Reading Rainbow first aired on PBS KIDS on June 6, 1983, making today our 40th Anniversary! 🌈📚 We can't believe it, here's to many more years of celebrating the power of reading and imagination with you! 🎉 | Reading Rainbow

53K views · 3.9K reactions | This week in 1983, “Reading Rainbow” made its national debut on PBS. Hosted by LeVar Burton, the program was geared toward fostering a love of reading to children everywhere. During its 26-year run, the show won over 250 awards, including 25 Emmys. We don’t know about you, but when we see a butterfly in the sky, we remember we can go anywhere. | AARP | Facebook

2.6K views · 157 reactions | Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton knows a thing or two about the importance of books. You don't have to take his word for it, but you should: "헥헲헮헱 혁헵헲 헯헼헼헸혀 혁헵헲혆’헿헲 헯헮헻헻헶헻헴. 헧헵헮혁’혀 현헵헲헿헲 혁헵헲 헴헼헼헱 혀혁혂헳헳 헶혀." #FreeSpeechFreePeople #BannedBooks | Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression | Facebook

4.6K views · 136 reactions | Former "Reading Rainbow" host LeVar Burton has an emotional reaction to books being banned in some American school districts, and says the timing of the documentary “Butterfly in the Sky” — about cultivating a love of reading through television — is so important. | AP | Facebook