbow was my favorite show when I was growing up...it was probably one of the reasons I am such I big reader. It is a wonderful show that I think should have never gone off the air. I reccomend this to every child, even those who don't like reading...Reading rainbow had a way to make the books interesting and come to life.