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The Best Episodes of Between the Lions

Every episode of Between the Lions ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Between the Lions!

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Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi

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    Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 1 - Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West
    7.7/10(12 votes)

    #1 - Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West

    S1:E1

    Theo reads the cubs a book about the wild adventures of Pecos Bill, specifically about the time ol' Bill wrangled a tornado. When the tornado escapes from the book, however, and wreaks havoc inside the library, the lions realize there's only one person who can tame that tornado: Pecos Bill, himself!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 2 - The Lost Rock
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - The Lost Rock

    S1:E2

    A lost rock mysteriously appears in the library, and he can't remember who he is or where he comes from. The lions then decide to set out and search for clues as to what book the rock belongs in.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 3 - Little Big Mouse
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    #3 - Little Big Mouse

    S1:E3

    When a mouse from a children's book becomes a hero, everyone in the library floods her with fan mail - which leaves Click the Computer mouse feeling unwanted.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 4 - Farmer Ken's Puzzle
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    #4 - Farmer Ken's Puzzle

    S1:E4

    Lionel plays a computer game called ""Farmer Ken's Puzzle"", in which he must figure out how to get a hen, cat, and bag of seed, across a river one at a time. When Leona wants to play, Lionel refuses to let her, claiming: ""The box says ages 7 and up! Not 4 and down.""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 5 - Shooting Stars
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    #5 - Shooting Stars

    S1:E5

    The lions try to stay awake at night, in order to see a meteor shower. Of course, this is not as easy as it sounds, as Theo says, ""Lions need a solid 22 hours of sleep a day!""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 6 - The Hopping Hen
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    #6 - The Hopping Hen

    S1:E6

    A Hopping Hen causes a mighty ruckus in the library, so the lions decide to put up ""No Hopping Hen Here"" signs, in order to stop the problem. But the problem is only beginning, because whoever printed the signs left off the word ""No""!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 7 - Touching the Moon
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    #7 - Touching the Moon

    S1:E7

    Cleo reads the cubs a bedtime story about a Queen who wants to be able to touch the moon, but can't. However, Leona is then unable to get to sleep without wanting to learn more about how the Queen can reach the moon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Kathy Waugh

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  8. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 8 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf
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    #8 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf

    S1:E8

    Click the Mouse brings the Boy from the story ""The Boy Who Cried Wolf"" out of the storybook, so he can learn more about how to properly care for his sheep.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 9 - Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?
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    #9 - Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?

    S1:E9

    The famous Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear from the classic children's rhyme visits the library, where everyone is immediately caught up in ""Fuzzy Wuzzy Mania!"" Everyone except Lionel, because if he hears that danged rhyme once more, he's gonna scream!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 10 - Lionel's Antlers
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    #10 - Lionel's Antlers

    S1:E10

    Lionel wakes up one morning, much like he does every day, to find that overnight, he's grown a pair of antlers on his head! To help him feel better, Cleo reads him the book ""Imogene's Antlers"" - also about a kid who woke up one morning to find she had grown antlers. When Lionel is still feeling low, his parents try to come up with helpful ""uses"" for his antlers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 11 - To the Ship! To the Ship!
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    #11 - To the Ship! To the Ship!

    S1:E11

    The lions learn about a real-life pirate named Ann Bonnie, after Lionel refuses to let Leona play pirates with him (claiming that there was no such thing as girl pirates).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 12 - The Chap With Caps
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    #12 - The Chap With Caps

    S1:E12

    Writer Babs Caplan visits the library, hoping to smooth out the bumps in her new book, called ""The Chap With Caps"". It's going to need more than just a little smoothing out - because it has no middle or end!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 13 - Pandora's Box
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    #13 - Pandora's Box

    S1:E13

    After reading the story ""Pandora's Box"", Lionel and Leona come across a similar-looking box, themselves, and wonder if they should open it or not. Apparently ignoring the moral of the story, they open it, and unleash a terrible thing to all the library patrons: Hiccups!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 14 - Lionel's Great Escape Trick
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    #14 - Lionel's Great Escape Trick

    S1:E14

    Lionel gets a few pointers on the technique of doing magic tricks, from the master magician Harry Houdini, himself. When he locks himself in the closet for his act, though, Leona fears that he's stuck in there, so she asks Click to come up with some magic words in order to get her brother out of the closet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 15 - There's a Fly in My Soup
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    #15 - There's a Fly in My Soup

    S1:E15

    The Lions try to make Click laugh by reading jokes out of Theo's ""The Universal Encyclopedia of Fly Jokes"" book, only to find out from Click that computer pointing devices are not programmed for laughter. Can anything make her laugh?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 16 - The Popcorn Popper
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    #16 - The Popcorn Popper

    S1:E16

    Lionel and Leona read a book about a popcorn popper, and get the idea to take the popper out of the book and into the library, so they can pop all the popcorn they want.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 17 - Something Fishy
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    #17 - Something Fishy

    S1:E17

    Lionel and Leona learn about Eagles and Fish after reading Cliffhanger's latest adventure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 18 - Hug, Hug, Hug!
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    #18 - Hug, Hug, Hug!

    S1:E18

    A sculpter named Pygmalion carves a statue of a woman, falls in love with her, and gives her a hug - only she can't hug him back. The Lions then try to help find ways for the statue to hug Pygmalion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Judy Freudberg

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  19. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 19 - The Ram in the Pepper Patch
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    #19 - The Ram in the Pepper Patch

    S1:E19

    The naughty ram from the book ""The Ram in the Pepper Patch"" escapes into the library, where he proceeds to make a mess out of everything!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 20 - A Peck of Peppers
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    #20 - A Peck of Peppers

    S1:E20

    Babs Caplan comes to the library to create a fantastic tongue twister, with some help from the Lions. Then, Babs and Leona go head-to-head with the master of all Tongue Twisters, Lionel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 21 - Sausage Nose
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    #21 - Sausage Nose

    S1:E21

    The Lions watch a video of a foreign film called ""Sausage Nose"", in which a poor couple receives three wishes from a wise old woman. Somehow, a sausage gets wished onto the wife's nose, and from there, the characters from the film come to the library looking for advice on what to spend their last wish on.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 22 - Red Hat, Green Hat
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    #22 - Red Hat, Green Hat

    S1:E22

    Leona makes her very own hat, with one red side and one green side. When she walks through the library with it on, one group of people see the green side, and the other group sees the red side, causing a great big argument among everyone!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Louise Gikow

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  23. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 23 - The Lucky Duck
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    #23 - The Lucky Duck

    S1:E23

    A cute little duck from a cute little children's book becomes sick and tired of being cute all the time! With Lionel's help, the duck tries to become a rock-n-rollin' leather-clad rebel, but no matter how hard he tries, everyone still finds him so gosh darn cute.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 24 - The Old Man
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    #24 - The Old Man

    S1:E24

    Babs Caplan returns to the library to work on her new book called ""The Old Man"". Unfortunately, it has no middle or end to it! But with the Lions' help, Babs just might be able to rescue her masterpiece after all.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 25 - A King and His Hawk
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    #25 - A King and His Hawk

    S1:E25

    Lionel and Leona read a very sad story about a King and his friend, the Hawk. After, Leona wants to take and hide the book where no will be able to find it, so they can't read it and be sad like she was. Also, Theo sings about the greatness of reading sad, sad books.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West" is the best rated episode of "Between the Lions". It scored 7.7/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/3/2000. This episode scored 7.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Lost Rock".