Episode 45: Trains and Brains and Rainy Plains

Trains and Brains and Rainy Plains is the fifteenth episode of Season 2 of Between the Lions, and episode 45 in total.

Featured Stories

 * Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema; illustrated by ShadowLight Productions
 * Bringing the Train to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema; illustrated by ShadowLight Productions

Notes and Trivia

 * The library's fire alarm system is introduced in this episode.
 * The shadow puppet segments were created by Jon Ludwig, who also did the shadow puppet segments for the Disney Channel series, Bear in the Big Blue House (which also starred Peter Linz and Noel MacNeal).
 * This is the third time Between the Lions used a former Reading Rainbow feature book. The first two incidents involved the books Imogene's Antlers and Abiyoyo.
 * This is the third time a Story takes place in Africa, the first was Red Hat, Green Hat and the second was Oh, Yes, It Can!.
 * This episode was released on VHS on October 30, 2001, along with it's 24 other episodes. They are:
 * Episode 1: The Sad Dad
 * Episode 2: Humph! Humph! Humph!
 * Episode 3: The Good Seed
 * Episode 4: Icarus's Wings
 * Episode 5: Zoop! Zoop!
 * Episode 6: Clickety-Clack, Clickety-Clack!
 * Episode 7: Poetry Day
 * Episode 8: Bobby the Hopping Robot
 * Episode 9: Teacher's Pet
 * Episode 10: The Last Cliff Hanger
 * Episode 11: Pebble Trouble
 * Episode 12: Oh, Yes, It Can!
 * Episode 13: Five, Six, and Thistle Sticks
 * Episode 14: Bug Beard
 * Episode 16: Quest, Quest, Quest!
 * Episode 17: The Spider and the Lie
 * Episode 18: Why the Baboon's Balloon Went Ka-boom!
 * Episode 19: But, Mama, But...
 * Episode 20: Dreaming Shakespeare
 * Episode 21: Rats
 * Episode 22: Tweet! Tweet!
 * Episode 23: Good Night, Knight!
 * Episode 24: The Chess Mess
 * Episode 25: Stop That Chicken!
 * This episode was released on reprint VHS on October 1, 2002, along with the other Season 2 episodes (excluding Dreaming Shakespeare).
 * This episode was released on the Complete Second Season 4-Disc DVD Boxset on September 2, 2008. along with the other Season 2 episodes (excluding Dreaming Shakespeare).
 * This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in January 2009.

Gallery
This page has a limited amount of images in the template. For extended images, see Trains and Brains and Rainy Plains/Gallery.