Reading Rainbow: Tar Beach Credits

Opening Titles

 * "Reading Rainbow"
 * Hosted by: Levar Burton

Episode Titles

 * "Tar Beach"
 * By: Faith Ringgold
 * Read by: Ruby Dee

Ending Credits

 * Supervising Producers: Cecily Truett, Larry Lancit, Orly Berger
 * Produced by: Jill Gluckson
 * Directed by: Mark Mannucci
 * Written by: Jill Gluckson
 * Segment Producer: Ronnie Krauss
 * Contributing Producer: Levar Burton
 * Production Manager: Jim Brennan
 * Assistant Director: Ed Wiseman
 * 2nd Assistant Director: Richard Spector
 * Associate Producers: Kathy Kinser, Stacey Raider
 * Assistant Producer: Ellen Doherty
 * Production Designer: Robin S. Fogelman
 * Art Director: Barbara Robins
 * Associate Producer Book Reviews: Cynthia Mayer Benfield
 * Production Assistant: Ari Haberberg
 * Assistant to the Producers: Heather Zousmer
 * Production Secretary: Anne Schwartz
 * Production Auditor: Ellen Kiely
 * Bookkeeper: Terelyn Tuquero
 * Music Director: Steve Horelick
 * Music by: Steve Horelick, Oasis Music, Inc.
 * Editor: James C. Wright
 * Publicity Director: Laura Frame Sullivan
 * Instructional Design: M. Virginia Biggy, Ed.D.
 * Manager of Literary Properties: Cynthia Mayer Benfield
 * Director of Photography: Randy Drummond
 * Video: Howard C. Rosenzweig
 * Sound: Gary Silver
 * Assistant Camera: Spencer Newman
 * Gaffer: Shaun Harkins
 * Key Grip: Charlie Marroquin
 * Make-Up: Edward D.M. Jackson, Jr.
 * "Tar Beach"
 * Read by: Ruby Dee
 * Narration Directed by: Lee Murphy
 * Illustrations Adapted by: Oscar and Janet Rojas
 * Photographed by: Loren Dolezal
 * Opening Animation by: Ovation Films, Inc.
 * Video Services: Wavelength Video Services, Ltd.
 * Post Production Audio: Brigg's Bakery
 * Post Production Facilities: Frame Accurate, Inc., Panavideo
 * Post Production Coordinator: Michael Petraglia
 * Assistant Editor: Paul Chisefsky
 * Production Interns: Veronica Babin, Rich Campbell, Fitzroy Francis, Michelle Gengaro, Denise Gerry, Ariel Kalish, Renee Rachelle, Lori Robinson
 * Archival Footage Provided by: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
 * Special Thanks to: Ramon Rivera, Jerry Potschantek, The Mentzer Family, Dawn Martine, Carmine Curzio, Jr., 49 West 12th Street Corp., Steve McMullen Magicsilk, Inc., Weber-Stephen Products Co., Keil Brothers Florist, Herman's Sporting Goods
 * "Tar Beach" by Faith Ringgold © 1991 Crown Publishers, Inc.
 * "I'm Flying!" by Alan Wade, illustrated by Petra Mathers, Alfred A. Knopf
 * "On Grandma's Roof" by Eric Silverman, illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray, Macmillan Publishing Co.
 * "To Sleep" by James Sage, illustrated by Warwick Hutton, Margaret K. McElderry Books
 * Executive Producers: Twila C. Liggett, Tony Buttino
 * Produced by: Lancit Media Productions, Ltd.
 * A Production of GPN and WNED-TV © MCMXCII