LeVar Burton
1) Aftermath
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The acclaimed actor’s shockingly prescient novel of speculative fiction “presents a near-future United States torn apart by civil war and deep racial strife” (Tampa Bay Times).
America today is teetering on the edge of the alarming vision presented in LeVar Burton’s debut novel, written more than two decades ago . . .
In 2012, the first African American president...
America today is teetering on the edge of the alarming vision presented in LeVar Burton’s debut novel, written more than two decades ago . . .
In 2012, the first African American president...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation meets The Original Series in this week's episode! William and LeVar celebrate their close friendship, and, in between gulps, the two talk about kids, LeVar's family, and Reading Rainbow's return. The actor and educator explains how being raised by a single mother, without the immediate presence of a father figure, didn't limit his ability to mature into the man that he wanted to be. LeVar describes and rates the mystery...
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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about an unforgettable family on a road-trip during one of the most important times in the civil rights movement. When the Watson family--ten-year-old Kenny, Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron--sets out on a trip south to visit Grandma in Birmingham, Alabama, they don't realize that they're heading toward one of the darkest moments in America's history. The...
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Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron, who's thirteen and an official juvenile delinquent. When Byron gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandmas church is blown up.
7) Cosmos
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Presents an illustrated guide to the universe and to Earth's relationship to it, moving from theories of creation to humankind's discovery of the cosmos, to general relativity, to space missions, and beyond.
10) The Wall
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A boy and his father come to Washington, D.C. to visit the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial and find the name of the boy's grandfather who was killed in the conflict. Inspired by the story, LeVar visits the Memorial to meet Maya Lin, the young architect who designed it. Other monuments visited are Mount Rushmore and a mural dedicated to Louis Armstrong.
11) The tin forest
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Story: An old man's persistent dreams transform a garbage dump into a forest full of life. Field trip: Deeply affected by the events of September 11th, LeVar spends time with students of P.S. 234, an elementary school just blocks away from Ground Zero. Challenged by tremondous upheaval, students share how they have endured their situation better than anyone would imagine. Together with Reading Rainbow, the entire school creates a music video to share...
13) Rumpelstiltskin
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A reading of the book, "Rumpelstiltskin" by author Paul O. Zelinsky. Host LeVar Burton visits a Renaissance festival in Agoura Hills, California. Viewers experience what it was like to live in the days of lords, kings and queens, and knights in shining armor. LeVar explores the festival where daily performers such as minstrels and jesters all take part in the fanfare.
14) Come a tide
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A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home.
15) Sunken treasure
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A hurricane off the coast of Florida in 1662 caused the Atocha, a Spanish galleon, to sink. This book describes the long search for the treasure believed to be on it. An old treasure map leads LeVar to a treasure hunt at "Pirates Cove" in California where he uses every device known to man, including a bloodhound, to locate the treasure. Then viewers meet Dr. Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution of Massachusetts who tells how...
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The feature book, read by Kaleena Kiff, tells about a school trip to a peaceful farm that turns wild once Jimmy's pet snake is on the loose. LeVar visits an exotic pet shop, a farm, and a livestock fair, and interviews a man who greases pigs for a pig scramble. Other events include sheep shearing, goat milking and showing sheep.
18) Berlioz the bear
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A reading of the book, "Berlioz the bear" by Jan Brett about a musical group of bears is followed by host LeVar Burton's visit to the streets of New York City to see the street musicians and the Boys Choir of Harlem. Additional books reviewed: "The Science book of sound" by Neil Ardley, "Georgia music" by Helen V. Griffith, and the "Introduction to musical instruments series" by Dee Lillegard.
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The feature book, written by the founder of the Tree of Peace Society, Chief Jake Swamp, celebrates the beauty and resources of the earth. This same Native American respect for the gift of the natural world can be observed in a family harvesting cranberries and city kids planting trees in their neighborhood. Caring for our environment is a responsibility we all share.
20) Best friends
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In the feature book, two best friends learn how to share a newborn puppy. LeVar learns this too, when he meets eight golden retriever puppies. Shows how seeing-eye dogs are trained to act as eyes for the blind.