Creating Reading Rainbow: The Untold Story of t. Irwin, Buttino, Johnson**

Globe Pequot Press

Reading Rainbow is one of the most successful PBS children\u2019s series in television history, earning numerous national and international awards including 26 Emmy\u2019s and a Peabody Award. But perhaps more important than anything else, Reading Rainbow helped generations of children cultivate a love for books.\nThe brainchild of co-author Tony Buttino, Reading Rainbow is very much a story of humble beginnings and enormous perseverance. Over five summers, co-author Tony Buttino and his colleagues at WNED-TV, the public television station in Buffalo, New York, worked in collaboration with educators and librarians to experiment with summer reading programs. But after finding these programs inadequate, WNED staffers realized they had to create their own show. After fits and starts, and enough twists\n\nCreating Reading Rainbow\nThe Untold Story of a Beloved Children's Series\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail trac;