--- description: The spoof book gets the Reading Rainbow treatment title: LeVar Burton Reads 'Go the F-ck to Sleep' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch LeVar Burton Read 'Go the F--k to Sleep' by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 27, 2014 1:09 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 27, 2014 1:09 PM CUT Samuel Jackson did it for the [audiobook](http://www.amazon.com/Go-F-Sleep-Adam-Mansbach/dp/145584165X "undefined"), but _Reading Rainbow’_s LeVar Burton’s reading of the book “Go the F–k to Sleep” might just be the best. During a recent [Rooster Teeth](http://roosterteeth.com/extralife/ "undefined") 24-hour livestream to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network, Burton read the hilarious spoof bedtime story with all the flair one would expect from the children’s television star. The reading is pretty f–king great, and the fact that the livestream raised about $240,000 is pretty cool, too. Hat-tip to [Kotaku.com](http://kotaku.com/levar-burton-reading-go-the-f-k-to-sleep-1650935576 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3541094/levar-burton-reading-rainbow-go-to-sleep/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3541094/levar-burton-reading-rainbow-go-to-sleep/"},"headline":"Watch LeVar Burton Read 'Go the F--k to Sleep'","datePublished":"2014-10-27T13:09:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:04.806Z","description":"The spoof book gets the Reading Rainbow treatment","url":"https://time.com/3541094/levar-burton-reading-rainbow-go-to-sleep/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Books","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3541094/levar-burton-reading-rainbow-go-to-sleep/","name":"Watch LeVar Burton Read 'Go the F--k to Sleep'"}}]}] ```