Reading rainbow

Presents the title work in which a cook travels around the world to gather ingredients for an apple pie, and includes visits to the kitchen of chef Curtis Aikens, and the Turkey Hill ice cream factory, and reviews of related books.

Presents the title work in which a young boy, unable to sleep on the night of a full moon, follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress; and includes introductions to a bluegrass band, a fiddle maker, and a clogging troupe, as well as a visit to a Tennessee barn dance, and reviews of related books.

Presents the featured story in which a young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family, and includes visits to a tar beach on an urban rooftop and to the George Washington Bridge, and reviews of related books.

Presents the title work in which the kids in room 207 take advantage of their teacher's absence and decide to "really act up," and includes visits with a make-up artist and a magician, riddles, mask and costume activities, and reviews of related books.

Presents the title work in which a little boy, hoping the "enemy pie" his father makes will help get rid of his enemy, instead makes a new friend; and includes a visit with two friends from very different cultures, and reviews of related books.

Presents a reading of "Digging up Dinosaurs" which introduces various types of dinosaurs, and explains how scientists find, preserve, and reassemble giant dinosaur skeletons. Includes a fossil tour of Dinosaur Monument.

Presents the title work in which Hermit Crab, having outgrown his old house, ventures out to find a new one, and includes a look at various animals in their homes, an introduction to scientists who work to protect peregrine falcons, an explanation of how beavers build their dams, and reviews of related books.