Reading Rainbow reincarnated as iPad app
06/20, 6:11pm
LeVar Burton on board for Reading Rainbow relaunch
Popular children's literacy program Reading Rainbow is returning to the screen in the form of an iPad app. Reading Rainbow, cancelled after 26 years on the air, was a casualty of cuts to government funding for public broadcasting; but the show has been revived due to the efforts of RRKidz, a startup co-founded by former host LeVar Burton and producer Mark Wolfe. Speaking with TechCrunch, Burton and Wolfe said users can expect the same focus on child literacy, but with an interactive flair that wasn't possible when the show was on television.