Kino's Storytime Explained

Runtime:30 minutes per episode
Presenter:Anne Betancourt as Lucy
Marabina Jaimes as Mara
Mark Ritts as Kino, Kyle Sullivan as Kino's best friend, Marcus T. Paulk as Matt
Theme Music Composer:John Nordstrom II
Composer:John Nordstrom II
Country:United States
Network:PBS
Creator:Douglass Bailey
Executive Producer:Patricia Kunkel[1]
Company:KCET
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:81

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

Season 1 (1992–1994)

  1. Books Read: Anna and the Little Green Dragon by Klaus Baumgart; The Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer; Rose Meets Mr. Wintergarten by Bob Graham
  2. Books Read: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert; Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco; Any Kind of Dog by Lynn Reiser
  3. Books Read: The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; Five Bad Boys, Billy Que and the Dustdobbin by Susan Patron, pictures by Mike Shenon; Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse, illustrated by Barbara Lavallee
  4. Books Read: The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats by Carol Greene, pictures by Loretta Krupinski; Alistair's Elephant by Marilyn Sadler, illustrated by Roger Bollen; Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
  5. Books Read: My Little Red Car by Chris Demarest; Three Wishes by Lucille Clifton, illustrated by Michael Hays; The Magic House by Robyn H. Eversole, illustrated by Peter Palagonia; Monster Mama by Liz Rosenberg, illustrations by Stephen Gammell
  6. Books Read: The Gingerbread Man retold by Eric Kimmel, illustrated by Megan Lloyd; The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle; Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
  7. Books Read: Mouse's Birthday by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Bruce Degen; Jonathan and His Mommy by Irene Hector-Smalls, illustrated by Michael Hays; The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas
  8. Books Read: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Patrick Benson; Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong; A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
  9. Books Read: Timothy Goes to School by Rosemary Wells; Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, pictures by Caroline Binch; Rumpelstiltskin retold and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; On the Edge of the Sea by Betty Paraskevas, illustrated by Michael Paraskevas
  10. Books Read: The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss, pictures by Marc Simont; Maggie and the Pirate by Ezra Jack Keats; Cuddly Dudley by Jez Alborough
  11. Books Read: That's Good! That's Bad! by Margery Cuyler, pictures by David Catrow; Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
  12. Books Read: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond; Lady Bugatti by Joyce Maxner, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes; Little Peep by Jack Kent
  13. Books Read: The Fish Who Could Wish by John Bush, illustrated by Korky Paul; Green Wilma by Tedd Arnold; Magic Spring by Nami Rhee; Stina by Lena Anderson
  14. Books Read: The Boy with Square Eyes by Juliet and Charles Snape; Franklin in the Dark by Paulette Bourgeois, illustrated by Brenda Clark; The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin, illustrated by David Shannon
  15. Books Read: Two Badd Babies by Jeffie Ross Gordon, illustrated by Chris Demarest; Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley; The Amazing Bone by William Steig
  16. Books Read: Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz; Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Donald Carrick; Daley B by Jon Blake, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
  17. Books Read: The Trouble with Mom by Babette Cole; The Dragon of an Ordinary Family by Margaret Mahy, pictures by Helen Oxenbury; Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema, illustrated by Petra Mathers
  18. Books Read: Possum Come A-Knockin' by Nancy Van Laan, illustrated by George Booth; Elmer the Patchwork Elephant by David McKee; Abuela by Arthur Dorros, illustrated by Elisa Kleven; The Hungry Thing by Jan Slepian and Ann Seidler, pictures by Richard Martin
  19. Books Read: Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas, illustrated by Korky Paul; The Last Time I Saw Harris by Frank Remkiewicz; Eddie and Teddy by Gus Clarke; One of Three by Angela Johnson, pictures by David Soman
