🦁📖 Between the Lions Season 7 Episode 1 – “The Problem With Chickens / An Egg Is Quiet” is the Season 7 Premiere of the award-winning educational children’s series that combines reading, storytelling, music, and humor to help kids fall in love with books and language!
Originally aired in 2007 on PBS Kids, Between the Lions was produced by WGBH Boston and Colossal Pictures, blending live-action puppetry, animation, and catchy songs to teach reading skills in fun, engaging ways.
In this premiere double episode:
🐔 The Problem With Chickens: The lions and their friends explore rhyming words, sentence structure, and storytelling while helping chickens solve a hilarious farmyard problem.
🥚 An Egg Is Quiet: Based on the book by Dianna Aston and Sylvia Long, this segment introduces young viewers to science and language as the lions discover how eggs hatch, grow, and tell their own “quiet” story of life.
🎶 Each story includes songs, word games, and spelling fun, featuring characters like Theo, Cleo, Lionel, and Leona, all living in the magical library where every book comes alive!
📺 Series Information:
Title: Between the Lions
Season: 7
Episode: 1 (Season Premiere)
Segments: The Problem With Chickens / An Egg Is Quiet
Original Network: PBS Kids
Production Companies: WGBH Boston, Sirius Thinking, Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Year of Release: 2007
Country: United States
Genre: Educational, Family, Animation, Live Action, Literacy
Target Audience: Preschool and early readers (ages 4–8)
🎓 Educational Focus:
Reading comprehension and vocabulary development
Storytelling and character understanding
Word families, phonics, and letter sounds
Scientific observation and curiosity through books
🦁 Join Theo, Cleo, and the lion cubs in the library where stories come to life! This episode inspires kids to explore books, love reading, and learn about the wonders of language and nature.
📚 Watch more educational cartoons and PBS Kids classics on
👉 https://www.dailymotion.com/CartoonLTV
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Originally aired in 2007 on PBS Kids, Between the Lions was produced by WGBH Boston and Colossal Pictures, blending live-action puppetry, animation, and catchy songs to teach reading skills in fun, engaging ways.
In this premiere double episode:
🐔 The Problem With Chickens: The lions and their friends explore rhyming words, sentence structure, and storytelling while helping chickens solve a hilarious farmyard problem.
🥚 An Egg Is Quiet: Based on the book by Dianna Aston and Sylvia Long, this segment introduces young viewers to science and language as the lions discover how eggs hatch, grow, and tell their own “quiet” story of life.
🎶 Each story includes songs, word games, and spelling fun, featuring characters like Theo, Cleo, Lionel, and Leona, all living in the magical library where every book comes alive!
📺 Series Information:
Title: Between the Lions
Season: 7
Episode: 1 (Season Premiere)
Segments: The Problem With Chickens / An Egg Is Quiet
Original Network: PBS Kids
Production Companies: WGBH Boston, Sirius Thinking, Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Year of Release: 2007
Country: United States
Genre: Educational, Family, Animation, Live Action, Literacy
Target Audience: Preschool and early readers (ages 4–8)
🎓 Educational Focus:
Reading comprehension and vocabulary development
Storytelling and character understanding
Word families, phonics, and letter sounds
Scientific observation and curiosity through books
🦁 Join Theo, Cleo, and the lion cubs in the library where stories come to life! This episode inspires kids to explore books, love reading, and learn about the wonders of language and nature.
📚 Watch more educational cartoons and PBS Kids classics on
👉 https://www.dailymotion.com/CartoonLTV
#CartoonLTV#BetweenTheLions #PBSKids #CartoonLTV #EducationalCartoon #PreschoolLearning #LearnToRead #ReadingShow #Phonics #Literacy #KidsEducation #PBSKidsClassic #FamilyLearning #AnimatedSeries #ReadingAdventure #KidsCartoon #EnglishLearning #PreschoolEducation #AnimatedReading #CartoonForKids #KidsShow #EducationalTV #PBSKidsLearning #PreschoolFun #BookLearning #EducationalSeries #FamilyCartoon #CartoonLTVOfficial #PreschoolCartoon #KidsAnimation #LearningCartoon #EnglishCartoon #PreschoolFunLearning #ReadingCartoon #PBSLearningMedia #KidsEntertainment #ReadingSkills #EducationalFun #CartoonLearning #Storytelling #CartoonSeries #PreschoolEnglish #PBSKidsShow #LearningEnglish #EducationalVideo #FamilyEntertainment #CartoonForChildren #EarlyReading #CartoonLTVHD #KidsLearning #PBSClassic #ReadingIsFun
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00:00Hey now, hey wow, here's how, come and read between the lions
00:16Come on, come in, begin, the world awaits
00:27Between the lions, between the covers of a book
00:32It's time to look between the lions
00:35Behold the tales, beyond the tales
00:38Behind the door, become explore
00:45Come in between the lions, begin between the lions
00:52Come in between the lions
00:57The problem with chickens
01:02Hey, how you doing?
