Kino's Storytime

Kino's Storytime
Created by	Douglass Bailey
Presented by	Anne Betancourt as Lucy Marabina Jaimes as Mara Mark Ritts as Kino
Theme music composer	John Nordstrom II
Composer	John Nordstrom II
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	3[citation needed]
No. of episodes	81[citation needed]
Production
Executive producer	Patricia Kunkel[1]
Running time	30 minutes per episode
Production company	KCET
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	October 12, 1992 (1992-10-12)[2] – September 1, 1997 (1997-09-01)

Kino's Storytime, also known as Storytime, is an American children's reading television program which aired on PBS from October 12, 1992 until September 1, 1997.^[2] It was produced by KCET in Los Angeles, California. It was available on VHS from Strand Home Video and Video Treasures. It was co-hosted by Anne Betancourt as Lucy, Marabina Jaimes as Mara and Kino, voiced and performed by puppeteer Mark Ritts.^[3][4][5][6]

Cast[]

In addition to being co-hosted by Lucy, Mara and Kino, celebrity guest stars would sometimes visit the series and read stories, including:

Episodes[]

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Season 1 (1992-1994)

1. Anna and the Little Green Dragon, Little Polar Bear and Rose Meets Mr. Wintergarten
2. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Chicken Sunday and Any Kind of Dog
3. The Relatives Came, Five Bad Boys, Billy Que and the Dustdobbin and Mama, Do You Love Me?
4. The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats, Alistair's Elephant and Ira Sleeps Over
5. My Little Red Car, Three Wishes, The Magic House and Monster Mama
6. The Gingerbread Man, The Very Quiet Cricket and Whistle for Willie
7. Mouse's Birthday, Jonathan and his Mommy, The Story of Ferdinand and Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
8. Owl Babies, Two of Everything and A Mother for Choco
9. Timothy Goes to School, Amazing Grace, Rumplestiltskin and My Mom is Excellent
10. The Happy Day, Maggie and the Pirate and Cuddly Dudley
11. That's Good! That's Bad! and Horton Hatches the Egg
12. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Lady Bugatti and Little Peep
13. The Fish Who Could Wish, Green Wilma, Magic Spring and Stina
14. The Boy with Square Eyes, Franklin in the Dark and The Rough Face Girl
15. Two Badd Babies, Go Away, Big Green Monster! and The Amazing Bone
16. Froggy Gets Dressed, Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour and Daley B
17. The Trouble with Mom, The Dragon of an Ordinary Family and Borreguita and the Coyote
18. Possum Come A-Knockin', Elmer, Abuela and The Hungry Thing
19. Winnie the Witch, The Last Time I Saw Harris, Eddie and Teddy and One of Three
20. More, More, More Said the Baby, Babushka's Doll and Grandpa's Face
21. Jamberry, The Ghost-Eye Tree and Baby Rattlesnake
22. Night Tree, Maebelle's Suitcase and Ruby the Copy Cat
23. The Wolf's Chicken Stew, The Emperor's New Clothes and Duckat
24. The Treasure, Julius, The Baby of the World and The Happy Hedgehog Band
25. Greetings from Sandy Beach, Socrates and The Rooster Who Went to his Uncle's Wedding
26. Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One, A Porcupine Named Fluffy and Morris's Missing Bag
27. Farmer Duck, I Hear a Noise and The Fortune-Tellers
28. Noisy Nora, The Seven Chinese Brothers and Effie
29. The Folks in the Valley, The Banza and Rosie's Baby Tooth
30. Company's Coming, The Little Red Hen and Engelbert the Elephant
31. The Itsy Bitsy Spider, All Pigs are Beautiful, and Do Not Open
32. The Woman Who Outshone the Sun, The Art Lesson and Gorilla
33. The Adventures of Taxi Dog, Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon, The Baby Blue Cat Who Said No and Dear Mr. Blueberry
34. Maxi, the Hero, Broderick and The Doorbell Rang
35. The Erie Canal from Sea to Shining Sea, Slither McCreep and his Brother Joe, The Mitten, Earl's Too Cool for Me and Annie Bananie
36. My Little Brother, Dinner at the Panda Palace and Chrysanthemum
37. First Pink Light, The Cat Who Lost his Purr and Goldilocks and the Three Bears
38. A Big Fat Enormous Lie, Super Dooper Jezebel and Not So Fast Songololo
39. Ming Lo Moves the Mountain, The Boy and the Ghost and Life is Fun
40. Princess Smartypants, "Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Gonna Sneeze!" and A Special Trade