  20. Books Read: More, More, More Said the Baby by Vera Williams; Babushka's Doll by Patricia Polacco; Grandpa's Face by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
  21. Books Read: Jamberry by Bruce Degen; The Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Ted Rand; Baby Rattlesnake told by Te Ata, adapted by Lynn Moroney, illustrated by Veg Reisberg
  22. Books Read: Night Tree by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ted Rand; Maebelle's Suitcase by Tricia Tusa; Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann
  23. Books Read: The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza; The Emperor's New Clothes retold and illustrated by S.T. Mendelson; Duckat by Gaelyn Gordon, illustrated by Chris Gaskin
  24. Books Read: The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz; Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes; The Happy Hedgehog Band by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Jill Barton
  25. Books Read: Greetings from Sandy Beach by Bob Graham; Socrates by Rascal and Gert Bogaerts; The Rooster Who Went to His Uncle's Wedding by Alma Flor Ada, illustrated by Kathleen Kuchera
  26. Books Read: Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One by Kate Duke; A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger; Morris' Disappearing Bag by Rosemary Wells
  27. Books Read: Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury; I Hear a Noise by Diane Goode; The Fortune-Tellers by Lloyd Alexander, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
  28. Books Read: Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells; The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng; Effie by Beverley Allinson, illustrations by Barbara Reid
  29. Books Read: The Folks in the Valley by Jim Aylesworth, illustrated by Stefano Vitale; The Banza by Diane Wolkstein, pictures by Marc Brown; Rosie's Baby Tooth by Maryann MacDonald, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
  30. Books Read: Company's Coming by Arthur Yorinks, illustrated by David Small; The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone; Engelbert the Elephant by Tom Paxton, illustrated by Steven Kellogg
  31. Books Read: All Pigs Are Beautiful by Dick King-Smith, illustrated by Anita Jeram; The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani; Do Not Open by Brinton Turkle
  32. Books Read: The Woman Who Outshone the Sun from a poem by Alejandro Cruz Martinez, pictures by Fernando Olivera; The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola; Gorilla by Anthony Browne
  33. Books Read: The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra and Sal Barracca, pictures by Mark Buehner; Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! by Pat Cummings; The Baby Blue Cat Who Said No by Ainslie Pryor; Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James
  34. Books Read: Maxi, The Hero by Debra and Sal Barracca, Pictures by Mark Buehner; Broderick by Edward Ormondroyd, illustrated by John Larrecq; The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
  35. Books Read: The Erie Canal from Sea to Shining Sea; The Mitten adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett; Earl's Too Cool for Me by Leah Komaiko, illustrated by Laura Cornell; Annie Bananie by Leah Komaiko, illustrated by Laura Cornell; Slither McCreep and His Brother, Joe by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Victoria Chess
  36. Books Read: My Little Brother by Debi Gliori; Dinner at the Panda Palace by Stephanie Calmenson, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott; Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
  37. Books Read: First Green Light by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist; The Cat Who Lost His Purr by Michele Coxon; Goldilocks and the Three Bears retold and illustrated by Jan Brett
  38. Books Read: A Big Fat Enormous Lie by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, illustrated by David McPhail; Mouse in House by Judith Schermer; Not So Fast, Songololo by Niki Daly
  39. Books Read: Ming Lo Moves the Mountain by Arnold Lobel; The Boy and the Ghost by Robert San Souci, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; Life is Fun by Nancy Carlson
  40. Books Read: Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole; "Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze!" by Patricia Thomas, pictures by Wallace Tripp; A Special Trade by Sally Wittman, pictures by Karen Gundersheimer

