Someday in the near future, he said, books may, indeed, be elevated from active duty to cherished cultural treasures. The Reading Rainbow app is a free download with limited free access.

On Wednesday, host and executive producer of Reading Rainbow LeVar Burton announced the brand’s next chapter on Kickstarter. “Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere” is an ...

Reading Rainbow (free to download, $9.99 per month) is an updated, interactive version of the beloved children's television show, with kids engaging with books directly on their iPad. Kids can tap ...

Reading Rainbow recently launched its new Skybrary digital library. Though you may not be a kid anymore, Is it creepy that you still want LeVar Burton to read books to you?

Actor Levar Burton’s project to expand Reading Rainbow and provide it free to schools in need has raised more than $5 million. The Kickstarter campaign ends around 11 a.m. July 2.

The goal of raising $1 million by July 2 was reached within hours of the campaign's launch Wednesday on Kickstarter, according to the website.

Actor Levar Burton and the creators of Reading Rainbow have turned to Kickstarter to raise money to bring the show back online.

Perhaps the most important element of the campaign? The 1,500 classrooms that will get access to the new Reading Rainbow technology for free. Just one prong in Burton's attack on illiteracy.

Reading Rainbow, the much-loved, long-running children’s show that relaunched as an app in 2012 and set a Kickstarter record last year for its subscription website, is launching a new web ...

Starting today, you can download the Reading Rainbow app for the iPad (free in iTunes), initially offering 150 books and 16 video field trips in an engaging and well-designed environment that ...

There's a free version of the "Reading Rainbow" app that allows kids to sample a book and a video. The subscription model offers hundreds of books at $29.99 for six months.

From CNET Magazine: Actor and entrepreneur LeVar Burton, host of the beloved "Reading Rainbow" TV show-turned-iPad app, is putting interactive books and video field trips on more devices than ever ...