Source: LATimes
Books may not exactly be the final frontier, but how we read is certainly in transition.

So when “Reading Rainbow” host and “Star Trek” actor LeVar Burton saw a need and opportunity for reconnecting today’s youth with a love of reading, he decided to make it so.

“It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done,” Burton said in a casual conversation with The Times.

Reading Rainbow is starting a new chapter as an iPad app, bringing with it the engaging storytelling that was the essence of the TV show that encouraged generations of children to love reading.

Many of us parents raising tech-savvy tots today grew up with “Reading Rainbow.” It was the third-longest running series on PBS, behind “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and “Sesame Street.” But funding dried up in 2006, and the award-winning series Burton hosted and executive produced for 23 years was canceled.

“The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed,” he said. “And that’s not OK.”

So, in June, Burton and business partner Mark Wolfe launched the multimedia-infused “reading adventure” app. READ MORE