Between the Lions(2000–2010)

Hay Day

Can Lionel, Leona, and Gus help a girl named Fay turn hay into gold in just one day?

Pigs Aplenty

Theo and Cleo leave Marmy in charge of the cubs, and she throws a big pig party in the library. Uh-oh...

What Parakeets Need

Theo and Cleo give the cubs a pet parakeet, but will Sweety Tweety talk?

Too Cool

Lionel thinks the new kid at school, Derek Cheetah, is too cool to be on his baseball team. But what does Derek think? Guest Starring Mo Lewis of the New York Jets.

You Can't Catch Me!

Lionel gives Leona ""The Gingerbread Man"" book for her birthday. Will it spoil her party? Guest Starring Larry King and Susan Lucci.

Huff and Puff

Whatever happened to the three little pigs after the wolf received his just deserts? Leona and Lionel want to know, so they write their own sequels to the story! Guest Starring Teresa Weatherspoon of the New York Liberty and Vanessa Williams.

Out in Outer Space

Grandpa Lion visits the library to tell the cubs a true story about a friend who traveled out in outer space.

Help!

The search for a lost book helps Theo and Cleo teach the cubs about responsibility.

Two Coats, One Goat, and One Boat

Lionel's copy of a very rare Cliff Hanger book is missing! Did some bunny take it? Guest Starring Dan Elias, Melissa Etheridge, and Kelly Ripa.

Art Party

Can Lionel and Leona make sense of a mysterious painting?

Grow, Mane, Grow!

Lionel is still a growing cub, but he'll do anything to grow a grown-up mane like his dad's!

Three Goats, No Waiting

Lionel is ready to stage The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The trouble is finding someone inherently fierce enough to play the Troll.

Step by Step

Leona and Lionel have discovered what appears to be a treasure map and a set of directions that Barnaby B. Busterfield III left behind. It's off on a treasure hunt for the lions and pigeons.

Pigs, Pigs, Pigs!/The Three Little Pigs

Theo and Leona don pig snouts for another reading of Pigs Apelnty, Pigs Galore first read in the episode ""Pigs Aplenty."" Midway into the show, Lionel dons three pig snouts as he reads to Leona The Three Little Pigs, heard previously in the episode ""Huff and Puff.""

The Carrot Seed/The Empty Pot

From their roof garden, Lionel and Theo marvel at a flower that gets at Theo's sinuses. Includes re-readings of stories first heard in the episodes

Wings/What's in the Box?

First up: Leona warns Lionel not to lean back on his chair, provoking a flashback reading of a Greek myth first read in Icarus's Wings (from Season 2). Then the library, seen from the inside for the first time this season, receives a reprint (and a reread) of Pandora's Box.

A Shower of Stars/Two Moons and One Lagoon

It's nighttime at the library roof garden as Theo gives an energetic Leona a reread from the episode Shooting Stars. Then, under a full moon, Cleo gives Lionel and Leona a story from the episode Touching the Moon.

The Golden Meaty Awards

Click, Clack, Moo/The Little Red Hen

Built from material first seen in Clickety-clack, Clickety-clack! (from Season 2) and Help! (from Season 3).

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble/I Miss You, Stinky Face

A Tasty Piece of Cheese/The Lion and the Mouse

Earl's Too Cool/When I Was 5

It's Red! It's Green!

I Don't Want a Birthday Party/Knuffle Bunny

Sylvester And the Magic Pebble:

I Miss You, Stinky Face:

A Tasty Piece of Cheese:

The Lion And the Mouse:

Earl's Too Cool:

When I Was 5:

It's Red! It's Green!:

Joseph Had A Little Overcoat:

The Coyote And the Rabbit:

Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash - Knuffle Bunny

The cubs find unusual items on Mrs. McNosh's clothesline.

Sheep on a Ship - Mississippi Skip and His Pirate Ship

Slipping and sliding take place when sheep and pirates take to the high seas.

Yo! Yes? - Very Loud, Very Big, Very Metal

Making a new friend can be as easy as saying "yes"; Leona m akes her brother happy with a music video with noisy construction vehicles.

I'll Fix Anthony - Jamaica Louise James

A big brother and jack-in-the-box need fixing; an artist ha s a plan to fix up a dreary subway station.

Pete's a Pizza - Pygmalion

A father turns his son into a pizza; hugs bring a statue to life.

Here Come The Aliens-Abiyoyo

Strange creatures lurk in outer space, but even stranger creatures dwell right here on earth.

