About this season
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
Episodes (10)
1. Three More Little Pigs;The Ants And The Grasshopper
Aired 20 September 2010 • 30 min
Lionel, Leona, and the Wolf each try their hand at writing a sequel to The Three Little Pigs, and Leona finds a way to work and play. Educational Goals: Highlights the joys of reading and introduces key literacy skills. Focuses on short u, the sound represented by the letter m, and synonyms for small (miniscule, little, petite, microscopic, tiny, teeny, diminutive, weeny).
2. A Birthday For Cow!;Rabbit's Gift
Aired 27 September 2010 • 30 min
The humble turnip stars in this show about birthday celebrations, vegetables, and the gift of giving. Educational Goals: Highlights the joys of reading and introduces key literacy skills. Features vocabulary about vegetables, relational vocabulary (over, under, around, through, into), and the short i sou
3. City Mouse And Country Mouse;The Happy Hocky Family Moves To The Country!
Aired 4 October 2010 • 30 min
4. Pablo The Artist;Dream Carver
Aired 11 October 2010 • 30 min
5. Roller Coaster;What Do Wheels Do All Day?
Aired 18 October 2010 • 30 min
6. Not Norman;Me And My Cat?
Aired 25 October 2010 • 30 min
7. My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks; Just What Mama Needs
Aired 1 November 2010 • 30 min
The Lion family turns a box of junk into self-portraits, and Leona tricks Lionel into cleaning her room.
8. Castles, Caves, and Honeycombs; My House
Aired 8 November 2010 • 30 min
Leona helps a snail find a new home in the library's new All Different Kinds of Homes wing, and Lionel moves into a new home too.
9. Deep in the Swamp & Trosclair and the Alligator
Aired 15 November 2010 • 30 min
Lionel tries to frighten Leona with creepy, crawly swamp things, and a clever boy tricks a hungry alligator.
10. Red Parka Mary & Not Afraid of Dogs
Aired 22 November 2010 • 30 min