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This campaign led to the launch of Skybrary by Reading Rainbow, a web-based expansion of the Reading Rainbow app experience. [11] Due to a legal dispute, licensing of the Reading Rainbow brand was revoked from RRKidz in October 2017, and all its platforms (including Skybrary) [citation needed] were rebranded to LeVar Burton Kids. [12]
Few understand the transformative power of reading better than LeVar Burton, the Emmy Award-winning host of one of the longest-running children's shows, Reading Rainbow, which aired for 21 years ...
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) [2] [3] is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), [4] Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and was the host of the PBS Kids educational television series Reading Rainbow for 23 years (1983–2006).
The PBS Kids add-on service also includes several retired series, such as Reading Rainbow, Kratts' Creatures, and It's a Big Big World. On April 23, 2024, The Roku Channel added PBS Retro, a free ad-supported streaming channel, [33] which consists of retired PBS Kids programming, such as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Reading Rainbow. [34]
LeVar Burton, a children’s author and former host of the iconic TV program “Reading Rainbow,” emceed the awards ceremony and opened with a joke. “Before we get going, ...
During his 21-year stint on Reading Rainbow, LeVar Burton provided an entire generation of young readers with a friend to know and ways to grow.Indeed, one of the actor and literacy advocate's ...
This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on July 11, 1983. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The final episode aired on November 10, 2006, reruns ceased on August 28, 2009.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - LeVar Burton says his "Reading Rainbow" fundraising effort is getting a generous boost from Seth MacFarlane. Burton said Thursday that MacFarlane has promised to match up to $1 ...