LeVar Burton has resurrected his popular Reading Rainbow TV series, as an iOS app. I was at the announcement two years ago, at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. LeVar told the audience at WWD that he comes from a family of educators, and while he went on to acting success in ROOTS, Star Trek: TNG and more, he caught the education bug, too!
Now, he's using Kickstarter to bring his Reading Rainbow to the web, for more universal appeal. The show, if you're not familiar with it (you should be!) used video and narration to introduce quality children's books to kids.
Now, he's using Kickstarter to bring his Reading Rainbow to the web, for more universal appeal. The show, if you're not familiar with it (you should be!) used video and narration to introduce quality children's books to kids.
Today's news is that Seth Macfarlane, creator of The Family Guy but also behind this year's reboot of the COSMOS TV show, is pledging up to $1 million to help fund the effort on Kickstarter! Kudos to Seth and there's still time to make a pledge, and it doesn't have to be anywhere near $1 million!