Reading Rainbow: How's That Made?
Reading Rainbow brings great books to life onscreen through rich illustrations and celebrity narrators.  Designed to inspire a love of reading and build lasting connections between children and books, each episode introduces kids to interesting new people and places, and explores important social and cultural issues that offer kids a close-up look at the world around them.Reading Rainbow is one of the longest-running and best-loved children's series on PBS KIDS and is now available on DVD as the Reading Rainbow Favorites Collection.  This award-winning series has received the prestigious Peabody Award and 24 Emmy Awards, including 9 for Outstanding Children's Series.  Each DVD contains two 30 minute episodes plus related bonus material that is packed with education, entertainment and fun!  Included in this DVD collection are:Episode 1Archibald Fisby becomes obsessed with science and teaches fellow campmates how science is a part of everyday life.Observe and learn how roller coasters work.See how good observation skills lead to great inventions.Episode 2  Alistair's Time Machine is a story of a boy who enters his time machine in a science competition. Although Alistair knows his machine works, he isn't able to prove it to the judges.Check out cool inventions that never made it."Meet" Thomas Edison and learn about his inventions.Bonus segments from these other Reading Rainbow episodes:Tooth-Gnasher Super FlashOpt: An Illusionary TaleThe Sign Painter's DreamHotel Animal .