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SHPL- READING RAINBOW

Reading RainbowREADING RAINBOW is an educational series designed to encourage and motivate young children to read good books and visit their local libraries.  Each program has a unique and different theme that is designed to engage the young viewer. For more information on Reading Rainbow, check out their web site at http://gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/

2003 Titles

ABIYOYO by Pete Seeger, illus. by Michael Hays (Program #35)

Abuela by Arthur Dorros, illus. by Elisa Kleven (Mrs. Katz and Tush #93)

THE ADVENTURES OF TAXI DOG by Debra and Sal Barracca, illus. by Mark Buehner (Program #72)

Albert the Running Bear's Exercise Book by Barbara Isenberg and Marjorie Jaffe, illus. by Diane de Groat (The

Tortoise and the Hare #24)

ALEJANDRO'S GIFT by Richard E. Albert, illus. by Sylvia Long (Program #113)

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, illus. by Ray Cruz (The Day

Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash #14)

ALLISTAIR IN OUTER SPACE by Marilyn Sadler, illus. by Roger Bollen (Program #27)

ALLISTAIR'S TIME MACHINE by Marilyn Sadler, illus. by Roger Bollen (Program #71)

All About Whales by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story #56)

All the Colors of the Race by Arnold Adoff, illus. by John Steptoe (Arthur's Eyes #13)

All Those Secrets of the World by Jane Yolen, illus. by Leslie Baker (The Wall #82)

Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros (Mama Don't Allow #30)

Aloha Dolores Author / Illustrator: Barbara Samuels (Pet Stories: You Don’t Have to Walk #137)

Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illus. by Brian Pinkney (Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop #117)

ALWAYS MY DAD by Sharon Dennis Wyeth, illus. by Rául Colón (Program #121)

The Always Prayer Shawl by Sheldon Oberman, illus. by Ted Lewin (The Carousel #130)

Amazing Bats by Frank Greenaway, photos by Jerry Young and Frank Greenaway (Stellaluna #108)

The Amazing Bone by William Steig (Ty's One-Man Band #15)

AMAZING GRACE by Mary Hoffman, illus. by Caroline Binch (Program #91)

Amazon Diary: The Jungle Adventure Of Alex Winters by Hudson Talbott and Mark Greenberg (The Shaman’s

Apprentice #136)

Amelia's Fantastic Flight by Rose Bursik (Ruth Law Thrills a Nation #110)

Amy: The Story of a Deaf Child by Lou Ann Walker, Photos by Michael Abramson (Silent Lotus #95)

AND STILL THE TURTLE WATCHED by Sheila MacFill-Callahan, pictures by Barry Moser (Program #99)

Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michelle Maria Surat, illus. by Vo-Dinh Mai (The Patchwork Quilt #22)

ANIMAL CAFE by John Stadler (Program #26)

Anno's Journey by Mitusmasa Anno (Three Days On a River In a Red Canoe #9)

Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros (Bugs #47)

Apt. 3 by Ezra Jack Keats (Mama Don't Allow #30)

ARCHIBALD FRISBY by Michael Chesworth (Program #115)

The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola (Regina’s Big Mistake #128)

ARTHUR'S EYES by Marc Brown (Program #13)

Astronuts: Space Jokes and Riddles by Charles Keller, illus. by Art Cumings (Space Case #31)

Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery by Doug Cushman (The Robbery At the Diamond Dog Diner #48)

Ayu and the Perfect Moon by David Cox (Abiyouo #35)

Baby Animals on the Farm by Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, translated by Elizabeth D. Crawford, photos by Ruth Rau (The

Milk Makers #32)

Backyard Insects by Ronald Goor and Millicent E. Selsam, photos by Ronald Goor (Bugs #47)

BADGER’S PARTING GIFTS by Susan Varley (Program #141)

The Banza by Diane Wolkstein, illus. by Marc Brown (Ty's One-Man Band #15)

BARN DANCE! by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, illus. by Ted Rand (Program #51)

BEA AND MR. JONES by Amy Schwartz (Program #3)

