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Title

  • LeVar Burton: National Book Festival 2021

Summary

  • Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talks with actor and children's literacy advocate LeVar Burton, host of the television special "Open a Book, Open the World: The Library of Congress National Book Festival" on PBS, about the power of reading, story and connection. They also discuss the LeVar Burton Book Club, launched in May 2021, and his time as host and executive producer of the iconic television series "Reading Rainbow." The event features a special appearance by Dolly Parton, one of the winners of the 2021 Library of Congress Literacy Awards for her Imagination Library program.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • National Book Festival (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2021-09-17.

Notes

  • -  Group name: 2021 National Book Festival: Lifestyle. 2
  • -  LeVar Burton, David Rubenstein, Dolly Parton, Carla D. Hayden.
  • -  Recorded on 2021-09-17.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697666

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. LeVar Burton: National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-17, 2021. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697666/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & National Book Festival, U. S. (2021) LeVar Burton: National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-17. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697666/.

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Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. LeVar Burton: National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-17, 2021. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697666/>.