Topic - Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow is an American children's television series that aired on PBS from June 6, 1983, until November 10, 2006, that encouraged reading by children. As of 2012, it is an iPad and Kindle Fire educational interactive book reading and video field trip app. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE- In this Sept. 14, 2016 file photo, actor, director LeVar Burton smiles as he takes his seat in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress in Washington. More than three decades after the Reading Rainbow program began to encourage reading among children, the show's longtime host, LeVar Burton, is now focusing his efforts to promote literacy in the digital realm. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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FILE- This June 19, 2012 file photo shows LeVar Burton introducing the all new Reading Rainbow adventure app to the media, publishers and parents at the &quot;Reading Rainbow Relaunch&quot; event in New York. Burton's campaign to bring &quot;Reading Rainbow&quot; to the online masses is off to an impressive start. It reached its fundraising goal within hours of its launch on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, on Kickstarter, according to the fundraising website. (AP Photo/Reading Rainbow, file)

LeVar Burton makes a ‘Reading Rainbow’ plea

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