Barney & Friends/Season 5

## Episodes

### Books Are Fun!

Barney and his friends learn all about the joys of books and the library with a new friend, Booker T. Bookworm, the librarian. Booker T. Bookworm teaches Curtis the importance of being yourself through the wonderful world of books. The children discover how fun the library can be as each one checks out a special book. Even Barney gets to check out his own poetry book and entertains his friends with fun poems!

### Trading Places

Baby Bop and BJ are jealous of each other's lives. They are taught a valuable lesson when they decide to switch identities for a day. At first, each is thrilled to have the other's life; BJ enjoys the lack of responsibility brought on by being a toddler and Baby Bop likes the respect she is afforded through her added years. But as the day progresses, each learns to appreciate who they really are and wants things back the way they were. The children each share a similar emotion when they begin to envy something about one of their friends. Everyone gains wisdom when Stella shares Aesop's fable "The Dog and the Bone." BJ, Baby Bop, and the children all learn to appreciate what they have and realize they are all special just the way they are!

### Safety First!

Baby Bop is taking her self-appointed role as safety officer very seriously. She instructs the children on ways to ensure a safe environment: how to carefully walk down the stairs, wear a helmet when riding a bike, and follow safety rules when crossing streets. With the help of the Adventure Screen, the children learn about people who keep us safe. Even Scooter helps the children and Baby Bop learn about strangers.

### Circle of Friends

Barney and the children all have fun with circles when they play ring-around- the-rosie and have a circle snack picnic. Meanwhile, BJ is having a snack of his own; he eats so many pancakes that he gets a tummy ache. Every time he sees a circle or something round, it makes him think of the pancakes, which makes his tummy hurt all over again. Barney and the children try to do things to help him feel better. In the end, they all agree that there are lots of things shaped like circles that make up our world. Barney tells the children about a very special circle: a circle of friends.

### The One And Only You

Kim is eagerly awaiting the arrival of her adopted baby brother. The children share in Kim's excitement, but Kristen begins to feel that her family is not quite as special because she is an only child. This sparks discussion about families and the differences and similarities between families. All the children agree that sharing is an important part of all families. Barney and the children help Kristen realize that all families are unique and special, even her only-child family.

### Barney's Band

When the children discover their friend Mr. Boyd playing his sousaphone, they imagine what it would be like to be in a real band. With the help of Barney and the Barney Bag, the children make their own band instruments. Mr. Boyd joins in by demonstrating the different sounds of band instruments and Barney surprises everyone with a visit from a real marching band.

### Try It, You'll Like It!

When Danny learns that he is making a special presentation at school the next day, he is excited to be chosen, but at the same time he is nervous about speaking in front of his class. Other first experiences are shared among Barney and his friends to help ease Danny's anxiety. Booker T. Bookworm helps Danny combat his fear by arming him with information to make his presentation stupendous! While at the library, Barney and the children run into Baby Bop, who shares her nervousness about sleeping without a night light.Back in the classroom, Stephen and Emily have tried something new by making a pizza. It's sort of a disgusting looking uncooked mess until Barney arrives to fix it up. Baby Bop arrives showing her the book that she bought from the library and she along with Barney and the kids sing Mr. Star. Danny and Baby Bop learn that trying something new takes practice and is more fun with the help of friends.

### Colors All Around

Mr. Boyd needs help deciding what color to paint the cafeteria wall. The children help him decide by exploring the colors with Barney's special color hat. Choosing colored items from the hat prompts them to act out nursery rhymes and sing songs. They also explore new colors that are created when mixing two colors together when they start painting pictures. Barney throws the hat into the air and a rainbow spills out onto the playground: a perfect mural for the hallway.

### Howdy, Friends!

A make-believe game of "cowboys" takes an imaginative turn when a tumbling tumbleweed leads the group to Buckaroo Barney's Dude Ranch. The children learn about real cowboys as they try on authentic western wear and have a real chuck wagon dinner of "beans and biscuits." Through the Adventure Screen, Barney shows the young cowpokes what modern cowboys do. Later the children meet the "Riders in the Sky" cowboys, who delight the group with a western song and some simple lessons about doing things "the cowboy way!"

