My Dad ran a small indy press, so I was primed to love books. But seriously, Reading Rainbow has to be at least partially responsible for me being a writer. What a great show. When the Republicans were talking about doing in PBS in the 90s, everyone was worried about Big Bird. Me? All I thought about was my son not hearing that theme song...
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