For generations of readers, four words convey what it means to love books: “butterfly in the sky.” These are the opening ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Once employees at WNED-TV who helped launch the legendary PBS series “Reading Rainbow,” Dr. Barbara Irwin, Tony Buttino, Sr. and Dr. Pam Johnson sat down for a panel ...

Now, Buttino Sr., Barbara Irwin (worked with WNED-TV on Reading Rainbow), and Pam Johnson (also worked with WNED-TV on Reading Rainbow), have co-authored a book that tells the intriguing backstory ...

As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, ... a children’s author and former host of the iconic TV program “Reading Rainbow,” emceed the awards ceremony and opened with a joke.

Buttino and two former WNED colleagues who worked on the show, Barbara Irwin and Pam Johnson, are the authors of a new 296-page book, “Creating Reading Rainbow: The Untold Story of a Beloved ...

Despite facing political headwinds and raising 'suspicion' among publishers, 'Reading Rainbow' introduced generations of American kids to books.

OG reading king LeVar Burton isn’t likely to be catching this singing, dancing, reading event, though. Burton attempted to keep the 20-year work of Reading Rainbow alive after its cancellation ...

A second book on the importance of reading will follow in 2028, according to publisher Pantheon. "This is my opportunity to go on record, to weigh in, as it were," Burton tells PEOPLE.

In addition to being the birthplace of “Reading Rainbow,” Buffalo played a part in the show and its legacy as well. Parts of the show were shot in the area, including children’s book reviews ...