01:08Oh, quack!
01:10Quack!
01:11Sweet!
01:12Wow!
01:13What the?
01:14Leona?
01:15Hi
01:16What the?
01:17What did you do that for?
01:18I'm a lion
01:19Lions pounce
01:20It's how we get exercise
01:22Well, yeah, but I mean there are other ways
01:24Chicken!
01:25Chicken!
01:26Huh?
01:27Chicken?
01:28Oh, no thanks, Cubs
01:32I had a sandwich a little while ago
01:34No, no, Dad, there was a chicken right behind you
01:36There was?
01:37Where?
01:38I don't see any...
01:39Chicken!
01:40Hey!
01:41Who you calling chicken, dude?
01:44Yo, I've surfed Waikiki
01:46Okay, those are some pretty gnarly waves
01:51Chicken
01:52No, no, there was a chicken behind you
01:55Huh?
01:56You saw him, didn't you?
01:57Yeah, I...
01:58I think you jumped into that book
01:59Whoa
02:04Hmm...
02:05The Problem with Chickens, huh?
02:08By Bruce McMillan, illustrated by Gunilla
02:11Huh!
02:12We'd better read it, Cubs
02:13Something foul may be afoot
02:18In a small village on the far end of Iceland
02:21There were plenty of eggs
02:23Even if there were no chickens
02:25The eggs were on the cliffs where the wild birds lived
02:30There were more eggs here than the ladies of the village could ever use for cooking
02:37But it was too difficult for the ladies to get these eggs
02:43Their husbands might have gathered them
02:45But the men were always too busy fishing and farming
02:50So the ladies traveled to the city to buy some chickens
02:54The chickens were happy in the village
02:59Every day they laid many eggs
03:02The ladies were overjoyed to have so many eggs for cooking
03:07Their cakes were delicious
03:10That is when the problem started
03:14The chickens forgot they were chickens
03:18They started acting like ladies
03:21When the ladies went to pick blueberries
03:25The chickens went too
03:28When the ladies went to a birthday party
03:31The chickens went too
03:34When the ladies sang to the sheep
03:37The chickens sang too
03:40When the ladies took a rest from their gardening
03:44The chickens rested too
03:46Everything the ladies did
03:49Everything the ladies did
03:50The chickens did too
03:53The ladies couldn't even have tea and cakes by themselves
03:59The chickens were so busy acting like ladies
04:04That one day
04:06They stopped laying eggs
04:09That's when the ladies said
04:12We have a problem
04:13Have a problem
04:16So the ladies came up with an idea
04:20It was a very clever idea
04:22They would fool the chickens
04:25The ladies started exercising
04:29Feel the burn, yeah
04:31Soon the chickens, just like the ladies, were exercising
04:35Day after day
04:38The chickens exercised
04:40Just like the ladies
04:41Their wings grew stronger and stronger
04:46Then the ladies lifted the chickens one by one
04:51Into the air and said
04:53Remember, you are birds
04:59The chickens flew to places on the cliffs
05:02Where no other Icelandic birds lived
05:05There they made their nests
05:07And laid their eggs
05:08This could have been a problem
05:10But the ladies had planned for this
05:12The chickens weren't the only ones who got strong from all that exercise
05:18Finally, the strong chickens in the far end of Iceland acted like birds
05:21Finally, the strong chickens in the far end of Iceland acted like birds
05:35And the strong Icelandic ladies had no problem gathering the eggs
05:41Also from then on
05:42If the ladies ever needed to go to the city
05:54It was no problem at all
05:58The end
06:01The end
06:03Whoa
06:05What a great book
06:07Oh, it was about the unity of all life
06:10You know, how like, we're all really one
06:15Or, uh, maybe not
06:17Well, I liked it, but what was it about?
06:21What was it about?
06:23Well, uh, let's see
06:24It was about these ladies who had a problem
06:27Uh, they couldn't get eggs
06:29Yeah, yeah, and then they got these chickens
06:31Oh, right, right, chickens who acted like ladies
06:33Right
06:34And the ladies solved their problem
06:36Yeah, yeah, they solved it with, um, uh
06:38With, um, uh, exercise?
06:41Exactly!
06:42Exactly!
06:44Oh, yeah
06:47Hi-ya!
06:49Whoa!
