The Salamander Room
"Reading Rainbow" is a magazine program for children that introduces a wide range of educational topics that promote awareness of the world and inspire reading. This episode features the book THE SALAMANDER ROOM, written by Anne Mazer and read by Lynne Thigpen, about a boy who catches an orange salamander and learns he would have to turn his bedroom into a woods if he really wants to give it a proper home. Host LeVar Burton visits Jungle World at the Wildlife Conservation Park at the Bronx Zoo where he learns about the rain forest ecosystem and how the zoo constructed this man-made rain forest. LeVar also narrates a report on how scientists study rain forests. The kids review the books THE GREAT KAPOK TREE, CHIPMUNK SONG, and FROGS, TOADS, AND SALAMANDERS.
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