“Reading Rainbow” was made to bridge this reading gap for children and improve their reading skills—and to be a show that kids wanted to watch.

I’ll always be grateful for Reading Rainbow, Sesame Street and Red Green. I’ll be grateful as well if we can face the future of programming in America.

Mychal Threets is the internet’s librarian. With a welcoming smile, a signature afro, and visible tattoos of Where the Wild Things Are monsters, the 35-year-old creator doesn’t resemble the ...

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