DINOSAUR BOB AND HIS ADVENTURES WITH THE FAMILY LAZARDO is the feature d READING RAINBOW book. Written by William Joyce and read by Edward As ner, this story is about a dinosaur found by a family on safari in Afr ica and brought back to the U.S. where he (Bob, the dinosaur) becomes a local hero in baseball. Levar Burton hosts from the Spring training camp for the Oakland A's. Later, READING RAINBOW takes puts you on the field with the Bombers and Bengals, two all-girls softball teams.