Reading Rainbow: Season 3

LeVar is at a logger's camp for the bulk of the program. After the feature book, this program shows the work necessary to put out a forest fire.

Videotaped in March 1985, according to GPN's Reading Rainbow media guide, LeVar visits Hawaii to see an active volcano.

LeVar has entered a bicycle race in Hawaii. He's in competition not just with the other bikers, but with himself as well. This program also includes a lengthy piece on a kung fu class.

It's New York City, the site of so many Reading Rainbow programs, but this time LeVar walks through New York during the night. In a separate film shot, a man ventures into a cave to see bats.

LeVar checks out the Library of Congress. Among the activities shown: how a book is delivered to the front desk, the vast film library, and how damaged books are repaired.

LeVar and the characters in the animated feature book go through a lot of emotions in this episode. So does Koko the Gorilla, who has recently been given a pet kitten.

Videotaped at Ellis Island in 1985, this show is truly American or, more correctly, a salute to all those who immigrated to America. A big portion of this show is LeVar's journey to the Statue of Liberty, then under restoration.

THere's a lot of verbal mayhem as LeVar is in Louisiana, beginning near a swamp and ending on a Mississippi Riverboat. Most of the sounds come from the mouth of Fred Newman, seen at length recording the narration of this episode's feature book.