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Begin at the Beginning by Amy Schwartz (Simon's Book #17)

Being Adopted by Maxine B. Rosenberg, photos by George Ancona (The Patchwork Quilt #22)

Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora (Lizng and the Magic Paintbrush #7)

BERLIOZ THE BEAR by Jan Brett (Program #90)

BEST FRIENDS by Steven Kellogg (Program #43)

Better Homes and Gardens New Junior Cookbook edited by Gerald Knox (Gregory the Terrible Eater #11)

Better Homes and Gardens Step-by-Step Kid's Cookbook edited by Gerald Knox (The Robbery at the Diamond

Diner #48)

THE BICYCLE MAN by Allen Say (Program #68)

The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr, illus. by Carolyn Croll (Hot-Air-Henry #16)

Big City Port by Ellen DelVecchio and Betsy Maeestro, illus. by Giulio Maestro (Mystery on the Docks #19)

The Big Hello by Janet Schulman, illus. by Lillian Hoban (Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport #8)

Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie DePaola (Mummies Made in Egypt #54)

THE BIONIC BUNNY SHOW by Laurence Krasny Brown and Marc Brown (Program #46)

The Bionic Bunny Show by Laurence Krasny Brown and Marc Brown (Perfect the Pig #25)

Bird Watch by Jane Yolen, illus. by Ted Lewin (Raccoons and Ripe Corn #77)

Blackberry Ink by Eve Merriam, pictures by Hans Wilhelm (Abiyoyo #35)

The Books of Pigericks by Arnold Lobel (Perfect the Pig #25)

BORED - NOTHING TO DO! by Peter Spier (Program #64)

Born in the Gravy by Denys Gazet (Owen #119)

BORREGUITA AND THE COYOTE by Verna Aardema, illus. by Petra Mathers (Program #102)

Bossyboots by David Cox (Meanwhile Back at the Ranch #44)

Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman, Pictures by Caroline Binch (Always My Dad #121)

The Brand New Kid by Katie Couric, illus by Marjorie Priceman (Enemy Pie #144)

Bread Bread Bread by Ann Morris, photos by Ken Heyman (Bread Is For Eating #122)

BRINGING THE RAIN TO KAPITI PLAIN by Verna Aardema, illus. by Beatriz Vidal (Program #4)

BRUSH by Pere Calders, illus. by Carme Sole Vendrell (Program #49)

The Bug Book and the Bug Bottle by Dr. Hugh Danks, illus. by Joe Weissman (Bugs #47)

BUGS by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright, illus. by Nancy Winslow Parker (Program #47)

Busy, Busy Squirrels by Colleen Stanley Bare (Is This a House for Hermit Crab? #98)

A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns by Ruth Heller (The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner #48)

Cactus by Cynthia Overbeck, photos by Shabo Hani (Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus #62)

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina (A Three Hat Day #41)

The Car Washing Street by Denise Lewis Patrick, illus. by John Ward (The Wonderful Towers of Watts #111)

THE CAROUSEL by Liz Rosenberg, illus. by Jim LaMarche (Program #130)

Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, illus. by Ken Bachaus (Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures With the

Family Lazardo #60)

Cat & Canary by Michael Foreman (Duncan and Delores #52)

Caves by Roma Gans, illus. by Giulio maestro (The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth #66)

Celebrate The Fifty States by Loreen Leedy (My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States #140)

A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER by Vera B. Williams (Program #20)

Changes by Marjorie N. Allen and Shelley Rotner, photos by Shelley Rotner (Summer #103)

Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka (Hip Cat #127)

Check It Out! The Book About Libraries by Gail Gibbons (Alistair in Outer Space #27)

CHICKENS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES by Ruth Heller (Program #38)

The Chipmunk Song by Joanne Ryder, illus. by Lynne Cherry (The Salamander Room #94)

The Cloud Book by Tomie DePaola (Bringing the Rain Kapiti Plain #4)

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, illus. by Ron Barrett (June 29, 1999 #100)