SPECIAL: Mucky Moose by Jonathan Allen; Alistair's Elephant by Marilyn Sadler, illustrated by Roger Bollen; When I Was Little by Jamie Lee Curtis, illustrated by Laura Cornell

Season 2 (1995)

  1. Books Read: The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury; The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf as told to Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith
  2. Books Read: Regina's Big Mistake by Marissa Moss; The Empty Pot by Demi; Wind Says Good Night by Katy Rydell, illustrated by David Jorgensen
  3. Books Read: The Tiny Patient by Judy Pedersen; Little Lumpty by Miko Imai; The Grasshopper and the Ants retold by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Larry Moore
  4. Books Read: Going Home by Margaret Wild, illustrated by Wayne Harris; The Tickleoctopus by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood; The Grumpalump by Sarah Hayes, illustrated by Barbara Firth
  5. Books Read: Subway Sparrow by Leyla Torres; King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood; Ollie Knows Everything by Abby Levine, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
  6. Books Read: A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke; The Story of a Boy Named Will, Who Went Sledding Down the Hill by Daniil Kharms, translated by Jamey Gambrell, illustrated by Vladimir Rundunsky; Dogteam by Gary Paulsen, illustrated by Ruth Wright Paulsen; Prize in the Snow by Bill Easterling, illustrations by Mary Beth Owens
  7. Books Read: Time Train by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Claire Ewart; Pip's Magic by Ellen Stoll Walsh; Cabbage Rose by M.C. Helldorfer, illustrated by Julie Downing
  8. Books Read: Stop That Pickle! by Peter Armour, illustrated by Andrew Shachat; Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
  9. Books Read: The Whales' Song by Dyan Sheldon, paintings by Gary Blythe; The Paper Princess by Elisa Kleven; My Grandma Leonie by Bijou Le Tord
  10. Books Read: Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes; The Rat and the Tiger by Keiko Kasza; A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Betty Fraser
  11. Books Read: Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto, illustrated by Ed Martinez; La Gallinita Roja by Margot Zemach; ¿Donde Esta Mi Osito? by Jez Alborough - Christmas Special
  12. Books Read: Flower Garden by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt; When the Fly Flew In... by Lisa Westberg Peters, pictures by Brad Sneed; Nathaniel Willy, Scared Silly by Judith Mathews and Fay Robinson, illustrations by Alexi Natchev
  13. Books Read: Would You Rather... by John Burningham; Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! by David McPhail; Boodil, My Dog by Pija Lindenbaum
  14. Books Read: Frog Went A-Courtin' retold by John Langstaff, pictures by Feodor Rojankovsky; Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell, illustrated by James Ransome; Stories to Tell from Meet Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
  15. Books Read: Playing Right Field by Willy Welch, illustrated by Marc Simont; Pug, Slug, and Doug the Thug by Carol Saller, illustrations by Vicki Jo Redenbaugh; Hunting the White Cow by Tres Seymour, pictures by Wendy Anderson Halperin
  16. Books Read: Donna O'Neeshuck Was Chased By Some Cows by Bill Grossman, illustrated by Sue Truesdell; Don't Fidget a Feather! by Erica Silverman, illustrated by S.D. Schindler; Nothing at All by Denys Cazet
  17. Books Read: A Fairy Went A-Marketing by Rose Fyleman, illustrated by Jamichael Henterly; The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket by Sonia Levitan, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; Mole's Hill by Lois Ehlert
  18. Books Read: Bear by John Schoenherr; The Hunter by Paul Geraghty; It's the Bear! by Jez Alborough
  19. Books Read: Hi! by Ann Herbert Scott, illustrated by Glo Coalson; The Shepherd Boy by Kristine L. Franklin, illustrated by Jill Kastner; Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston, paintings by Robert Duncan
  20. Books Read: Owl Eyes by Frieda Gates, illustrated by Yoshi Miyake; Tops and Bottoms adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens
  21. Books Read: Miss Spider's Tea Party by David Kirk; Elvira by Margaret Shannon; Wilson Sat Alone by Debra Hess, illustrated by Diane Greenseid; "We Could Be Friends" by Myra Cohn Livingston from I Like You, If You Like Me: Poems of Friendship

Season 3 (1997)

