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Tony LaBruno The Peninsula Library Friends Foundation celebrated its donors at its December mixer. It was an exclusive members only event to ...

This is one of those times.” After more than 15 years off the air, Reading Rainbow will return to TV in early 2022. The ...

Book signings and talks, writers and book groups and much more … Read Story ...

The viral literacy advocate and new ‘Reading Rainbow’ host will publish his debut kids book in February ...

RICHMOND — The popular 1980s show “Reading Rainbow” was rebooted in October, and at a time when children across the nation struggle with reading. The show returned earlier this month for free on ...

The federal indictments against N.B.A. players and others for illegal betting exposed a new wrinkle in the way old friends can benefit from their access to an athlete. By Tania Ganguli A few years ago ...

Mychal Threets still remembers the voices his grandmother used to come up with when she read him children’s books. “She just went all in,” he said. Threets was home-schooled for most of his childhood, ...

The popular children’s television show has returned, with Mychal Threets trying to recapture the magic of the original show for a streaming audience. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta When Mychal Threets ...

After nearly two decades, the classic kids' show Reading Rainbow is back — with a new host and a new digital format, but with the same mission of encouraging children to "take a look, it's in a book." ...

Correction: This article has been updated to reflect that new episodes of “Reading Rainbow” will be released on the KidZuko YouTube channel. (KTXL) – The renowned children’s educational show “Reading ...