Book closes today on TV series “Reading Rainbow”

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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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:::Frowns::: I loved this show! I still watch it these days when I come across it on the TV. Levar is such a cool, nice guy.

i cannot believe reading rainbow is finished, oh how that show brought me through some rough years of my childhood. i fell inlove with the stories and how u can use your imagination and make anything come through

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