'Reading Rainbow' Returns With New Episodes and Host After 20 Years

Reading Rainbow is officially making a comeback! The wildly popular and beloved children's program previously hosted by LaVar Burton, which encouraged kids to read for almost 20 years, will be making ...
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To Combat Summer Reading Slumps, This Timeless Children’s Television Show Tried to Bridge the Literacy Gap With the Magic of Stories

For generations of readers, four words convey what it means to love books: “butterfly in the sky.” These are the opening lyrics of the famous theme song for the beloved children’s program “Reading ...
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Black Librarian Bullied on TikTok Becomes Star of Iconic Children’s Show

Mychal Threets, the librarian who went viral for sharing his love of books and personal mental health struggles, is taking ...
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Man sees words, numbers in reading rainbow of colors

WASHINGTON -- For one middle-aged man, "two" looks blue, but "2" is orange. And while "3" appears pink, "5" is green. The man has synesthesia -- a phenomenon in which printed words and numbers burst ...
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The former host of ‘Reading Rainbow’ used to encourage kids to read books. Now he’s telling adults not to ban them

As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, finalists for the prestigious literary prizes took the stage in New York to speak about the Israel-Hamas war, with others at the ceremony also ...
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The New 'Reading Rainbow' Documentary Is Pure Nostalgia

Take a look, it's in a...documentary...a Reading Rainbow! The children's literary TV show Reading Rainbow is the subject of the upcoming documentary Butterfly in the Sky. Described as ...
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LeVar Burton to Release 2 New Books: 'It's Time for Me to Speak' (Exclusive)

The beloved 'Roots' and 'Star Trek' actor and host of 'Reading Rainbow' is bringing his powerful voice to the page Sarah Coulter for Paramount+ LeVar Burton has been a fixture on our screens for ...