06:51Hey, uh, maybe we should get some exercise, too
06:54Uh, let's go change into our sweats
06:57Righteous!
06:59I'm gonna jump off
07:01Play nice!
07:05Mmm, axed!
07:07Mmm, axed!
07:09Mmm, axed!
07:10Next!
07:12Excellent!
07:13What's next on Between the Lions, Chimps, and Chickens?
07:16Juggling about the ch sound!
07:18Check it out, dudes!
07:20Ha-ha-ha-ha!
07:23Chickens
07:25C-H
07:27Ch-ch-ch
07:30C-H
07:34Chicks
07:40Chips
07:42Chimp
07:51Chimps
07:52Chimps
07:54Chimps
07:57Ch, ch, ch
07:59Ch, ch, ee, ee. Ch, ch, mm. Chim, chimp. Chimp. Chimp.
08:18The Dixie Chimps say goodbye, chick.
08:22First it was charming, then became alarming when a chicken chose to just be seated.
08:29She chewed up my cheese, never ever said please. Played checkers, but she always cheated.
08:36Gonna chase that chicken right out of my chair. She's chomping my chips like she belongs there.
08:43She's chuckling and chirping, chased her out and make it quick. The choice is me or her.
08:50So it's goodbye, chick. Ch, ch, ch, ch, chick. So long, chick. Ch, ch, ch, ch, chick.
08:57Chow, chick. Ch, ch, ch, ch, chick. Goodbye, chick. Yeah, goodbye, chick.
09:04Chow, chick. Ahhhh!
09:08Here are some words to begin with the letters CH.
09:12Ch, ch- ch- ch- ch- ch- ch- ch- ch- chin.
09:15Chess. Chin. Choo-choo. Chiny.
09:22Chess. Jeez.
09:25Chee. Ch.
09:26Ch. Ch.
09:28And now a word from Mr. Al Roker.
09:31Chili!
09:33Oh! Oh! Oh, Mr. Roper!
09:36That was magnificent!
09:38Thank you very much!
09:39Chili!
09:40It is chili!
09:41It is!
09:42And now it's time for...
09:44Gawain's Word! Gawain's Word!
09:48Excellent! Gawain here once again at Blending Fields,
09:51where two brave knights in armor will charge together at high speed and make a word!
09:57Competing today we have Sir...
10:04And Sir Ace!
10:07Ace!
10:08Yay, Ace!
10:10Blend on, dudes!
10:12Ace!
10:14Ace!
10:16Ace!
10:18Ace!
10:19Chase!
10:20Yay, Chase!
10:22Chase!
10:27Excellent!
10:28That's Gawain's Word for today!
10:29And this is Gawain saying,
10:31don't forget to check us out next time on...
10:34Gawain's Word!
10:35Gawain's Word!
10:40Now twist your tongue around this one.
10:43Gawain's Word!
10:44Gawain's Word!
10:45Gawain's Word!
10:46Gawain's Word!
10:47Gawain's Word!
10:48Gawain's Word!
10:49Gawain's Word!
10:50Gawain's Word!
10:51Gawain's Word!
10:52Gawain's Word!
10:53Gawain's Word!
10:54Gawain's Word!
10:55Gawain's Word!
10:56Gawain's Word!
10:57Gawain's Word!
10:58Gawain's Word!
10:59Gawain's Word!
11:00Gawain's Word!
11:01Gawain's Word!
11:02Gawain's Word!
11:03Gawain's Word!
11:04Gawain's Word!
11:05It's the continuing, daring, and dangling adventures of Cliffhanger!
11:13Today's adventure, chapter 12,363, Cliffhanger and the Chuckling Chickens.
11:22Cliffhanger, hanging from a cliff, and that's why he's called Cliffhanger!
11:29Excuse me, excuse me!
11:32We find Cliffhanger where we left him last, hanging from a cliff.
11:39Can't hold on much longer!
11:44By chance, Cliff looks up and spots a bunch of Chuckling Chickens clutching a chain with a chair on the end of it.
11:52Quickly, Cliff reaches into his backpack and extracts his trusty survival manual.
11:58Using his champion decoding skills, Cliff begins to read.
12:04If you spot a bunch of Chuckling Chickens clutching a chain with a chair on the end of it, ask them to get you down.
12:15Get me down!
12:16What does down mean?
12:20I'll look it up in my trusty chicken dictionary.
12:23The soft feathers of young birds often used to make pillows.
12:28But down has another meaning, too. It's the opposite of up!
12:37Enjoy your down! And you can keep the chain!
12:43And that's why he's called Cliffhanger!
12:47Can't hold on much longer!