SPECIAL: Mucky Moose, Alistair's Elephant and When I Was Little

Season 2 (1995)

1. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
2. Regina's Big Mistake, The Empty Pot and Wind Says Good Night
3. Knock, Knock, Teremok!, Little Lumpty and The Grasshopper and the Ants
4. Going Home, The Tickleoctopus and The Grumpalump
5. Subway Sparrow, Ollie Knows Everything and King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
6. A Hat for Minerva Louise, The Story of a Boy named Will, Who Went Sledding Down the Hill, Dogteam and Prize in the Snow
7. Time Train, Pip's Magic and Cabbage Rose
8. Stop That Pickle! and Swamp Angel
9. The Whales' Song, The Paper Princess and The Big, Big Sea
10. Sheila Rae, The Brave, The Rat and the Tiger and A House is a House for Me
11. Too Many Tamales, La Gallinita Roja and ¿Donde Esta Mi Osito? - Christmas Special
12. Flower Garden, When the Fly Flew in..., and Nathaniel Willy, Scared Silly
13. Would You Rather..., Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! and Boodil My Dog
14. Frog Went A'Courtin', Uncle Jed's Barbershop and Stories to Tell from Meet Danitra Brown
15. Playing Right Field, Pug, Slug and Doug the Thug and Hunting the White Cow
16. Donna O'Neeshuck Was Chased by Some Cows, Don't Fidget a Feather and Nothing at All
17. Fairy Went A-Marketing, The Man Who Kept his Heart in a Bucket and Mole's Hill
18. Bear, The Hunter and It's the Bear!
19. Hi!, The Shepard Boy and Amber On the Mountain
20. Owl Eyes and Tops & Bottoms
21. Miss Spider's Tea Party, Elvira, Wilson Sat Alone and We Could be Friends

Season 3 (1996-1997)

1. The House that Drac Built, Big Pumpkin, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything and Halloween Howls: Riddles That are a Scream - Halloween Special
2. Is Your Mama a Llama?, Storm Boy and The Monkey and the Crocodile
3. My Mama Had a Dancing Heart, Mirette on the High Wire and Twist With a Burger, Jitter With a Bug
4. Suddenly!, Courtney and The Gullywasher
5. Contrary Mary, The Perfect Orange and This and That
6. Babushka Baba Yaga, The Old Dog and The Painter
7. Jessica, I'm Coming to Get You! and Listen Buddy
8. Buz, A Flea in the Ear, If..., "Hey Bug" from Sunflakes: Poems for Children and "Song of the Bugs" from Nibble, Nibble: Poems for Children
9. The Little Mouse, The Red, Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear, The Leopard's Drum and Honeypaw and Lightfoot
10. 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving, How Many Days to America? and Over the River and Through the Wood - Thanksgiving Special
11. The Old, Old Man and the Very Little Boy, More Than Anything Else and Knoxville, Tennessee
12. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and Once There Was a Bull...(Frog)
13. What is the Sun?, Sally and the Limpet, Secret Place and What a Wonderful World
14. Turnip Soup, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and Night in the Barn
15. Truck Song, The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe and The Wide-Mouthed Frog
16. This is Our House, Tacky the Penguin, The Most Beautiful Kid in the World and Yo! Yes?
17. In the Rain with Baby Duck, Two Mrs. Gibbons and The Butterfly Seeds
18. When I Was Five, The Paperboy and The Fiddler of the Northern Lights
19. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin!, The Lion and the Little Red Bird and Outrageous Bodacious Boliver Boggs
20. Grandma's Cat, The Old Woman who Named Things and Lost

VHS releases[]

References[]

External links[]

• Storytime at IMDb
• Episode guide

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