Poster of Cast and Crew in Reading Rainbow - Season 12 - Episode 6 - The Lotus Seed

Reading Rainbow - Season 12 - The Lotus Seed (Episode 6)

Plot: 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 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
Episode Aired On:
Monday, October 10 1994
30 years ago