COME A TIDE by George Ella Lyon, illus. by Stephen Gammell (Program #86)

Come Away From the Water, Shirley by John Burningham (Three By the Sea #12)

COME OUT, MUSKRATS by Jim Arnosky (Program #77)

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Commander Toad series by Jane Yolen, illus. by Bruce Degen (Alistair in Outer Space #27)

Conga Crocodile by Nicole Rubel (Hip Cat #127)

"Could be Worse!" by James Stevenson (The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash #14)

Cordelia, Dance! by Sarah Stapler (Sophie and Lou #85)

Coyote Dreams by Susan Nunes, illus. by Ronald Himler (Borreguita and the Coyote #102)

Creatures of the Sea by John Christopher Fine (Dive to the Coral Reefs #61)

Crictor by Tomi Ungerer (The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash #14)

Dabble Duck by Anne Leo Ellis, illus. by Sue Truesdell (The Runaway Duck #40)

Daddy Is A Monster Sometimes by John Steptoe (Miss Nelson Is Back #2)

Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner, illus. by Ronald Himler (Meanwhile Back at the Ranch #44)

The Dancing Man by Ruth Lercher, illus. by Ruth Lercher (Program #134)

Dancing With the Indians by Angela Shelf Medearis, illus. by Samuel Byrd (Sophie and Lou #85)

Darcy and Gran Don’t Like Babies by Jane Cutler, illus. by Susannah Ryan (Owen #119)

A Day in the Life of a Marine Biologist by David Paige, photos by Roger Ruhlin (Jack, the Seal and the Sea #67)

A Days Work by Eve Bunting, illus. by Ronald Himler (Program #135)

A Day Underwater by Deborah Kovacs (Sunken Treasure #70)

THE DAY JIMMY'S BOA ATE THE WASH by Trinka Hakes Noble, illus. by Steven Kellogg (Program #14)

Daydreamers by Eloise Greenfield, illus. by Tom Feelings (Bea and Mr. Jones #3)

DEER AT THE BROOK by Jim Arnosky (Program #77)

Delphine by Molly Bang (The Bicycle Man #68)

The Desert Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta, illus. by Mark Astrella (Alejandro's Gift #113)

DESERT GIANT: THE WORLD OF THE SAGUARO CACTUS by Barbara Bash (Program #62)

Diego by Jonah Winter, illus. by Jeanette Winter (Borreguita and the Coyote #102)

DIGGING UP DINOSAURS by Aliki (Program #6)

DINOSAUR BOB AND HIS ADVENTURES WITH THE FAMILY LAZARDO by William Joyce

(Program #60)

Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish, illus. by Arnold Lobel (Digging Up Dinosaurs #6)

Dinosaurs! A Drawing Book by Michael Emberley (Digging Up Dinosaurs #6)

DIVE TO THE CORAL REEFS by Paul Erickson, Les Kaufman and Elizabeth Tayntor (Program #61)

Don’t Laugh At Me by Steve Seskin & Allen Shamblin, illus. by Glin Dibley (Enemy Pie #144)

The Dream Eater by Christian Garrison, illus. by Diane Goode (Animal Cafe #26)

DUNCAN AND DELORES by Barbara Samuels (Program #52)

Earth Hounds, as Explained by Professor Xargle by Jeanne Willis, illus. by Tony Ross (Martha Speaks #112)

Easy Origami by Dokuohtei Nakano, translated by Eric Kenneway (The Paper Crane #39)

East-to-Make Spaceships That Really Fly by Mary and Dewey Blcksma, illus. by Marisabina Russo (Hot-Air Henry

#16)

Eats Poems by Arnold Adoff, illus. by Susan Russo (Little Nino's Pizzeria #58)

Ed Emberley's Science Flip Books by Ed Emberley (Hill of Fire #23)

The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Every Day by Loreen Leedy (How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World

#118)

Egg-Carton Zoo by Hans Blohm and Rudi Haas (Brush #49)

