Reading Rainbow: Season 15

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Gregory Hines narrates Lloyd Moss' book about how melodies, mathematics, and the sounds of different instruments combine to make music fun and interesting. LeVar visits the Juilliard School of Music, where he sees a conductor lead an orchestra rehearsal. A performance of a movement from Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony also helps illustrate the parts of an orchestra. Then LeVar meets members of the percussion performance group STOMP, who put rhythm into action with creativity and teamwork.

LeVar shows his travel room, where he keeps maps and globes of places he's visited, and hosts a series of short visits that give a taste of what life is like in New York City, on the high seas, and in Hawaii. Books include Someplace Else; Me on the Map; Town Mouse, Country Mouse; and Somewhere in the World Right Now.

LeVar dreams that he is miniature size and that everything around him is huge. When he awakes and finds things back to normal, he realizes how size can influence your perception: Things look bigger and a little scary when you're small. But as you grow, your perception changes. Suggested books: Hotel Animal, The Three Bears, Mr. Tall and Mr. Small, and Zoom.

LeVar reminisces about his childhood with his mother and two sisters—his parents were divorced when he was 8, leaving him without a father—and visits with children who come from different types of family structures, not all of which are traditional.