--- description: Snowden says he's a patriot, Al-Sisi wins the Egyptian election, the Scripps Spelling Bee finals start, and Reading Rainbow makes a million. title: Reading Rainbow Kickstarts a Pot of Gold image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte08421fe3f9daf17/6986913d06f2c1592032f147/screen-shot-2014-05-29-at-11-06-14-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [The Brief](/tag/the-brief/) ## The Brief Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Reading Rainbow Kickstarts a Pot of Gold by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2014 3:13 PM CUT  Reading Rainbow's Kickstarter raised more than $1 million in just one day. Reading Rainbow's Kickstarter raised more than $1 million in just one day. by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2014 3:13 PM CUT Here are the stories TIME is watching this Thursday, May 29: * [Edward Snowden](http://time.com/134428/snowden-id-like-to-go-home/ "undefined") tells NBC’s Brian Williams he considers himself a patriot in his first U.S. television interview. * Former Field Marshal [Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi](http://time.com/124449/egypt-election-president-al-sisi-low-voter-turnout/ "undefined") wins Egypt’s elections despite poor voter turnout. * Children get ready to sound it out as the [Scripps National Spelling Bee](http://time.com/134409/national-spelling-bee-photos/ "undefined") finals begin. * Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high. [Reading Rainbow’s Kickstarter](http://time.com/135828/levar-burton-reading-rainbow/ "undefined") surpasses its goal of $1 million in just one day. The Brief is published daily on weekdays. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/135971/reading-rainbow-snowden-al-sisi-spelling-bee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/135971/reading-rainbow-snowden-al-sisi-spelling-bee/"},"headline":"Reading Rainbow Kickstarts a Pot of Gold","datePublished":"2014-05-29T15:13:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:06:33.925Z","description":"Welcome to #theBrief, the four stories to know about right now—from the editors of TIME","url":"https://time.com/135971/reading-rainbow-snowden-al-sisi-spelling-bee/","keywords":["The Brief","elections","Edward Snowden","Kickstarter","Egypt","Brian Williams","leaks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte08421fe3f9daf17/6986913d06f2c1592032f147/screen-shot-2014-05-29-at-11-06-14-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte08421fe3f9daf17/6986913d06f2c1592032f147/screen-shot-2014-05-29-at-11-06-14-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Reading Rainbow Kickstarts Pot Of Gold","caption":"Reading Rainbow's Kickstarter raised more than $1 million in just one day.","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-brief/","name":"The Brief"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/135971/reading-rainbow-snowden-al-sisi-spelling-bee/","name":"Reading Rainbow Kickstarts a Pot of Gold"}}]}] ```