'Reading Rainbow' Kickstarter Doubles Goal, Soaring to $2 Million

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'Reading Rainbow' Kickstarter Doubles Goal, Soaring to $2 Million
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Like a butterfly in the sky going twice as high, LeVar Burton's campaign to bring back Reading Rainbow (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/levar-burton-reading-rainbow-kickstarter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) has doubled its Kickstarter (http://mashable.com/category/kickstarter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) goal of $1 million, eclipsing $2 million Thursday.

After reaching the $1 million mark (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/reading-rainbow-kickstarter-funded-1-million-1-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Wednesday on the campaign's first day (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/readin*****bow/bring-reading-rainbow-back-for-every-child-everywh/), supporters continued to flood the crowdfunding website with donations. Around 4 p.m. ET Thursday, the campaign hit $2 million, with 33 days remaining for people to contribute.

See also: The 'Accessible' Truth of Maya Angelou's Poetry (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/maya-angelou-accessible-poetry/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


"I am overwhelmed," Burton, the creator and host of PBS' ****** Reading Rainbow from 1983 to 2006, wrote during a Reddit AMA (http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/26sn1c/im_levar_burton_but_you_dont_have_to_take_my_word/#) shortly before reaching the new milestone on Thursday. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/29/reading-rainbow-kickstarter-2-million/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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