The Wonderful Towers of Watts: Reading Rainbow (TV Episode)

Plot

In addition to promoting reading for children, the Reading Rainbow series frequently addresses contemporary sociological and cultural issues in a manner that young viewers can understand. The featured book in this episode, The Wonderful Towers of Watts, written by Patricia Zelver and read by Angela Bassett, provides information on the construction of the Los Angeles works of art. Viewers get a close-up look at the towers when host LeVar Burton travels to Watts to discuss the community with some of its citizens. In the book review segment, youngsters analyze The Car Washing Street and Night on Neighborhood Street. ~ Alice Day, Rovi