Egg to Chick by Millicent E. Selsam, illus. by Barbara Wolff (Chickens Aren't the Only Ones #38)

Emma by Wendy Kesselman, illus. by Barbara Cooney (Liang and the Magic Paintbrush #7)

Emma's Dragon Hunt by Catherine Stock (Hill of Fire #23)

An Enchanted Hair Tale by Alexis De Veaux, illus. by Cheryl Hanna (The Lady With the Ship on Her Head #78)

ENEMY PIE by Derek Munson, illus. by Tara Calahan King (Program #144)

Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton, illus. by Ann Grifalconi (A Chair for My Mother #20)

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Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman, illus. by Marylin

Hafner (Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies #89)

FEELINGS by Aliki (Program #28)

Fill It Up! All About Service Stations by Gail Gibbons (Tooth-Gnasher Superflash #63)

Find Waldo Now by Martin handford (Alistair's Time Machine #71)

Fireflies! by Julie Brinckloe (Feelings #28)

The First Dog by Jan Brett (The Adventures of Taxi Dog #72)

A Fish Hatches by Joanna Cole and Jerome Wexler (Louis the Fish #5)

Flight by Robert Burleigh, illus. by Mike Wimmer (Ruth Law Thrills a Nation #110)

FLORENCE AND ERIC TAKE THE CAKE by Jocelyn Wild (Program #69)

FLY AWAY HOME by Eve Bunting, illus. by Ronald Hilmer (Program #116)

The Flyaway Pantaloons by Joseph Sharples, illus. by Sue Scullard (The Lady With The Ship On Her Head #78)

Flying from the Let's Discover library (Bored - Nothing to Do! #64)

FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD by Jeanette Winter (Program #96)

FOX ON THE JOB by James Marshall (Program #75)

Free to be...A Family: A Book About All Kinds of Belonging by Marlo Thomas and Friends (Through Moon and

Stars and Night Skies #89)

Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel (Three By the Sea #12)

Frogs, Toads, Lizards and Salamanders by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright, illus. by by Nancy

Winslow Parker (The Salamander Room #94)

From Blossom to Honey by Ali Mitgutsch (The Milk Makers #32)

THE FURRY NEWS: HOW TO MAKE A NEWSPAPER by Loreen Leedy (Program #92)

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GALIMOTO by Karen Lynn Williams, illus. by Catherine Stock (Program #74)

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg (Florence and Eric Take the Cake #69)

George Shrinks by William Joyce (Imogene's Antlers #33)

Georgia Music by Helen V. Griffith, illus. by James Stevenson (Berlioz the Bear #90)

GERMS MAKE ME SICK! by Melvin Berger, illus. by Marylin Hafner (Program #34)

A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead by Nancy Leunn; illus. By Robert Chapman (Badger’s Parting

Gifts #141)

A Gift for Tía Rosa by Karen T. Taha, illus. by Dee DeRosa (Best Friends #43)

THE GIFT OF THE SACRED DOG by Paul Goble (Program #10)

GILA MONSTERS MEET YOU AT THE AIRPORT by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, illus. by Byron Barton

(Program #8)

GIVING THANKS: A NATIVE AMERICAN GOOD MORNING MESSAGE by Chief Jake Swamp, illus. by

Erwin Printup, Jr. (Program #129)

The Goat In the Rug by Charles L. Blood and Martin Link, illus. by Nancy Winslow Parker (The Purple Coat #50)

Going Buggy! Jokes About Insects by Peter and Connie Roop, illus. by Joan Hanson (The Life Cycle of the Honey

Bee #36)

Gracias te damos: Uno-of Renda delos Naxiuos Americanos al amanecer de Cadia dia Spanish Version (Giving

Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message #129)

The Grandad Tree by Trish Cooke; illus. by Sharon Wilson (Badger’s Parting Gifts #141)

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (The Lotus Seed #106)

Grandmama's Joy by Eloise Greenfield, illus. by Carole Byard (Miss Nelson is Back #2)

The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry (The Salamaner Room #94)

