Kino's Storytime | |
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Created by | Douglass Bailey |
Presented by | 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 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 |
Original release | |
Network | PBS |
Release | October 12, 1992[2] – September 1, 1997 |
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]
In addition to being co-hosted by Lucy, Mara and Kino, celebrity guest stars would sometimes visit the series and read stories, including:
This article is missing information about missing episodes.(May 2021) |
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
# | Title | U.S. Release Date |
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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 |
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