12:52You can't hold on much longer!
12:53You can't hold on much longer!
12:54Chee-chee!
12:55Chee-chee!
12:57Chickens!
12:58One!
13:04Two!
13:06Three!
13:08This is awesome!
13:10I can really feel the burn, dude!
13:13You're telling me!
13:14I think someone better cut down on his bananas!
13:16Four, five, six, seven, eight.
13:30First came the chicken.
13:33Now comes the egg.
13:39An egg is quiet.
13:46What's Lionel doing?
13:52I'm going to find out.
13:56Hi, Lionel.
13:57Shh.
13:59What are you doing?
14:01Listening to this egg.
14:04Lionel's listening to an egg.
14:07Why are you listening to an egg?
14:10Oh, he wants to find out if it's quiet.
14:13Oh.
14:14Hmm.
14:16Okay.
14:18I've heard enough.
14:19This egg really is quiet, Mom.
14:22The book is right.
14:23You're right.
14:24What book?
14:25Oh, this one.
14:27An egg is quiet.
14:30Now, Lionel, do you remember where we were?
14:32Wait, wait, wait, wait.
14:33Start at the beginning.
14:35I want to hear about eggs being quiet, too.
14:38Oh, you don't mind, do you, Lionel?
14:41Books are for sharing.
14:42Right.
14:43Here we go.
14:44Back to the beginning.
14:45An Egg is Quiet by Diana Astin, illustrated by Sylvia Long.
14:51An egg is quiet.
14:54It sits there, under its mother's feathers, on top of its father's feet, buried beneath the sand, warm, cozy.
15:10An egg is colorful.
15:17An egg is shapely.
15:21There are round eggs.
15:24Round eggs fit together nicely in tight spaces.
15:27There are oval eggs.
15:30There are pointy eggs.
15:34Seabird eggs are pointy at one end, so if they're laid on rock ledges, they roll around in safe little circles, not off the cliff.
15:42There are even tubular eggs.
15:44There are even tubular eggs.
15:48The markings on some eggs help them blend in with their surroundings.
15:51This is called camouflage.
15:55Camouflage is an egg's way of hiding.
15:58An egg does not want to be eaten by a raccoon, or a snake, or a fox, or an insect.
16:05Eggs come in different sizes.
16:09An ostrich egg is so big and so round, it takes two hands to hold one egg.
16:17Hummingbird eggs are the size of a jelly bean.
16:22An egg is artistic.
16:26An egg is textured.
16:30There are hard eggs.
16:33And soft eggs.
16:35And gooey eggs.
16:37There are smooth eggs.
16:41And rough eggs.
16:44An egg gives the little creature growing inside it everything it needs.
16:50The shell is its home.
16:52The yolk is its food.
16:55The egg white, or albumen, is its pillow.
17:00The shell is covered with teeny tiny holes, which allow air to enter.
17:07Here's what a baby chick looks like growing inside its egg after the first three days.
17:14Here it is at seven days.
17:17Thirteen days.
17:19And eighteen days.
17:22After twenty-one days, it hatches into a baby chick.
17:26An egg is quiet.
17:29Then, suddenly...
17:31An egg is noisy.
17:38The end.
17:40Wow!
17:41Here I thought an egg was quiet.
17:43And it turned out that the exact opposite is also true.
17:47An egg is noisy.
17:49Ah!
17:50This one is still pretty quiet.
17:57She's right!
17:58Why is this one quiet?
18:00Yeah.
18:00That's because it isn't hatching.
18:02If something comes out of it, then it will be noisy.
18:05What's going to hatch from it?
18:07Maybe it's a duck, huh?
18:13Or a turtle!
18:17Or even...
18:18A dinosaur!
18:24Who knows?
18:26Well, I have to go mow the lawn.
18:29Let me know if the egg starts making noise, okay?
18:31Bye!
18:31I think we should wait here until this egg hatches.
18:36I want to know what comes out.
18:37Oh!
18:37Oh!
18:38Me too!
18:38Me too!
18:39Hey!
18:41Do you think we should sit on it?
18:43Mm.
18:43Well, don't birds usually sit on their eggs to get them hatched?
18:46Nah, we might break it.
18:47Let's just watch it.
18:48Oh, okay.
18:55One more.
18:56Mom.
19:01Hello, everybody.
19:06Please welcome my guest, Theo Lyons!
19:09What's up, man?
19:10What's coming up on Between the Lions?
19:13Well, let's see.
19:14Oh, watch for more noise and more chickens.
19:18Oh, and a hen singing about chickens, too.
19:22Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
19:25presenting the incredible, daring Trampolini Brothers,
19:28performing the noisy, balancing Ballyhoo!
