Mychal Threets

I would never take over.

This is not me trying to do what he did.

I'm one of the reading rainbow kids that he raised by saying that I'm worthy of reading to take a look in a book.

And I'm just honored to be a part of one of my favorite shows.

Honestly, just trying to do exactly what I'm trying to do with my picture book is to get people to realize that they belong in books, that books are for every single one of us.

Reading is reading.

Book joy is book joy.

And I'm just glad that it's back.

I'm glad that I have a role in it.

I'd be just as excited no matter what.

So I'm

There have always been way too many issues facing libraries, facing books.

I think people forget that book bans have sadly been around for a long time, which is that they weren't prevalent in the way that they are now.

There wasn't the use of social media where people could kind of stir up

The trouble that book banners are causing and trying to remove stories from homes, from school libraries, public libraries.

I think that's what's ultimately facing libraries.

That's what we're struggling with is all these challenges to book.

It's fine to challenge a book to say, hey, what is it about this book?

Should we be reading this book?

What is it?