By Captain Pyke | May 5, 2012 - 9:22 pm

If we know one thing about LeVar Burton, it's that he's passionate about child literacy. This June, you can catch LeVar at the Bronx Zoo as a part of its Animal Tales Extravaganza Weekends. He'll be on-hand for a special story time / meet-and-greet June 16th & 17th at 1:00 p.m on the Asia Plaza Stage . LeVar will be there to share some of his favorite stories and host a demonstration of the new Reading Rainbow iPad book discovery and reading app.

The Bronx Zoo's Animal Tales Extravaganza is animal-themed entertainment featuring your favorite children's entertainers during weekends this spring. Starting last month and running through June, the zoo will have a special event planned for every weekend.

You can learn more about Animal Tales Extravaganza and LeVar's storytime / meet-and-great at the official Bronx Zoo website.

(Source Bronx Zoo)