Hindsight

It’s scary hearing about things that were part of my childhood in danger of vanishing from existence. I mean, I remember this stuff.

For some reason one episode stands out - Burton and his gang of book-toting kids head off to the woods to go camping and learn how to cook about a fire, sharing ghost stories and the like. It’s one of those vivid images in my mind.

I think if I heard the theme song right now I’d feel like a little kid again.

…”Reading Rainbow,” which has counterintuitively used television to introduce children to a world of books, may only have a few months to live…

‘Reading Rainbow’ fights for survival
(Award-winning PBS show may end without new funds)

sidebar: LeVar Burton, has hosted and led “Reading Rainbow” for 20 years.