  1. Books Read: The House That Drac Built by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand; Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman, illustrated by S.D. Schindler; The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, illustrated by Megan Lloyd; A Number of Dragons by Loreen Leedy - Halloween Special
  2. Books Read: Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino, illustrated by Steven Kellogg; Storm Boy by Paul Owen Lewis; The Monkey and the Crocodile by Paul Galdone
  3. Books Read: My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray, illustrated by Raul Colon; Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully; Twist with a Burger, Jitter with a Bug by Linda Lowery, pictures by Pat Dypold
  4. Books Read: Suddenly! by Colin McNaughton; Courtney by John Burningham; Margie and Me by Beverly Wirth, illustrated by Karen Ann Weinhaus
  5. Books Read: Contrary Mary by Anita Jeram; The Perfect Orange by Frank Araujo, PhD, illustrations by Xiao Jun Li; This and That by Julie Sykes, illustrated by Tanya Linch
  6. Books Read: Babushka Baba Yaga by Patricia Polacco; The Old Dog by Charlotte Zolotow, paintings by James Ransome; The Painter by Peter Catalanotto
  7. Books Read: Jessica by Kevin Henkes; I'm Coming to Get You! by Tony Ross; Listen, Buddy by Helen Lester, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
  8. Books Read: Buz by Richard Egielski; A Flea in the Ear by Stephen Wyllie, illustrated by Ken Brown; If... by Sarah Perry; "Hey Bug" by Lilian Moore from Sunflakes: Poems for Children; "Song of the Bugs" by Margaret Wise Brown from Nibble, Nibble: Poems for Children
  9. Books Read: The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood; The Leopard's Drum by Jessica Souhami; A Jewish Holiday ABC by Malka Drucker, illustrated by Rita Pocock
  10. Books Read: 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey; How Many Days to America? by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Beth Peck; Over the River and Through the Wood by Lydia Maria Child, pictures by Nadine Bernard Westcott - Thanksgiving Special
  11. Books Read: The Old, Old Man and the Very Little Boy by Kristine Franklin, illustrated by Terea Shaffer; More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby, pictures by Chris Soentpiet; Knoxville, Tennessee by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Larry Johnson
  12. Books Read: Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes; Once There Was a Bull... (Frog) by Rick Walton, illustrated by Greg Hally
  13. Books Read: What is the Sun? by Reeve Lindbergh, illustrated by Stephen Lambert; Sally and the Limpet by Simon James; A Crow Named Joe by Peter Eyvindson, illustrated by Doug Keith; What a Wonderful World by George David Weiss and Bob Thiele, illustrated by Ashley Bryan
  14. Books Read: Turnip Soup by Lynne Born Myers and Christopher Myers, illustrated by Katie Keller; Tiny for a Day by Dick Gackenbach; Night in the Barn by Faye Gibbons, illustrated by Erick Ingraham
  15. Books Read: Truck Song by Diane Siebert, pictures by Byron Barton; The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe by Tony Johnston, pictures by S.D. Schindler; The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner, illustrated by Jonathan Lambert
  16. Books Read: This is Our House by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Bob Graham; Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger; The Most Beautiful Kid in the World by Jennifer Ericsson, pictures by Susan Meddaugh; From Bed to Bus by Juli Barbato, pictures by Brian Schatell
  17. Books Read: In the Rain with Baby Duck by Amy Hest, illustrated by Jill Barton; Goldfish Hide-and-Seek by Satoshi Kitamura; The Butterfly Seeds by Mary Watson
  18. Books Read: When I Was Five by Arthur Howard; The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey; Bodies by Barbara Brenner, photographs by George Ancona
  19. Books Read: Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; The Lion and the Little Red Bird by Elisa Kleven; The Way of the Willow Branch by Emery Bernhard, illustrated by Durga Bernhard
  20. Books Read: Grandma's Cat by Helen Ketteman, illustrated by Marsha Lynn Winborn; The Old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Kathryn Brown; Lost by Paul Brett Johnson and Celeste Lewis, illustrated by Paul Brett Johnson

VHS releases

TitleU.S. Release Date
1 Volume 1 September 14, 1994
2 Volume 2 September 14, 1994
3 Volume 3 September 14, 1994
4 Volume 4 November 29, 1995
5 Volume 5 November 29, 1995
6 Volume 6 November 29, 1995
7 Volume 7 November 29, 1995
8 Volume 8 October 23, 1996
9 Volume 9 October 23, 1996
10 Volume 10 October 23, 1996

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kino's storytime. / Vol. one. worldcat.org. 34269273.
  2. Web site: October 1992 - 'Storytime', KCET's First Major Children's Series, Debuts. KCET. September 3, 2014. April 13, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20150503171349/http://www.kcet.org/about/50/timeline/1990s/september-1992---storytime-kcets-first-major-childrens-series-debuts.html. May 3, 2015. live.
  3. Web site: Storytime(1994–1997). imdb.com. January 8, 2014.
  4. Web site: Storytime. tv.com. January 8, 2014.
  5. Book: Kino's Storytime Vol.1 [VHS]. 6303215491.
  6. News: Heffley. Lynne. TV REVIEWS: A Comfy, Cozy 'Storytime'. Los Angeles Times. October 10, 1992. January 8, 2014.