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  • Reading Rainbow The Lotus Seed (Season 12, Episode 6)
  • TV-Y
    TV Episode | 27 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Reading Rainbow

The Lotus Seed (Season 12, Episode 6)
TV-Y
TV Episode | 27 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Young people who emigrated to the United States from Asian countries are interviewed and discuss having to learn a new language and fitting in with other children their age while dealing with language and cultural barriers. Rona Figueroa ...See moreYoung people who emigrated to the United States from Asian countries are interviewed and discuss having to learn a new language and fitting in with other children their age while dealing with language and cultural barriers. Rona Figueroa reads the story of The Lotus Seed, about a woman who flees her native country during wartime and manages to save only one memento, a lotus seed given to her by her mother from the garden she tended for the emperor. See less
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Producer
Jill Gluckson
Composer
Stephen Horelick
Casting Director
Laura Frame Sullivan
Production Designer
Richard D. Bluhm
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Oct 10, 1994
Release date
Oct 10, 1994 (United States)
Awards
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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 37 wins & 91 nominations

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