
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
Air Date: 2000-04-03
Theo reads the cubs a book about the wild adventures of Pecos Bill, specifically about the time ol' Bill wrangled a t...
Air Date: 2000-04-04
A lost rock mysteriously appears in the library, and he can't remember who he is or where he comes from. The lions th...
Air Date: 2000-04-05
When a mouse from a children's book becomes a hero, everyone in the library floods her with fan mail - which leaves C...
Air Date: 2000-04-06
Lionel plays a computer game called ""Farmer Ken's Puzzle"", in which he must figure out how to get a hen, cat, and b...
Air Date: 2000-04-07
The lions try to stay awake at night, in order to see a meteor shower. Of course, this is not as easy as it sounds, a...
Air Date: 2000-04-09
A Hopping Hen causes a mighty ruckus in the library, so the lions decide to put up ""No Hopping Hen Here"" signs, in ...
Air Date: 2000-04-11
Cleo reads the cubs a bedtime story about a Queen who wants to be able to touch the moon, but can't. However, Leona i...
Air Date: 2000-04-12
Click the Mouse brings the Boy from the story ""The Boy Who Cried Wolf"" out of the storybook, so he can learn more a...
Air Date: 2000-04-13
The famous Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear from the classic children's rhyme visits the library, where everyone is immediately caugh...
Air Date: 2000-04-14
Lionel wakes up one morning, much like he does every day, to find that overnight, he's grown a pair of antlers on his...
Air Date: 2000-04-16
The lions learn about a real-life pirate named Ann Bonnie, after Lionel refuses to let Leona play pirates with him (c...
Air Date: 2000-04-18
Writer Babs Caplan visits the library, hoping to smooth out the bumps in her new book, called ""The Chap With Caps""....
Air Date: 2000-04-19
After reading the story ""Pandora's Box"", Lionel and Leona come across a similar-looking box, themselves, and wonder...
Air Date: 2000-04-20
Lionel gets a few pointers on the technique of doing magic tricks, from the master magician Harry Houdini, himself. W...
Air Date: 2000-04-20
The Lions try to make Click laugh by reading jokes out of Theo's ""The Universal Encyclopedia of Fly Jokes"" book, on...
Air Date: 2000-04-23
Lionel and Leona read a book about a popcorn popper, and get the idea to take the popper out of the book and into the...
Air Date: 2000-04-25
Lionel and Leona learn about Eagles and Fish after reading Cliffhanger's latest adventure.
Air Date: 2000-04-26
A sculpter named Pygmalion carves a statue of a woman, falls in love with her, and gives her a hug - only she can't h...
Air Date: 2000-04-27
The naughty ram from the book ""The Ram in the Pepper Patch"" escapes into the library, where he proceeds to make a m...
Air Date: 2000-04-28
Babs Caplan comes to the library to create a fantastic tongue twister, with some help from the Lions. Then, Babs and ...
Air Date: 2000-05-01
The Lions watch a video of a foreign film called ""Sausage Nose"", in which a poor couple receives three wishes from ...
Air Date: 2000-05-02
Leona makes her very own hat, with one red side and one green side. When she walks through the library with it on, on...
Air Date: 2000-05-03
A cute little duck from a cute little children's book becomes sick and tired of being cute all the time! With Lionel'...
Air Date: 2000-05-04
Babs Caplan returns to the library to work on her new book called ""The Old Man"". Unfortunately, it has no middle or...
Air Date: 2000-05-05
Lionel and Leona read a very sad story about a King and his friend, the Hawk. After, Leona wants to take and hide the...
Air Date: 2000-05-08
Lionel and Leona try to convince Theo to show them his Lion-powered ""Mighty Roar that Makes them Run"", but Theo is ...
Air Date: 2000-05-09
After reading a book about a king who rode on his friend's back (because he didn't want to get his feet dirty), Leona...
Air Date: 2000-05-10
When ""The Fox and the Crow"" fable is read in the library, Walter and Clay get angry over the way the crow was depic...
Air Date: 2000-05-11
Lionel gets upset over the outcome of a baseball game, where the Giants clobbered the Cubs. Theo and Cleo decide it w...
Air Date: 2000-05-12
The jazzy, rhythmic sounds of Be Bop make their way into the library one day, and soon everyone is singing nonsensica...