Storytime (found PBS children's reading series; 1992-1998)
The show's logo.
Status: Partially Found
Storytime also known as Kino's Storytime is a PBS series that premired on October 11th, 1992, and ran until 1998. It was made by the Los Angeles, California PBS Station KCET, the same station who made The Puzzle Place two years later.[1]
Production
The show was originally produced as Storytime on Los Angeles PBS station KCET, and was later picked up by PBS for national airing in 1994 under the name Kino's Storytime. The national airing was identical beyond the name.
Content
The show was similar to the 1983 to 2006 PBS series Reading Rainbow as it centered on reading children's books. The show featured a puppet character named Kino (performed by the late Mark Ritts) and two human characters Kino interacts with: Lucy (played by Anne Betancourt) and Mara (played by Marabina Jaimes) It also featured several celebrity guests (owing to KCET's connection to Hollywood) such as Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Wilford Brimley, and many others.
Along with the celebrity or regular narrators telling the stories the stories themselves show illustrations from the books with edits and panning all around so the words of the books couldn't be seen, specially added music and sound effects were made for the stories told as well depending on the stories.
The show was released on VHS, but only 3 volumes are known to exist.[2] It is unknown if these 3 VHS releases constitute the entire run of the show.
Episode Status
| Episode | Status | Books Read |
|---|---|---|
| Kellie Williams and Patricia Richardson | Found | Owl Babies, Two of Everything and A Mother for Choco |
| Mario Lopez and Cindy Williams | Found | Froggy Gets Dressed, Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour and Daley B |
References
- ↑ October 1992 - 'Storytime,' KCET's First Major Children's Series, Debuts - KCET Retrieved 16 Mar '21
- ↑ Worldcat Search Results for Kino's Storytime. Retrieved 16 Mar '21