Between the Lions

Between the Lions

TV 2000-04-03 30m Kids Comedy
★ 7.6 / 10 · 8 votes

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

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Status
Ended
Runtime
30m
Seasons
10
Episodes
140
Studios
Network
PBS
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Links
Season 1 2000 · 30 eps
  1. 1 Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West Theo reads the cubs a book about the wild adventures of Pecos Bill, specifically about the time ol' Bill wrangled a tornado. When the tornado escapes from the book, however, and w… Apr 3, 2000 30m
  2. 2 The Lost Rock A lost rock mysteriously appears in the library, and he can't remember who he is or where he comes from. The lions then decide to set out and search for clues as to what book the … Apr 4, 2000 30m
  3. 3 Little Big Mouse When a mouse from a children's book becomes a hero, everyone in the library floods her with fan mail - which leaves Click the Computer mouse feeling unwanted. Apr 5, 2000 30m
  4. 4 Farmer Ken's Puzzle Lionel plays a computer game called ""Farmer Ken's Puzzle"", in which he must figure out how to get a hen, cat, and bag of seed, across a river one at a time. When Leona wants to … Apr 6, 2000 30m
  5. 5 Shooting Stars 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, as Theo says, ""Lions need a solid 22 hours of sleep a day!"" Apr 7, 2000 30m
  6. 6 The Hopping Hen A Hopping Hen causes a mighty ruckus in the library, so the lions decide to put up ""No Hopping Hen Here"" signs, in order to stop the problem. But the problem is only beginning, … Apr 9, 2000 30m
  7. 7 Touching the Moon Cleo reads the cubs a bedtime story about a Queen who wants to be able to touch the moon, but can't. However, Leona is then unable to get to sleep without wanting to learn more ab… Apr 11, 2000 30m
  8. 8 The Boy Who Cried Wolf Click the Mouse brings the Boy from the story ""The Boy Who Cried Wolf"" out of the storybook, so he can learn more about how to properly care for his sheep. Apr 12, 2000 30m
  9. 9 Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy? The famous Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear from the classic children's rhyme visits the library, where everyone is immediately caught up in ""Fuzzy Wuzzy Mania!"" Everyone except Lionel, because… Apr 13, 2000 30m
  10. 10 Lionel's Antlers Lionel wakes up one morning, much like he does every day, to find that overnight, he's grown a pair of antlers on his head! To help him feel better, Cleo reads him the book ""Imog… Apr 14, 2000 30m
  11. 11 To the Ship! To the Ship! The lions learn about a real-life pirate named Ann Bonnie, after Lionel refuses to let Leona play pirates with him (claiming that there was no such thing as girl pirates). Apr 16, 2000 30m
  12. 12 The Chap With Caps Writer Babs Caplan visits the library, hoping to smooth out the bumps in her new book, called ""The Chap With Caps"". It's going to need more than just a little smoothing out - be… Apr 18, 2000 30m
  13. 13 Pandora's Box After reading the story ""Pandora's Box"", Lionel and Leona come across a similar-looking box, themselves, and wonder if they should open it or not. Apparently ignoring the moral … Apr 19, 2000 30m
  14. 14 Lionel's Great Escape Trick Lionel gets a few pointers on the technique of doing magic tricks, from the master magician Harry Houdini, himself. When he locks himself in the closet for his act, though, Leona … Apr 20, 2000 30m
  15. 15 There's a Fly in My Soup The Lions try to make Click laugh by reading jokes out of Theo's ""The Universal Encyclopedia of Fly Jokes"" book, only to find out from Click that computer pointing devices are n… Apr 20, 2000 30m
  16. 16 The Popcorn Popper 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 library, so they can pop all the popcorn they want. Apr 23, 2000 30m
  17. 17 Something Fishy Lionel and Leona learn about Eagles and Fish after reading Cliffhanger's latest adventure. Apr 25, 2000 30m
  18. 18 Hug, Hug, Hug! A sculpter named Pygmalion carves a statue of a woman, falls in love with her, and gives her a hug - only she can't hug him back. The Lions then try to help find ways for the stat… Apr 26, 2000 30m
  19. 19 The Ram in the Pepper Patch The naughty ram from the book ""The Ram in the Pepper Patch"" escapes into the library, where he proceeds to make a mess out of everything! Apr 27, 2000 30m
  20. 20 A Peck of Peppers Babs Caplan comes to the library to create a fantastic tongue twister, with some help from the Lions. Then, Babs and Leona go head-to-head with the master of all Tongue Twisters, … Apr 28, 2000 30m
  21. 21 Sausage Nose The Lions watch a video of a foreign film called ""Sausage Nose"", in which a poor couple receives three wishes from a wise old woman. Somehow, a sausage gets wished onto the wife… May 1, 2000 30m
  22. 22 Red Hat, Green Hat Leona makes her very own hat, with one red side and one green side. When she walks through the library with it on, one group of people see the green side, and the other group sees… May 2, 2000 30m
  23. 23 The Lucky Duck A cute little duck from a cute little children's book becomes sick and tired of being cute all the time! With Lionel's help, the duck tries to become a rock-n-rollin' leather-clad… May 3, 2000 30m
  24. 24 The Old Man Babs Caplan returns to the library to work on her new book called ""The Old Man"". Unfortunately, it has no middle or end to it! But with the Lions' help, Babs just might be able … May 4, 2000 30m
  25. 25 A King and His Hawk Lionel and Leona read a very sad story about a King and his friend, the Hawk. After, Leona wants to take and hide the book where no will be able to find it, so they can't read it … May 5, 2000 30m
  26. 26 The Roar That Makes Them Run Lionel and Leona try to convince Theo to show them his Lion-powered ""Mighty Roar that Makes them Run"", but Theo is reluctant to do so -- after all, they're in a library! May 8, 2000 30m
  27. 27 Piggyback, Piggyback 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 wants to do the same. So she hops on her dad's back, and does… May 9, 2000 30m
  28. 28 The Fox and the Crow When ""The Fox and the Crow"" fable is read in the library, Walter and Clay get angry over the way the crow was depicted as a ""bird brain"", and then protest to have the story ba… May 10, 2000 30m
  29. 29 Giants and Cubs Lionel gets upset over the outcome of a baseball game, where the Giants clobbered the Cubs. Theo and Cleo decide it would be a good idea to bring the Giants into the library, for … May 11, 2000 30m
  30. 30 Be Bop The jazzy, rhythmic sounds of Be Bop make their way into the library one day, and soon everyone is singing nonsensical Be Bop tunes -- everyone except Barnaby B. Busterfield III, … May 12, 2000 30m
Season 2 2001 · 25 eps

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Season 3 2002 · 10 eps

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Season 4 2003 · 5 eps

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Season 5 2005 · 21 eps

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Season 6 2006 · 10 eps

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Season 7 2007 · 10 eps

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Season 8 2008 · 10 eps

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Season 9 9 eps

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Season 10 2010 · 10 eps

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