Book closes today on TV series "Reading Rainbow"
Posted August 28, 2009 by Brandy McDonnell
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The venerable children’s TV series “Reading Rainbow” ends its 26-year run today.
The Emmy-winning show and its friendly host Levar Burton (who also starred in the series “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and the miniseries “Roots”) gently encouraged reading in multiple generations of kids over the years.
When I was growing up, it was right up there with “Sesame Street” and “Mr. Rogers” as my favorite shows. NPR.org reports that “Reading Rainbow” ends as the third longest-running PBS children’s series after those favorites.
Click here to read the story.
And sing it with me now, “Butterfly in the sky/I can fly twice as high …”
-BAM
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