Watch LeVar Burton read an expletive-laced children's book for charity

Burton brings on the laughs with a reading of "Go the F** to Sleep"

Published October 27, 2014 3:14PM (EDT)

 LeVar Burton reads "Go The F**k to Sleep"   (YouTube/William Girdler)
LeVar Burton reads "Go The F**k to Sleep" (YouTube/William Girdler)

LeVar Burton read an expletive-laced "children's book" as part of a fundraising drive for Rooster Teeth's Extra Life. Though the book reads with a snooze-inducing, "Goodnight Moon" cadence, believe me, this is not the stuff of "Reading Rainbow."

Watch Burton read Adam Mansbach's "Go the Fuck to Sleep" below:


By Sarah Gray

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