LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Book Festival was back for its sixth year, bringing readers of all ages together to celebrate the power of stories.

Mychal Threets is no stranger to the library. As the new host of the reboot of the popular series "Reading Rainbow," it only made sense to make a stop at the festival.

Threets, who used to be a librarian himself, lit up when he was handed a Louisville library card, calling the library one of the most special places in any community.

“[I visited] the Western Library; the first library in the nation for Black people, staffed entirely by Black people," Threets said. "I think that's where we're at today in celebrating literature; celebrating literacy is saying it is for everybody. Everybody belongs in books. Everybody has a chance to see thems

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