19:31That's noisy!
19:38That's even noisier!
19:44That's the noisiest of all!
19:48Noisy, noisier, noisiest!
19:52Folks, let's hear it for the terrific Trampolini Brothers!
20:00Oh, I won't lie, it's loud.
20:13It's very, very loud, oh, yeah.
20:16And it's big, so big.
20:19It's very, very, very large, oh, yeah.
20:23It's very loud and very big and very, very, very tall.
20:27And it's mellow!
20:28And it rolls, and it thumps, and it hammers, and it dumps, and it rocks, and it clangs, and it's heavy, and it burns.
20:45And it burns, and it thumps, and it thumps, and it hammers, and it dumps, and it rocks, and it clangs, and it's heavy, and it burns.
20:57It's down and very, very dirty, up and very, very high, and it's mellow!
21:04It's very tough and very hot and very, very, very strong, and it's mellow!
21:11It's very loud and very big and very, very, very tall, and it's mellow!
21:16Look, popping out of the bushes!
21:23Is it a bug?
21:24Is it a squirrel?
21:26No!
21:27It's Opposite Bunny!
21:31Loud!
21:33Here he comes!
21:35The Opposite Bunny!
21:43Quiet!
21:44The duck was loud!
21:46Now he's quiet!
21:48How does that bunny do it?
21:50Mom!
21:51Who was that cute bunny?
21:53Mom!
21:54That was the Opposite Bunny!
21:57Baby Chick by Aileen Fisher
22:00Peck, peck, peck on the warm brown egg
22:05Out comes a neck
22:07Out comes a leg
22:09How does a chick who's not been about
22:14Discover the trick?
22:16Of how to get out
22:18Public library information, hen!
22:24What?
22:26What kind of bird is a hen?
22:29Well, you've certainly come to the right place!
22:32Listen to this
22:34Hens are simply foul
22:40And crows are for the birds
22:42And while we're on the subject
22:44Let me say a few more words
22:46A pigeon is a pigeon
22:47A pigeon is a smidgen
22:48Like a dog mixed with a quail
22:51A peacock's like a turkey
22:53With a psychedelic tail
22:56Oh, hens are simply foul
22:59I'll say it once again
23:02A hen is also a chicken
23:04And a chicken is a hen
23:06And if my explanation
23:08Increases your frustration
23:10The only thing important in the end
23:14Is foul or not
23:17We're all your gathered friends
23:21You're welcome
23:25Information, hen, how may I help you?
23:29Oh, here's some different shapes we see every day
23:33I see an oval egg
23:36I see a round ball
23:40I see a flag that's a rectangle
23:43I see a square box
23:46And this is a triangle
23:49What shape do you see?
23:52It's short story time
23:54With Artie Smarty Fels
23:56Hello
24:00My finger is stuck in the book
24:02And I want to read it to you
24:03Oh, I will pull it out
24:06Well, the book is titled
24:11Worm is Stuck
24:13Written and illustrated by Kathy Cable
24:15Worm is a circle
24:21Worm is a square
24:24Worm is a triangle
24:28Worm is a zigzag
24:31Worm is a figure eight
24:35Worm is a bow
24:39Worm is a knot
24:42Help
24:43Worm is stuck
24:47The end
24:49Ah
24:50Oh, no
24:54And now it's time to say goodbye
24:56Oh, I'm stuck again
24:58Oh
24:58Oh, oh, oh
24:59Oh, stoop
25:00Oh, yeah
25:01Oh, I'm stuck
25:03I hate being stuck in the boat
25:04Oh
25:05Did you hear anything yet?
25:12No
25:12Did you?
25:14No
25:14How long do you think we have to wait?
25:17Hmm
25:18Hmm
25:19Oh, sorry
25:22Hey, have either of you seen my
25:24Oh, there it is
25:26My egg
25:27What?
25:28This is your egg?
25:30Well, hey
25:31What kind of egg is it?
25:32Yeah, is it a dinosaur egg
25:34With a cute little teeny tiny dinosaur in it
25:37With teeny tiny wings?
25:38Yeah
25:38No, no
25:41It's not the kind of egg that hatches
25:44Huh?
25:46What?
25:47It's a hard-boiled egg
25:48Huh?
25:50But
25:51Cooked?
25:53It's my lunch
25:55Ah
25:57Oh, boy, oh, boy
26:01On up, kid
26:03Oh
26:04Looks good
26:06Yo, check it out
26:10We're going surfing without a board, dudes
26:13Okay
26:14Because we're surfing between the lions' website
26:17Okay
26:18Go to pbskids.org
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