King Midas - The Dirty Smelly King

King Midas gets what he wished for. King Chuck the Mucky Muck wishes he weren't so smelly.

Cheesybreadville & Stolen Smells

A kitchen disaster creates a new treat; a boy gets in troub le for smelling treats without paying for them.

The Coyote and the Rabbit & The Gingerbread Man

A clever rabbit tricks a hungry coyote; a fox tricks a ging erbread man.

The Problem with Chickens & An Egg Is Quiet

Chickens that do not lay eggs; eggs that do not hatch.

Spicy Hot Colors & Yesterday I Had The Blues

A colorful piñata holds a meaty surprise for the Lions, who experience a dazzling array of colorful feelings as they read, play, and hope for the rain to end.

Bear Snores On & Night in the Country

Cleo sleeps through a noisy party; night creatures make noises.

How to Be a Good Dog & Not Afraid of Dogs

A cat tries to teach a dog how to behave; a boy realizes dogs aren't as scary as he thought.

Dear Mr. Blueberry & I Wanna Iguana

Notes help solve a mystery of a whale in a swimming pool; an iguana as a family pet.

Violet￢ﾀﾙs Music & What Instrument Does Alvin Play?

Lionel and Leona learn about the many instruments they can play.

Moon Rope & Welcome to the Moon

Leona is on a mission to find out if you can climb to the moon on a rope and if there is a fox on the moon.

The Three-Legged Pot & When Jabo Jammed

Leona makes a three-legged pot dance; a boy named Jabo doesn't dance or sing, but he can jam.

Charlie￢ﾀﾙs Dinosaur & Here Come the Aliens

Dinosaurs roamed the earth long ago; strange creatures from outer space.

The Sad Dad

Bruno Kirby plays a Dad whose house is overrun by kids: ""There's hardly enough room to put on pants!"" he complains. Fed up with all this overcrowding, he decides to seek the advice of an old wise woman in town - who only adds to the problem!

Humph! Humph! Humph!

Three More Little Pigs;The Ants And The Grasshopper

Lionel, Leona, and the Wolf each try their hand at writing a sequel to The Three Little Pigs, and Leona finds a way to work and play. Educational Goals: Highlights the joys of reading and introduces key literacy skills. Focuses on short u, the sound represented by the letter m, and synonyms for small (miniscule, little, petite, microscopic, tiny, teeny, diminutive, weeny).

Night Shift & Under Construction

The Lion family helps out a monkey who sells ice cream in the middle of the night, and tries to figure out how to get rid of the enormous tree branch that fell into the library.

Ruby Sings the Blues; The Camel Dances

A loud girl learns to sing; a camel takes up dancing

Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West

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!

The Lost Rock

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.

Little Big Mouse

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.

Farmer Ken's Puzzle

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.""

Shooting Stars

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!""

The Hopping Hen

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""!

Touching the Moon

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.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

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.

Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?

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!

Lionel's Antlers

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.

To the Ship! To the Ship!

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).

The Chap With Caps

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!

Pandora's Box

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!

Lionel's Great Escape Trick

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.

There's a Fly in My Soup

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?

The Popcorn Popper

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.

Something Fishy

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

Hug, Hug, Hug!

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.

The Ram in the Pepper Patch

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!

A Peck of Peppers

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.

Sausage Nose

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.

Red Hat, Green Hat

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!

The Lucky Duck

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.

The Old Man

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.

A King and His Hawk

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.

The Roar That Makes Them Run

Lionel and Leona try to convince Theo to show them his Lion-powered ""Mighty Roar that Makes them Run"", but Theo is reluctant to do so -- after all, they're in a library!

Piggyback, Piggyback

After reading a book about a king who rode on his friend's back (because he didn't want to get his feet dirty), Leona wants to do the same. So she hops on her dad's back, and doesn't want to let go!

The Fox and the Crow

When ""The Fox and the Crow"" fable is read in the library, Walter and Clay get angry over the way the crow was depicted as a ""bird brain"", and then protest to have the story banned! The Lions come up with a less extreme approach, and suggest that they re-write the story to make the crow the one who comes out on top.

Giants and Cubs

Lionel gets upset over the outcome of a baseball game, where the Giants clobbered the Cubs. Theo and Cleo decide it would be a good idea to bring the Giants into the library, for Lionel to meet them. But when Leona hears about the idea, she thinks they mean the big ""Fee Fi Fo Fum"" Giants!