{"id":12885,"date":"2011-09-14T12:14:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T19:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=12885"},"modified":"2011-09-14T12:14:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T19:14:32","slug":"a-new-generation-of-reading-rainbow-to-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2011\/09\/a-new-generation-of-reading-rainbow-to-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Generation of Reading Rainbow To Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>&#8216;s<strong> LeVar Burton<\/strong> has announced the launch of &#8220;RRKidz, a breakthrough reading, discovery and exploration platform that motivates today&#8217;s kids to experience literature via the digital devices they love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Burton was the producer and the host of PBS&#8217;s award-winning <em>Reading Rainbow<\/em>, which ran from 1983 until 2006.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Burton121610.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12886\" title=\"Burton121610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Burton121610.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>According to a press release from RRKidz, &#8220;RRKidz will be available as a free app on iPad and select Android devices, offering hundreds of books via a subscription service and will be curated by Burton, providing the high level of trust parents seek.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For twenty-five years <em>Reading Rainbow<\/em> gave me the opportunity to excite children about books and reading through the medium of television,&#8221; said Burton. &#8220;With RRKidz, I will be able to bring that same spirit of discovery, imagination and adventure to today&#8217;s digitally connected kids through enhanced e-books. RRKidz&#8217; innovative platform allows us to deliver an incredibly exciting interactive storytelling experience through partnerships with leading publishers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Teachers and parents grew up with LeVar Burton and<em> Reading Rainbow<\/em>, and the thought of the brand coming back in a big new way is thrilling,&#8221; said<strong> John Raymonds<\/strong>, Raymonds Capital, LLC. &#8220;RRKidz empowers every parent to say yes to reading by making content more accessible and affordable for families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first RRKidz product to be released will be a &#8220;multimedia-enhanced reading ecosystem on the iPad. Hand-selected stories are given a digital upgrade with voice-overs, light animation, and games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Burton will be able to &#8220;enhance a PDF book with voice-over, light animation, and games &#8216;in a matter of hours.'&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Trek: The Next Generation&#8216;s LeVar Burton has announced the launch of &#8220;RRKidz, a breakthrough&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2456,2700,2413,2442],"tags":[2451,3765],"class_list":["post-12885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-business","category-cast-crew","category-star-trek-tng","tag-burton","tag-rrkidz"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"T&#39;Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/books\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Books<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/business\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Business<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/cast-crew\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Cast &amp; Crew<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/star-trek-tng\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Star Trek: TNG<\/a>","tag_info":"Star Trek: TNG","comment_count":"3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12887,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12885\/revisions\/12887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}