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Perhaps most importantly, Reading Rainbow promotes the joy of reading a good book. Feature books exemplify high quality literature in both text and illustration. All book selections, feature and review books, include a variety of literary genre, including fantasy, historical fiction, realistic fiction, nonfiction and biography, folk tales, and poetry. Many different types of stories (e.g., adventure, humor, mystery, family stories, animal stories, and others) are represented as well. The use of celebrity readers and the retention of the books' original artwork involve listeners in a pleasurable book experience. School and public librarians report that children recognize Reading Rainbow books on the shelves and frequently request them by title.
With its child-centered format, Reading Rainbow respects the intelligence of children. In addition to providing extensive experiences, the programs actively engage viewers, allowing opportunities for them to reflect upon what they have seen and to develop questions of their own. LeVar Burton is a role model as a learner. His sense of inquiry is demonstrated by his ability to pose questions, provide explanations, and connect ideas. The high interest content and LeVar's interactions with it result in children's wanting more information, which, in turn, leads them to the library for books.
Reading Rainbow is a children's series designed to promote reading comprehension in elementary school age children. Host LeVar Burton introduces the theme of the episode and the book to be profiled in an animated story using the illustrations from the book and narrated by a celebrity, such as Billshellip; More Cosby, Ruby Dee, Richard Gere, and the late great stars Ossie Davis, Julia Child, Raul Julia and Gilda Radner, for example. After the story is finished, feature stories in the same subject as the book are profiled, and youth reviewers give critiques of three additional books. LeVar usually introduces the children critics by saying, but you don't have to take my word for it...
In this long-running PBS series, LeVar Burton--the host--goes to different places and explores the many wonders of reading. Each show has a different theme and at least 3 featured books in each episode. Each main book in every episode is narrated by a different celebrity guest star. You never know where your imagination can take you as you read those books. I can garantee you, this show will open up a wide world of reading to viewers of all ages. I would also have to say that LeVar Burton makes a great host for Reading Rainbow. For Reading Rainbow, reading rules!!!
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