The BEST episodes of Reading Rainbow season 20
Every episode of Reading Rainbow season 20, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Reading Rainbow season 20!
Host LeVar Burton shepherds children through the exciting world of books with celebrity guest narrations, youth book reviews, and relevant cultural tie-ins.
#1 - Two Old Potatoes and Me
Season 20 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/21/2005
Jordan Puryear reads "Two Old Potatoes and Me," about a girl who works with her father to recycle two rotted potatoes by replanting them using the sprouts to grow a whole new crop of potatoes. LeVar, working with his daughter, is inspired to make potato dishes from recipes in the book.
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#2 - Visiting Day
Season 20 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/15/2004
The series tackles a delicate subject of how some children must deal with a parent in prison. Alfre Woodard reads Visiting Day, a tale about a young girl preparing to visit her father in jail on his birthday, and how she and her grandmother get ready for the trip to the prison. Afterwards, LeVar visits a real family planning to see their father and husband in jail as he finishes his prison term for shooting at a man during an argument, and how they have to cope with the social stigma of having to explain an ex-convict.
#3 - Unique Monique
Season 20 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/16/2004
Eliza Dushku reads a story about a girl attending private school who attempts to create her own unique style without breaking any of the school's strict dress code rules.
#4 - Mr. George Baker
Season 20 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/17/2004
Eliza Dushku reads a story about a girl attending private school who attempts to create her own unique style without breaking any of the school's strict dress code rules.
#5 - Beegu
Season 20 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/20/2005
As LeVar investigates types of communication, Freddie Prinze Jr. reads Beegu, the story of an alien who visits Earth while lost from its parents and befriends a group of young children who help Beegu contact her family.