I grew up reading, and one of my favorite television shows was, naturally, about reading–I watched Reading Rainbow for at least fifteen of its twenty-six year run, and remember certain books with a definite fondness–The Day Jimmy’s Boa Constrictor Ate the Wash, and one I became reacquainted with this weekend: When I was Young in the Mountains.
So for all of us who grew up reading (and who then recognized LeVar Burton when we saw him on Star Trek), fear not. Our children will not be deprived of Reading Rainbow, as Burton has been working since the end of Reading Rainbow in 2006 to create an app. At midnight, June 20th, the Reading Rainbow app will be available for the iPad.
Why am I posting this here? Well, because to my mind, reading has been pretty integral to being a geek.
And then there’s the part where a Reading Rainbow app is just cool.
I grew up on Reading Rainbow and I still have tons of those books: Hot Air Henry, Imogene’s Antlers, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain, Caps for Sale. I loved that show. I hope the app proves to be successful.