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 (21)
1. Pigs, Pigs, Pigs!/The Three Little Pigs
Aired 18 April 2005 • 30 min
Theo 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.""
2. The Carrot Seed/The Empty Pot
Aired 25 April 2005 • 30 min
From 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
3. Wings/What's in the Box?
Aired 2 May 2005 • 30 min
First 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.
4. A Shower of Stars/Two Moons and One Lagoon
Aired 9 May 2005 • 30 min
It'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.
5. The Golden Meaty Awards
Aired 16 May 2005 • 30 min
6. Click, Clack, Moo/The Little Red Hen
Aired 23 May 2005 • 30 min
Built from material first seen in Clickety-clack, Clickety-clack! (from Season 2) and Help! (from Season 3).
7. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble/I Miss You, Stinky Face
Aired 30 May 2005 • 30 min
8. A Tasty Piece of Cheese/The Lion and the Mouse
Aired 6 June 2005 • 30 min
9. Earl's Too Cool/When I Was 5
Aired 13 June 2005 • 30 min
10. It's Red! It's Green!
Aired 14 October 2002 • 30 min
11. I Don't Want a Birthday Party/Knuffle Bunny
12. Sylvester And the Magic Pebble:
Aired 19 June 2005 • 30 min
13. I Miss You, Stinky Face:
Aired 26 June 2005 • 30 min
14. A Tasty Piece of Cheese:
Aired 3 July 2005 • 30 min
15. The Lion And the Mouse:
Aired 10 July 2005 • 30 min
16. Earl's Too Cool:
Aired 17 July 2005 • 30 min
17. When I Was 5:
Aired 24 July 2005 • 30 min
18. It's Red! It's Green!:
Aired 31 July 2005 • 30 min
19. Joseph Had A Little Overcoat:
Aired 7 August 2005 • 30 min
20. The Coyote And the Rabbit:
Aired 14 August 2005 • 30 min
21. The Gingerbread Man:
Aired 21 August 2005 • 30 min