August 2009
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Watch some episodes: cry. →
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Next Step: Complain to PBS →
Demand the return of Reading Rainbow! Put together your own fund-raising campaign! Power in numbers, people!
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First Plan of Action: Write LeVar Burton a thank... →
yep it is him. for realio, yo. What a wonderful, wonderful man. He was one of my greatest heroes as a kid. Forever spunky, talked to kids like people, didn’t act like a clown. He evoked fascination about art, culture, life, reading…not to mention true passion in generations of soon-to-be hipsters. Levar, you put us in the know. Thank you.
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The End of the 'Rainbow'...but you don't have to... →
This morning as I sleepily drove in to work, in between political bickering and global chaos, there came a story that truly saddened me. Reading Rainbow, after 26 years, has been canceled. It is the end of an era, where passions actually mattered in education. Reading was more than letters and words…it was imagery and humor. Mystical powers of storytelling were truly revered. Reading...
