• Series: Reading Rainbow

• Genre: Children
• Movie Type: Literary Studies, Children's Educational
• Main Cast: LeVar Burton
• Release Year: 1984
• Country: US
• Run Time: 30 minutes

Plot

When Simon is threatened by a horrible monster, he receives help from an unexpected source -- his pens. This episode in the Reading Rainbow series features a visit with the author of Simon's Book, Henrik Drescher, who explains his inspiration for the story to host LeVar Burton. At a printing plant, Burton shows viewers the stages a book must go through before it appears on bookstore shelves. Other books read by the young reviewers are Me and Neesie by Eloise Greenfield, Begin at the Beginning by Amy Schwartz, and What's Under My Bed? by James Stevenson. ~ Alice Day, All Movie Guide

Cast

• LeVar Burton - Host

Ruby Dee