BETWEEN THE LIONS is named for a family of lions - Theo, Cleo, Lionel and Leona - that runs a library like no other on earth. The series combines puppetry, animation, live action and music to achieve its educational mission of helping young children learn to read. The backbone of the series is a literacy curriculum geared to beginning readers aged four to seven. Every episode addresses the five key areas of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and text comprehension.
Show descriptions and related materials
11/20
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charlie's dinosaur & here come the aliens
(Show 709)
There were dinosaurs roaming the earth long ago but could one of their relatives be in the library?
11/21
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11:00 A.M.
sheep on a ship/ mississippi skip and his pirate sh
(Show 602)
There's lots of slipping, sliding, swabbing and colliding when sheep and pirates take to the seas.
11/24
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11:00 A.M.
ruby sings the blues & the camel dances
(Show 801)
A very loud girl learns to sing. Leona, a camel and perhaps even Lionel discover the joy of dancing.
11/25
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11:00 A.M.
mole and the baby bird & owen and mzee
(Show 802)
Lionel and Leona learn why some animals aren't meant to be pets and how animals develop friendships.
11/27
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11:00 A.M.
are you a snail? & wonderful worms
(Show 804)
Some creatures try to determine if they are snails or slugs. A pet worm is missing in the library.
12/1
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11:00 A.M.
stop that pickle & chicks and salsa
(Show 803)
The Lions and a sandwich chase a pickle in the library. The Book and a Meal show leads to a fiesta.
12/2
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11:00 A.M.
something fishy
(Show 117)
Leona gets an idea about how to make one of her biggest dreams come true from a Cliff Hanger book.
Key Word:fish Word Family: -ish (-ip, -in, -ig, -ick) Target sound: short "i" High-frequency Sight Words: in, is, look, not New Vocabulary: disguise, squished, ticklish
12/3
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11:00 A.M.
stone soup & bee-bim bop!
(Show 805)
Lionel and Leona learn to make a soup from a stone and enjoy a Korean meal called Bee-bim bop.
12/4
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11:00 A.M.
are you a snail? & wonderful worms
(Show 804)
Some creatures try to determine if they are snails or slugs. A pet worm is missing in the library.
12/5
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11:00 A.M.
a peck of peppers
(Show 120)
Lionel thinks he is the king of tongue twisters and nobody can write one that he can't say.
Key Word:peppers Word Family: -ep (-eck, -en, -ess, -et) Target sound: short "e" High-frequency Sight Words: a, if, is, of, the, where New Vocabulary: impressive, peck, tenderloin, tongue twister
12/8
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11:00 A.M.
bein' with you this way & how to be
(Show 806)
Lionel and Leona and their friends sing about the ways that they look alike and different.
12/9
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11:00 A.M.
no one told the aardvark & sea horse
(Show 807)
Leona pretends to be different animals and tries the sea horse's trick of camouflage in the library.
12/10
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11:00 A.M.
elephants can paint too! & jamaica louise james
(Show 808)
A girl's paintings brighten up a subway station. Leona decides to decorate the library with her own.
12/11
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11:00 A.M.
trosclair and the alligator & the coyote and the r
(Show 809)
A clever boy tricks a hungry alligator who gives Lionel a scare. A coyote gets tricked by a rabbit.
12/12
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11:00 A.M.
i don't want a birthday party & knuffle bunny
(Show 810)
Leona can't understand why Roodles the Clown doesn't want a birthday party. Where is Lovey?
12/15
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11:00 A.M.
pigs, pigs, pigs!/ the three little pigs
(Show 501)
Pigs run amok in the story "Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore!" and try to escape the wolf in the folktale.
12/16
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11:00 A.M.
cheesybreadville/ stolen smells
(Show 608)
A disaster in the kitchen creates a new treat and a boy gets in trouble for smelling tasty smells.
12/17
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11:00 A.M.
wings/ what's in the box?
(Show 503)
Watch out! The cubs find out what warnings mean and why it's important to pay attention to them.
12/18
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11:00 A.M.
i'll fix anthony/ jamaica louise james
(Show 604)
A brother and a jack-in-the-box need fixing and an artist draws plans to fix up a subway station.
12/19
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11:00 A.M.
the golden meaty awards
(Show 505)
This first annual music awards show features tunes from Between the Lions and very tasty awards.
Airs M-F from 2:00-2:30 p.m.
11/4 Amazing Grace (Show 802)
Grace is a little girl who wants to be Peter Pan in the school play. She runs into obstacles because she is black and female, but refuses to give in. Join LeVar on a visit with Whoopi Goldberg - Actress/comedian Whoopi Goldberg, shares some of her experiences. Scenes from many of her movies and specials are shown.Watch a female hockey player in action - Lauren is a successful hockey player in a sport that is typically all male. Discover what a boiler mechanic does - Sheila tells her story of training for a career as a boiler mechanic, and shares some of the challenges of being employed in a predominately male field.
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