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After nearly two decades, the classic kids' show Reading Rainbow is back — with a new host and a new digital format, but with the same mission of encouraging children to "take a look, it's in a book."

The original show, which ran for 26 years on PBS with host LeVar Burton, won more than 250 awards , including 26 Emmys and a Peabody Award. It spurred a love of reading for generations of kids.

The new host is library evangelist Mychal Threets, who became a social media star while working as a librarian in Solano County, Calif. (His tattoos include PBS cartoon aardvark Arthur Read's library card.)

In an Instagram post, Threets wrote : "I was raised on Reading Rainbow, LeVar Burton is my hero. I am a reader, I am a librarian because Le

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