All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Work

    • September 2, 1996
    • PBS

    When a violent thunderstorm wrecks Plato's Peak, everyone works together to help pick up and clean the debris except sock who finds no use in helping out so plato tells him the sories of How the camel got it's hump, The bundle of sticks, Tom Sawyer gives up the brush. After that sock decides to help.

  • S01E02 Honesty

    • September 9, 1996
    • PBS

    When Zack breaks his father's camera he lies to escape blame. Meanwhile thre stories he hear at Plato's Peak pushes him to go and tell his dad he broke the camera. The frog prince George Washington The Indian princess Truth

  • S01E03 Responsibility

    • September 16, 1996
    • PBS

    Annie agrees to deliver her mother's cakes on her new bike, but when Zack challenges her to a bike race Annie is very tempted,the race leads to her to destroying her mother's cake's and she blames it on Zack.

  • S01E04 Compassion

    • September 23, 1996
    • PBS

    When an immigrate family house gets ruined in a terrible fire,Plato and Aurora tries to persuade Zack into helping.

  • S01E05 Courage

    • September 30, 1996
    • PBS

    When Annie hits a bunch of falls on flat on her face during her track meet, her friends at Plato's Peak offer several stories to help her courage.

  • S01E06 Self-Discipline

    • October 7, 1996
    • PBS

    Zach gets into an argument with his mother when she refuses to give him a bigger allowance,Plato and Aurora tells him about impatience and losing one's temper.

  • S01E07 Friendship

    • October 4, 1996
    • PBS

    Annie's new friend breaks her promise about choosing a partner on a canoe trip. Annie's feeling were very hurt about what her friend did to her. Her friends at Plato's Peak give her three stories about true friendship.

  • S01E08 Loyalty

    • October 11, 1996
    • PBS

    When Zack breaks a very special plaque in overgrown park Zach's elderly friend gets very upset and Zack doesn't understand why.

  • S01E09 Respect

    • October 18, 1996
    • PBS

    When Annie and Zach are rude to a very nice junkyard man who helped them build a go-kart for a race,Plato is concerned and tells stories about respect

  • S01E10 Faith

    • February 16, 1997
    • PBS

    When Annie's very nice neighbor dies, she questions the usefulness of faith.

  • S01E11 Humility

    • February 23, 1997
    • PBS

    Annie wins the class presidency the power goes straight to her head,stories from Plato and the gang helps her to find the virtue of humility.

  • S01E12 Generosity

    • February 23, 1997
    • PBS

    Annie and Zach collect canned goods for the shelter. After Plato realizes that the kids are more worried about being recognized for their politeness than helping the shelter out.

  • S01E13 Perserverance

    • March 2, 1997
    • PBS

    Plato discovers Zach and Annie have given up their karate and guitar lessons. Plato takes them for a hike atop Plato's Peak, while up their Zach and Annie find various objects.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Trustworthiness

    • February 15, 1998
    • PBS

    Zach discovers his college football idol is coming to his school,so Zach eagerly volunteers to help out for his arrival. But when asked to clean up the auditorium he wants to back out.

  • S02E02 Determination

    • February 22, 1998
    • PBS

    Annie and Zach take on a biking trail determined to finish it before sundown Zach has a bike accident and sprain his ankle.

  • S02E03 Integrity

    • March 1, 1998
    • PBS

    Annie's handmade weathervanes sell like crazy she cuts a few corners to keep up with demand. But later the weathervanes fallapart,she's confronted by angry customers.

  • S02E04 Gratitude

    • March 8, 1998
    • PBS

    Zach plans to invite alot of classmates to his birthday party,but his parents tell him they can only afford a small party disappointed Zach goes to Plato's Peak.

  • S02E05 Selflessness

    • March 15, 1998
    • PBS

    Annie's looking forward to spring vacation until her mother asks her to baby-sit her four-year-old twin cousins for part of her time.

  • S02E06 Honor

    • March 22, 1998
    • PBS

    Zach needs a 90 on his history testto get an A minus to make school honor roll. It looks like he's done until he realized his teacher miscalculated and he acyuall got an 87 so Zach is faced with telling his teacher or pretending he made honor roll.

  • S02E07 Patience

    • March 29, 1998
    • PBS

    Annie volunteers to help a younger schoolmate with math, she grows impatient with him and loses her temper, now Annie wishes she had never volunteered to tutor him.

