With a reboot of "Reading Rainbow," children's programming is about to get a lot more colorful. This weekend, the classic television show — which went off the air more than a decade ago ...

Multiple Emmy award winner Dr. Twila Liggett returned to Lincoln March 5 for a celebration of "Reading Rainbow," the PBS children's program she created. Liggett was the keynote speaker at a ...

For many parents, LeVar Burton has been synonymous with "Reading Rainbow," a childrens’ show that helped pioneer a way to get kids excited about reading. Fast forward to 2012 and Burton is now ...

In 1983, Reading Rainbow was launched, setting the stage for it to become the most successful PBS children’s series in television history. What many people might not know is that the show ...

Historical accounts of the founding of the Rainbow Fire Company describe two different settings in which a group of civic-minded Reading residents formed the volunteer company on March 17 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Once employees at WNED-TV who helped launch the legendary PBS series “Reading Rainbow,” Dr. Barbara Irwin, Tony Buttino, Sr. and Dr. Pam Johnson sat down for a panel ...

Levar Burton cites hosting and producing "Reading Rainbow" as his proudest achievement. When asked, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "What are you proudest of?", Levar Burton replied, "...It's gotta be ...

Take a toke, and blow some smoke! This parody of the Reading Rainbow song is fantastic. Buy a Levar Burton "Read Banned Books" teeshirt now! I get a lot of compliments on mine, even on the Venice ...

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, are there any Moms fo ...

Decades after going off the air, classic PBS kids' shows like Reading Rainbow and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood continue to occupy a place in the hearts of many children of the '70s, '80s ...

Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb’s feature documentary “Butterfly in the Sky,” about the beloved 1980’s PBS children’s series “Reading Rainbow” will be released in select AMC ...