### Seven Days A Week

It's Monday, and BJ can't wait until Saturday when he will go camping. He's so excited, he doesn't know how he can possibly survive the loooong days until then. Through Barney magic, a calendar appears to help plan out BJ's week. Together, BJ, Barney and the kids play baseball, fly kites, read The Ants and the Grasshopper, play in a marching band, pop popcorn, and discover fun things can be planned all seven days of the week.

### Hidden Treasures

A treehouse clean-up becomes an exercise in discovering new ways to use old things. In the process, the children learn how to make the earth a cleaner, happier place. Barney makes the entire task fun by staging an unusual treasure hunt. With the help of the Barney Bag and a little imagination, the children create new and fun ways to reuse old items such as making puppets, decorating hats, and creating bowling pins. Even Baby Bop joins in the reusing fun by making blankeys for all of her friends, including Barney.

### A Royal Welcome

To prepare for Old King Cole's visit, Barney and the children visit Booker T. Bookworm at the school library and learn about the different components of castles. They then transform the treehouse into their own castle. Barney, the children, Scooter, and Miss Etta all dress up in royal attire and the kids accent their costumes with "Barney Bag" crowns. Upon his arrival, Old King Cole kicks up his heels at the sight of the preparations and treats everyone to a royal celebration.

### Sweet As Honey

As the children plant a window box garden, a bee buzzing by sparks their interest in bees and honey. With the help of the Adventure Screen, the children discover that bees are insects, they pollinate plants, they make honey, and they live together in a society. The children and Scooter learn how to behave when a bee is around so as not to get stung. Mr. Boyd adds to the experience by demonstrating his hobby as a beekeeper and by sharing his bees' fresh honey.

### First Things First!

Barney puts together a fun-filled day with the children piece by piece—like a puzzle! The day's first piece is playing trains, the second piece is a game of hide and seek, the third piece is dress up, the fourth piece is reading "The Tortoise and the Hare," and the fifth piece is dancing and singing. During the course of the day, the children find real puzzle pieces to create their own special puzzle. At the end of the day, their puzzle is complete and along the way they learn the concept of ordinal numbers!

### Aunt Rachel Is Here!

A visit from Ashley and Alissa's Aunt Rachel inspires the children to have a party in her honor. As the preparations are made, Scooter, Miss Etta, and the children share their favorite memories surrounding their own aunts, uncles and cousins. When Aunt Rachel and Mom arrive, they enjoy Miss Etta's lemonade, Scooter's cookies and a tour of the school and the treehouse.

### It's A Rainy Day!

Barney, Baby Bop, and the kids make a rainy day a great day! Barney helps the children learn about rain and rainstorms. When Stella arrives, she brings a special rain stick, and a terrific story about a place where it rains every day: the rain forest. The children discover that there are lots of fun things to do inside on a rainy day!

### Easy Does It!

Barney introduces the children to the benefits of wheels, ramps and pulleys when they have the task of moving a heavy trunk. The simple machines teach the children the value of working together, while using the most efficient resources available. Because the children are so efficient with their new found tools, they have extra time for more wheels: bicycle riding!

### What's In A Name?

Linda is learning the alphabet with a little help from Barney, her friends, and her big brother Chip. Chip sets out to help Linda learn the letters in her name while Barney and the kids discover other fun ways to learn the letters of the alphabet. With a little Barney magic, they even create their own game show.

### A Very Special Mouse

There are new computers in the school library. Danny is excited to show his friends the activity screen of his favorite things that he created on one of the computers. The screen has several icons, each depicting a different thing that can be done on the computer. Barney adds his own special icon to Danny's screen. Everyone discovers the fun of learning on a computer.

### A Package Of Friendship

After receiving a letter from a friend who has moved away, Barney and his friends decide to send her a special package containing her favorite things. With the help of the Barney Bag, they also construct a picture frame to hold the best of a series of snapshots BJ has shot documenting the day's activities. All in all, it's a great day for friends near, and far!