  • S02E08 Charity

    • April 5, 1998
    • PBS

    when a cold front moves throuhg Spring Valley Zach and Annie decide to cllect clothes donations from their neighbors. When Annie includes her favorite jacket she later regrets it.

  • S02E09 Leadership

    • April 12, 1998
    • PBS

    Zach first complains about the leadership abilities his team captain has. Later Zach gets elected to be team captain and learns the what it means to be a team leader.

  • S02E10 Citizenship

    • April 19, 1998
    • PBS

    Annie's father is called for jury duty so the family vacation is put on hold but Annie doesn't understand why her dad has to postpone the trip.

  • S02E11 Diligence

    • April 26, 1998
    • PBS

    Zach decides he wants to be a photographer.Until the school newspaper puts him on a thankless job,with guidance from Plato and Aurora Zach realizes he should be happy with the topic he has.

  • S02E12 Moderation

    • May 3, 1998
    • PBS

    Annie's obsession with playing baseball drops her grade. Plato tells her two tells of moderation.

  • S02E13 Wisdom

    • May 10, 1998
    • PBS

    Zach gets accepted to a new school,and he's wondering if he can make any new friends and if things will change between him and Annie. Zach goes to Plato and recap some of his memories with Annie whinch leads to Zach's wiser decision.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Integrity

    • December 3, 2000
    • PBS

    Zach's embarrassment of a replica piece his dad brought from Egypt Zach thinks that it is to lame and tells people the replica is real.

  • S03E02 Work

    • October 8, 2000
    • PBS

    When Annie decides to build a motor from scratch she finds out that it is to hard, and she gives up right away.

  • S03E03 Friendship

    • October 22, 2000
    • PBS

    When Zach feels threatned by a new comer on his track team Plato tries to tell him the true meaning of friendship.

  • S03E04 Courage

    • September 24, 2000
    • PBS

    Zach promises to take his dad's film to the film lab but Zach decides to take a hike with Annie first while their hiking they get strandedon a very steep trail.By the time they got out of the steep trail it was already to late the film lab was closed.

  • S03E05 Perserverance

    • October 15, 2000
    • PBS

    When Zach and Annie have a race on a trail annie is left behind and feels discouraged when she is left behind. So Annie goes up to Plato's Peak and they tell her a few stories of perserverance.

  • S03E06 Honesty

    • October 1, 2000
    • PBS

    Annie promises to pay Zach fifteen dollars to paint the fence but after Zach gets done Annie refuses to pay Zach the whole amount until she hears the story about consequences.

  • S03E07 Responsibility

    • November 5, 2000
    • PBS

    Annie voluteers to take care of her Aunt and Uncle's garden while they went on vacation. But when she decides to play with her friends than taking care of her responsbility the garden goes to seeds.

  • S03E08 Self-Discipline

    • October 29, 2000
    • PBS

    Zach's obession with his new video leaves him unprepared and embarrased for a troop camping trip because he didn't read the manual.

  • S03E09 Moderation

    • November 19, 2000
    • PBS

    Zach's excitement about a new show called the kids movie channel interferes with his studies and chores.

  • S03E10 Humility

    • November 26, 2000
    • PBS

    Annie's snowboarding bravado gets the better of her when she bluffs about going down the most dangerous mountain.

  • S03E11 Gratitude

    • November 12, 2000
    • PBS

    Annie receives a postcard from a friend who moved to New york. But becomes glum and wishes she could live in New York but a story Plato helps her to feel gratitude.

  • S03E12 Compassion (Part 1)

    • December 10, 2000
    • PBS

    When Annie is elected president of drama club her desire to make profit blinds her into seeing the true meaning of Christmas. So when Annie goes to bed she dreams that she is the Scrooge in London.

  • S03E13 Compassion (Part 2)

    • December 17, 2000
    • PBS

    This episode is part two of when Annie is thought to be the scrooge in one of her dreams. After she wakes up she learns the true meaning of the Christmas spirit.

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Epilogue - Plato's Guide for Parents and Kids

    • June 12, 2001

    In the epilogue of the series, Plato the Buffalo and friends from Adventures from the Book of Virtues dispense advice on how best to handle the sometimes challenging aspects of parenting, focusing on the issue of character development in children. Fun-filled stories from the series provide answers for both kids and adults on many of the ongoing dilemmas faced by today's families.