The BEST episodes of Between the Lions
Every episode of Between the Lions ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Between the Lions!
Five years in the making, Between the Lions has set out to get kids "wild about reading". In every episode, there can be found countless sight gags, puns, parodies, songs, and more, all of which are designed to help kids better understand the pronunciation of everyday words. The setting for the show is, fittingly, a library, where husband-and-wife team Theo and Cleo are the Librarians. Their inquisitive cubs, younger sister Leona and older brother Lionel, often help them out, while another character - the Information Hen - dispenses information to perplexed Library patrons. Among the other colorful characters likely to be encountered, is a statue of the library's founder, Barnaby B. ("Don't Call Me Buster!") Busterfield III, who makes sarcastic comments about the silliness he often witnesses going on in the library. There are also two dim-witted pigeons, Clay and Walter (get it?) who hang around the statue, keeping him company - but he just wishes they'd go away! Additi
#4 - Why the Baboon's Balloon Went Ka-Boom!
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/2001
Theo wants to teach the cubs a lesson, which he finds in a book of concatenations called Because a Little Bug Went KA-CHOO! What Theo doesn't know is that, by pulling that book from the middle of a pile, a pen dropped to the floor, setting off a concatenation in the library. It culminates with a hot-air balloon's bursting.
#5 - Stop That Chicken!
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/4/2001
Chicken Jane escapes from one of her books and ricochets around the library. Every so often, she writes her advice to characters in other books. GUIDING PRINCIPLE: Short o sound.
#9 - Three More Little Pigs; The Ants And The Grasshopper
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2010
Lionel, Leona, and the Wolf each try their hand at writing a sequel to The Three Little Pigs, and Leona finds a way to work and play. Educational Goals: Highlights the joys of reading and introduces key literacy skills. Focuses on short u, the sound represented by the letter m, and synonyms for small (miniscule, little, petite, microscopic, tiny, teeny, diminutive, weeny).
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#13 - Shooting Stars
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/7/2000
The lions try to stay awake at night, in order to see a meteor shower. Of course, this is not as easy as it sounds, as Theo says, ""Lions need a solid 22 hours of sleep a day!""
#15 - Lionel's Antlers
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/14/2000
Lionel wakes up one morning, much like he does every day, to find that overnight, he's grown a pair of antlers on his head! To help him feel better, Cleo reads him the book ""Imogene's Antlers"" - also about a kid who woke up one morning to find she had grown antlers. When Lionel is still feeling low, his parents try to come up with helpful ""uses"" for his antlers.
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#16 - Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/13/2000
The famous Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear from the classic children's rhyme visits the library, where everyone is immediately caught up in ""Fuzzy Wuzzy Mania!"" Everyone except Lionel, because if he hears that danged rhyme once more, he's gonna scream!
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#17 - The Hopping Hen
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/9/2000
A Hopping Hen causes a mighty ruckus in the library, so the lions decide to put up ""No Hopping Hen Here"" signs, in order to stop the problem. But the problem is only beginning, because whoever printed the signs left off the word ""No""!
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#19 - Farmer Ken's Puzzle
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/6/2000
Lionel plays a computer game called ""Farmer Ken's Puzzle"", in which he must figure out how to get a hen, cat, and bag of seed, across a river one at a time. When Leona wants to play, Lionel refuses to let her, claiming: ""The box says ages 7 and up! Not 4 and down.""
#20 - Touching the Moon
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/11/2000
Cleo reads the cubs a bedtime story about a Queen who wants to be able to touch the moon, but can't. However, Leona is then unable to get to sleep without wanting to learn more about how the Queen can reach the moon.
#21 - Two Coats, One Goat, and One Boat
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/2002
Lionel's copy of a very rare Cliff Hanger book is missing! Did some bunny take it? Guest Starring Dan Elias, Melissa Etheridge, and Kelly Ripa.
#22 - Violet’s Music & What Instrument Does Alvin Play?
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/2007
Lionel and Leona learn about the many instruments they can play.
#23 - Dear Mr. Blueberry & I Wanna Iguana
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/2007
Notes help solve a mystery of a whale in a swimming pool; an iguana as a family pet.
#24 - How to Be a Good Dog & Not Afraid of Dogs
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2007
A cat tries to teach a dog how to behave; a boy realizes dogs aren't as scary as he thought.
#25 - Moon Rope & Welcome to the Moon
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2007
Leona is on a mission to find out if you can climb to the moon on a rope and if there is a fox on the moon.