While I agree that we have to teach kids to read, we have to simultaneously foster a need and desire to read. And that’s what “Reading Rainbow” helped to do. Well at least it did for this kid.

PBS Kids furloughs 25% of staff after Trump administration cuts grant A Department of Education spokesperson said the Ready To Learn grant was cut because it was 'not aligned with Administration ...

Kids in 1st through 6th grade can earn a free book when they read any 8 books and record them in their summer reading journal. After reading each book, kids should write down the author, title and ...

A long, crocheted rainbow snake has been slithering its way through the bookshelves at Tye Preston Memorial Library as a fun ...

Jayda Brunkan, a first-grader from Eldridge, Iowa, is a national first-place winner at her grade level for a story she submitted to the 15th annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers & ...

Keep the reading pump primed. In the children’s department at the library, among the picture books and the middle grade fiction, Turner has added binder displays to help kids pick their next book.

Reading Rainbow fans, it’s very emotional for them because it’s their childhood. Do you think Captain Planet, your other much-beloved kids’ program, will ever return the way Reading Rainbow did?

This video was broadcast on Sunday, March 23, 2025. Longtime host of “Reading Rainbow” LeVar Burton held a reading on Saturday at the Altadena Library – weeks after the space reopened.

Powell’s Books in Portland, Ore., piloted an adult summer reading challenge two years ago after hearing from many customers who were jealous of their kids’ contest, which they’ve run since 2013.

Kids in 1st through 6th grade can earn a free book when they read any 8 books and record them in their summer reading journal. After reading each book, kids should write down the author, title and ...