Great Newspaper Crafts by F. Virginia Walter, illus. by Teddy Cameron Long (The Furry News: How To Make a

Newspaper #92)

Great Women In the Struggle by Toyomi Igus, Veronica Freeman Ellis, Diane Patrick and Valerie Wilson Wesley

(Amazing Grace #91)

GREGORY, THE TERRIBLE EATER by Mitchell Sharmat, illus. by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey

(Program #11)

Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert (June 29, 1999 #100)

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Guess What? by Beau Gardner (Germs Make Me Sick! #34)

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HAIL TO MAIL by Samuel Marshak, translated by Richard Pevear, illus. by Vladimir Radunsky (Program #107)

Half a Moon and One Whole Star by Crescent Dragonwagon, illus. by Jerry Pinkney (Barn Dance! #51)

Halmoni and the Picnic by Sook Nyul Choi, illus. by Karen M. Dugan (The Lotus Seed #106)

Hand Rhymes collected and illus. by Marc Brown (Silent Lotus #95)

The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin (Silent Lotus #95)

Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree (Miss Nelson is Back #2)

Harriet's Recital by Nancy Carlson (Knots on a Counting Rope #53)

Harry and Lulu by Arthur Yorinks; illus.by Martin Matje (Pet Stories: You Don’t Have to Walk #137)

Hector, the Accordion-Nosed Dog by John Stadler (Perfect the Pig #25)

Helping Out by George Ancona (Fox on the Job #75)

Here Is the Coral Reef by Madeleine Dunphy, illus. by Tom Leonard (Program #132)

Hye, Little Ant by Phillip & Hannah Hoose, illus. by Debbie Tilley (Enemy Pie #144)

Hide and Seek by Jennifer Coldrey and Karen Goldie-Morrison (Opt: An Illusionary Tale #76)

HILL OF FIRE by Thomas P. Lewis, illus. by Joan Sandin (Program #23)

HIP CAT by Jonathan London, illus. by Woodleigh Hubbard (Program #127)

The Hippopotamus Song: A Muddy Love Story by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, illus. by Nadine Bernard

Westcott (The Piggy in the Puddle #87)

Home: A Collaboration of Thirty Distinguished Authors and Illustrators of Children’s Books to Aid the Homeless

edited by Michael J. Rosen (Fly Away Home #116)

The Homeless Hibernating Bear by Kids Livin’ Life (Fly Away Home #116)

Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems by Eloise Greenfield, illus. by Diane and Leo Dillon (Feelings #28)

Hooray for Snail! by John Stadler (The Tortoise and the Hare #24)

Horace by Holly Keller (Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies #89)

HOT-AIR HENRY by Mary Calhoun, illus. by Erick Ingraham (Program #16)

HOTEL ANIMAL by Keith DuQuette (Program #123)

The House That Jack Built illus. by Jenny Stow (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie #97)

How a Book Is Made by Aliki (The Purple Coat #50)

How Many Stars In The Sky? by Lenny Hort, Paintings by James E. Ransome (How Much Is A Million? #120)

How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman, illus. by Allen Say (The Paper Crane #39)

HOW MUCH IS A MILLION? by David M. Schwartz, illus. by Steven Kellogg (Program #120)

How Tall, How Short, How Faraway by David A. Adler; illus. by Nancy Tobin (The Secret Shortcut #139)

How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman; illus. by Bill Slavin

(Lemonade for Sale #138)

How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World by Faith McNulty, illus. by Marc Simont (The Magic School Bus

Inside the Earth #66)

How to Hide an Octopus & Other Sea Creatures by Ruth Heller (Dive to the Coral Reefs #61)

HOW TO MAKE AN APPLIE PIE AND SEE THE WORLD by Marjorie Priceman (Program #118)

How You Were Born by Joanna Cole, photos by Margaret Miller (On the Day You Were Born #126)

HUMPHREY THE LOST WHALE: A TRUE STORY by Wendy Tokuda and Richard Hall, illus. by Hanako

Wakiyama (Program #56)