“How do we more effectively submit that relationship between an emerging reader and the written word?

And television was a very counterintuitive medium to enlist as an aid in this process.”

That’s a pretty good moment."

Alex Haley

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Reading Rainbowconcluded in 2006 with 155 episodes and a lifetime of memories for children.

LeVar Burton himself also has enough reason to be cemented in history.

Even though the show ended, LeVar Burton still finds ways to inspire readers in his life.

J R R Tolkien

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He still feels that he has much to do and share with the world.

The Hobbit by J.R.R.

Edgar Allan Poe

The 19th-century scribe is one of the most famous writers in American literature.

Author James Baldwin

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Paramahahsa Yogananda

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O Henry

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The Road Less Traveled

Tales of Power by Carlos Castaneda

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Toni Morrison

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Kurt Vonnegut Portrait Session

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Portrait of writer Ray Bradbury

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