SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : Black History on Disney with ‘Nightjohn’ tale; KCET shares ‘Donna’s Day’ and her parenting tips

Donna’s Day, with parenting specialist and mother Donna Erickson, makes its debut (KCET, Sunday at 9:30 a.m.), offering clever suggestions on how parents can bond with their children. In the first show, parents are shown how to make unique and whimsical gift wrap by painting vegetables and rolling toys, then printing onto various types of paper. Erickson also shows how kids can have fun making their own fresh pasta with flour and eggs. For the family.

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In Tom and Huck (Disney Channel, Sunday at 7 p.m.), the 1995 version of Mark Twain’s first story of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, the focus is on the boys’ friendship and the fragility of that relationship when they witness a murder by Injun Joe. The town drunk, Muff Potter (Michael McShane), is accused of the crime and the boys are faced with saving him and risking the wrath of the real killer or maintaining the oath of silence they made to each other. For the family.

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The Disney Channel’s Black History Month schedule includes a repeat of Nightjohn (Monday at 7 p.m.). The film tells the story of a slave called Nightjohn in the pre-Civil War South who believes “words are freedom” and defies the laws that forbid the teaching of reading and writing to slaves. Carl Lumbly stars in the title role. For the family.

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The Cartoon Network continues to offer a special edition of Kids’ WB programming for two hours on Fridays. Pinky & the Brain looks at the mischievousness of two laboratory mice as they try to achieve world domination (Cartoon Network, Friday at 5 p.m.). For ages 2 to 7.