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LeVar Burton

About the Author

Levardis Robert Martyn “LeVar” Burton Jr. is an actor, director, and educator who has been an icon for more than 35 years. He was the host and producer of the influential television program Reading Rainbow for more than three decades, and starred in the TV miniseries Roots and on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He lives in Sherman Oaks, California.

This Beautiful Day

This Beautiful Day

by Fred Rogers, Introduction by LeVar Burton

Aftermath

Aftermath

by LeVar Burton

Van Hunks and the Devil

Van Hunks and the Devil

Compiled by Nelson Mandela, Read by LeVar Burton, by Johnny Clegg

Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales

Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales

Compiled by Nelson Mandela, Read by Desmond Tutu, Read by Alan Rickman, Read by Whoopi Goldberg, Read by Matt Damon, Read by Parminder Nagra, Read by Forest Whitaker, Read by Sean Hayes, Read by Charlize Theron, Read by Benjamin Bratt, Read by Scarlett Johansson, Read by Ricardo Chavira, Read by Debra Messing, Read by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Read by Hugh Jackman, Read by , Read by CCH Pounder, Read by Blair Underwood, Read by LeVar Burton, Read by Samuel L. Jackson, Read by Jurnee Smollett, Read by Sophie Okonedo, Read by Helen Mirren, Read by Don Cheadle, Read by Alfre Woodard