AP Spotlight 'Reading Rainbow' is back and stars Mychal Threets, the internet's favorite librarian Tracy Brown Los Angeles Times Oct 3, 2025 Oct 3, 2025 Updated Dec 29, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LOS ANGELES — "Reading Rainbow" is returning with a new host, new books and a new digital home.kAm%96 EC2:=6C 2??@F?4:?8 E96 C63@@E @7 E96 4=2DD:4 !q$ D6C:6D H2D C6=62D65 E9:D H66<[ H:E9 9@DE |J492= %9C66ED — 2=D@ <?@H? 2D |J492= E96 {:3C2C:2? — E62D:?8 ?6H 6A:D@56D H:E9 46=63C:EJ 8F6DED[ 2CE AC@;64ED 2?5 >@C6]k^Am Mychal Threets attends the 29th Annual Webby Awards on May 12 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. 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Ramos Jr. Macmillan Publishers kAm%9:D 9:=2C:@FD=J :==FDEC2E65 3@@< :D 23@FE 2 A6?4:= H9@ “=:<6D E@ H@C< 2=@?6” 2?5 2? 6C2D6C H9@ 92D 2== D@CED @7 :562D 7@C :>AC@G6>6?E 7@C A6?4:=’D 5C2H:?8D] pE 7:CDE[ A6?4:= :D 2??@J65 3J 6C2D6C’D 492?86D[ 3FE 3J E96 6?5 @7 E96 3@@<[ 96 C64@8?:K6D E92E E96 H9:E6 DA246[ 3=6?5:?8 67764ED 2?5 >:DE2<6 4@CC64E:@? E92E 6C2D6C @776CD >2<6D 9:D 5C2H:?8D 36EE6C] r9@D6? 3J !2C6?ED >282K:?6 2D @?6 @7 E96 36DE <:5D’ 3@@< @7 E96 J62C]k^Am ‘The Farmer’ By Ximo AbadiaAges 3–6 “The Farmer,” by Ximo Abadia. Holiday House × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmp=@?8 H:E9 “$>2== :? E96 r:EJ” W36=@HX[ E9:D DE@CJ H@? 2 A=246 :? 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J@FC 6J6D]k^Am ‘Citlali and the Day of the Dead — Citlali y el Dia de Muertos’ Written by Berta De LlanoIllustrated by Jamie Rivera Contreras × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmp86D c–hk^Am “Citlali and the Day of the Dead | Citlali y el Dia de Muertos,” by Berta De Llano. Carson Dellosa Education kAmx7 J@F 2C6 2 >6>36C @7 2 3:=:?8F2= $A2?:D9\DA62<:?8 72>:=J @C D:>A=J H2?E E@ =62C? $A2?:D9 G@423F=2CJ[ E96 z66AD2<6 $E@C:6D r@==64E:@? @776CD D6G6C2= 6?828:?8 DE@C:6D :? 5F2=\=2?8F286 7@C>2E] |2?J @7 E96 E:E=6D C6E6== EC25:E:@?2= {2E:? p>6C:42? 7@=<E2=6D[ 3FE “r:E=2=: 2?5 E96 s2J @7 E96 s625” :D 2? @C:8:?2= DE@CJ E92E 7@==@HD r:E=2=: 2D D96 2?5 96C 4@>>F?:EJ AC6A2C6 7@C s:2 56 =@D |F6CE@D]k^Am ‘Mosi Musa: A True Tale About a Baby Monkey Raised by His Grandma’ By Georgeanne IrvineAges 6–10 “Mosi Musa: A True Tale About a Baby Monkey Raised by His Grandma,” by Georgeanne Irvine. Blue Sneaker Press × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAm%96 7@FCE9 3@@< :? E96 $2? s:68@ +@@’D w@A6 2?5 x?DA:C2E:@? r@==64E:@?[ “|@D: |FD2” :D E96 ECF6 DE@CJ @7 2 323J G6CG6E >@?<6J H9@D6 DE2CE :? =:76 H2D 2 4@>A=:42E65 3:CE9 2?5 2 >@E96C H9@ D9@H65 ?@ :?E6C6DE :? 42C:?8 7@C 9:>] p=E9@F89 9:D 9F>2? 42C6E2<6CD ?665 E@ 3@EE=6 7665 9:>[ |@D:’D vC2?5>2 %96=>2 DE6AD :? E@ 4F55=6[ 8C@@> 2?5 AC@E64E 9:>] %@86E96C[ |@D: 2?5 vC2?5>2 %96=>2 D9@H 9@H DA64:2= — 2?5 :>A@CE2?E — 8C2?5>2D ECF=J 2C6]k^Am ‘Trevor Lee and the Big Uh-Oh’ Written by Wiley BlevinsIllustrated by Marta Kissi × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmp86D g–`_k^Am “Trevor Lee and the Big Uh-Oh,” by Wiley Blevins. Red Chair Press kAm%9:D 4FE6[ 4=6G6C 2?5 7F??J 49:=5C6?’D 3@@< :D 23@FE 2 >:D49:6G@FD E9:C5\8C256C 5@:?8 2== 96 42? E@ 2G@:5 C625:?8 :? 7C@?E @7 2 =2C86 2F5:6?46 @? 9:D D49@@=’D !2C6?ED }:89E[ 5C:G6? 3J E96 :?D64FC:EJ E92E 96 :D ?@E 2 8C62E C6256C] %@ >2<6 >2EE6CD H@CD6[ 96 :D D@@? 2DD:8?65 2? 255:E:@?2= A2DD286 H96? 2?@E96C DEF56?E 72==D :==] q6?62E9 E96 BF:C<J “<:5’D 6J6” G:6H @7 E96 H@C=5 =:6D E96 >6DD286 E92E =62C?:?8 E@ C625 :D 2 AC@46DD E92E E2<6D A6CD:DE6?46]k^Am ‘I Can Make This Promise’ By Christine DayAges 8–12 "I Can Make This Promise," by Christine Day. HarperCollins Publishers × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmx?DA:C65 3J E96 2FE9@C’D A6CD@?2= 72>:=J 9:DE@CJ[ E9:D A@H6C7F= 49:=5C6?’D 3@@< :D 23@FE 2 >:I65\C246 `a\J62C\@=5 }2E:G6 p>6C:42? 8:C= D62C49:?8 7@C E96 ECFE9 369:?5 96C 72>:=J’D 4@>A=:42E65 =6824J 2?5 2 4@??64E:@? E@ E96 4F=EFC6 7C@> H9:49 D96 92D 366? 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A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript will celebrate America's 250th anniversary The book, titled “Sing the 50 United States,” celebrates the United States and is set for release just in time for America’s 250th anniversary.
