Reading rainbow

Presents the title work in two bored brothers keep themselves busy on a lazy afternoon by building and flying an airplane, and includes a look at pioneers in flight, visits to the airport and a flight school, 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.

Barbara Feldon reads the featured book The lifecycle of the honeybee by Paula Z. Hogan about how bees make honey. Host LeVar Burton visits a beekeeper and examines a beehive close up. Viewers will learn how honey is extracted from combs and how important the queen bee is to a well-organized hive. Featured book reviews are The reason for a flower by Ruth Heller, The lady and the spider by Faith McNulty, and Going buggy by Peter and Connie Roop.

Presents the featured story in which Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to Earth; and includes a visit with the Pueblo Indian people of Taos, New Mexico, as well as reviews of similar books.

Presents Mitchell Sharmat's story in which a goat's diet worries his parents; and includes visits to dieticians at the San Diego Zoo, chefs at New York's Hotel Intercontinental, and Barny and Nanny's Barnyard Cafe?, a restaurant whose staff dress as goats.

Presents the title work in which a boy and his father visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington to find the name of the boy's grandfather who was killed in the conflict, and includes a visit with Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, and reviews of related books.

Presents the title work in which a boy and his father visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington to find the name of the boy's grandfather who was killed in the conflict, and includes a visit with Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, and reviews of related books.

In a segment featuring the book Follow the drinking gourd, host LeVar Burton explores the slave roots of the African American culture.

Presents the title work in which a little boy and his father, banished from the town for making mischief, are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear, and includes a look at ways in which a story can be told with music, and reviews of related books.

Presents a book that describes the techniques and reasons for mummification in ancient Egypt. Explore mummies at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and learn about the conservation and cleaning of mummified artifacts.