Reading Rainbow has garnered more than 250 awards in twenty-one seasons... receiving Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children's Series and Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series, a prestigious Peabody, nine CINE Golden Eagles, nine Parents Choice Awards and six international Priz Jeunesse Awards.
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Emmy Award (2005)Receiving international acclaim, Reading Rainbow was awarded four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children’s Series, Outstanding Writing in a Children’s Series, Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Editing, and Outstanding in Single Camera Photography. (2005)
Cine Golden Eagle Award (2005)Celebrating excellence in film, video & media arts, Visiting Day was recognized with a Cine Golden Eagle Award. (2005)
Winner of the Learning Magazine’s Teachers’ Choice Award the Reading Rainbow Family Literacy Kits
as have proven to be the tool for schools bridging the school-to-home connection. (2004)
Parents’ Choice Award (2002)Parents’ Choice honors the best material for children, and recognized Tin Forest with a Golden Award and Enemy Pie with The Parents’ Choice Recommended Award. (2002)

Tin Forest was recognized as the Winner of the 2003 Telly Awards, along with My America and Badger’s Parting Gifts receiving Bronze Statuettes for outstanding video production.