Between the Lions (2000)
Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. The target audience is children 4 to 7 years old. It has the same puppet style as Sesame Street and several season 2 episodes, notably in Dance in Smarty Pants, had a few characters from Sesame Street guest appearing. Between The Lions started its 10th and final season on September 20, 2010. The Show Ended in November, 22 2010 Along with Reading Rainbow
- Ken Scarborough
- Christopher Cerf
- Keri Horn
Stars:
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Episode 1 - Pigs, Pigs, Pigs!/The Three Little Pigs
Release Date: 2005-04-18Theo and Leona don pig snouts for another reading of Pigs Apelnty, Pigs Galore first read in the episode ""Pigs Aplenty."" Midway into the show, Lionel dons three pig snouts as he reads to Leona The Three Little Pigs, heard previously in the episode ""Huff and Puff.""
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Episode 2 - The Carrot Seed/The Empty Pot
Release Date: 2005-04-25From their roof garden, Lionel and Theo marvel at a flower that gets at Theo's sinuses. Includes re-readings of stories first heard in the episodes
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Episode 3 - Wings/What's in the Box?
Release Date: 2005-05-02First up: Leona warns Lionel not to lean back on his chair, provoking a flashback reading of a Greek myth first read in Icarus's Wings (from Season 2). Then the library, seen from the inside for the first time this season, receives a reprint (and a reread) of Pandora's Box.
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Episode 4 - A Shower of Stars/Two Moons and One Lagoon
Release Date: 2005-05-09It's nighttime at the library roof garden as Theo gives an energetic Leona a reread from the episode Shooting Stars. Then, under a full moon, Cleo gives Lionel and Leona a story from the episode Touching the Moon.
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Episode 5 - The Golden Meaty Awards
Release Date: 2005-05-16 -
Episode 6 - Click, Clack, Moo/The Little Red Hen
Release Date: 2005-05-23Built from material first seen in Clickety-clack, Clickety-clack! (from Season 2) and Help! (from Season 3).
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Episode 7 - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble/I Miss You, Stinky Face
Release Date: 2005-05-30 -
Episode 8 - A Tasty Piece of Cheese/The Lion and the Mouse
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Episode 9 - Earl's Too Cool/When I Was 5
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Episode 10 - It's Red! It's Green!
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Episode 11 - I Don't Want a Birthday Party/Knuffle Bunny
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Episode 12 - Sylvester And the Magic Pebble:
Release Date: 2005-06-19 -
Episode 13 - I Miss You, Stinky Face:
Release Date: 2005-06-26 -
Episode 14 - A Tasty Piece of Cheese:
Release Date: 2005-07-03 -
Episode 15 - The Lion And the Mouse:
Release Date: 2005-07-10 -
Episode 16 - Earl's Too Cool:
Release Date: 2005-07-17 -
Episode 17 - When I Was 5:
Release Date: 2005-07-24 -
Episode 18 - It's Red! It's Green!:
Release Date: 2005-07-31 -
Episode 19 - Joseph Had A Little Overcoat:
Release Date: 2005-08-07 -
Episode 20 - The Coyote And the Rabbit:
Release Date: 2005-08-14 -
Episode 21 - The Gingerbread Man:
Release Date: 2005-08-21