Directory of Reading Rainbow Resources

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In each episode, host LeVar Burton introduces a children's book that is then read in its entirety. The series first aired in 1983.

Subcategories

• Burton, LeVar

Resources in This Category

• Forbes.com: "'Reading Rainbow' Closes Kickstarter Campaign At Over $5.4 Million"

  http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2014/07/03/reading-rainbow-closes-kickstarter-crowdfunding-campaign-at-over-5-4-million/
  Article on the successful 2014 Kickstarter campaign to reboot the program as an iPad and Kindle Fire app.

• PBS Kids: Reading Rainbow

  http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/
  Features activities, games, book reviews, young authors' and illustrators' stories, and information on the host.

• Reading Rainbow Index of Programs

  http://www.canlearn.com/ReadingR/rrlist.html
  Program descriptions and activity suggestions for many books featured on the show.

• Reading Rainbow official website

  https://www.readingrainbow.com/
  Home of the television series and 2014 apps. Includes videos, downloads, and community.

• The Internet Movie Database (IMDb): Reading Rainbow

  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085075/
  Credits, message boards, awards, and nominations.

• TV.com: Reading Rainbow

  http://www.tv.com/shows/reading-rainbow/
  Show overview, episode guide, and user reviews.

• Victoria Advocate: "Reading Rainbow" fights for survival

  http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iLFdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-F0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6748,482146&dq=reading-rainbow+fights+for+survival&hl=en
  In a plea for the life of "Reading Rainbow," host LeVar Burton returned to a familiar setting: the stage where he picked up the PBS show's seventh Emmy Award for best children's television series. Associated Press article.

 

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