TV Program: Reading Rainbow: Rechenka's Eggs

This episode, "Rechenka's Eggs," features eggs, their biological anatomy and artistic uses. Viveca Lindfors reads "Rachenka's Eggs" by Patricia Polacco. This is a story about Babuska, an elderly woman living in Russia, who spends her time coloring eggs and an injured goose named Rechenka who Babuska nurses back to health. Patricia Polacco, the author of "Rachenka's Eggs" talks about how the stories of her Russian grandparents and visiting wild Canadian geese in a park inspired her to write this story. She also demonstrates her egg coloring craft which she learned from her grandmother. Host LeVar Burton talks about the anatomy and biology of eggs and eggs as art. The children review "The Talking Eggs," "I Made It Myself," and "Stefan & Olga."

CC - Closed Caption
HD - High Definition
16:9 - Anamorphic Widescreen
LTR - Letterbox
DVI - Descriptive Video Information for the visually impaired

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