Video Sunday – Amateur Night Edition
Author Esme Codell is our guiding angel this particular Video Sunday. If you take a gander at her blog Planet Esme you can find two videos of great interest. Ms. Codell is, as we say in the business, chock full of good old-fashioned talent. She has an appreciation for Folkmanis puppets (they’ve a fairly amusing commercial for their products here) that I myself share. Unlike Esme, however, I’ve never been quite as creative with them as she.
Example A:
Example B:
Which got me to thinking. What other perfomances can I find on YouTube? Can I find a bunch of librarians doing Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus? Apparently so.
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I LOVE the bus driver’s accent. I think I’m going to have to steal that.
And can I find family videos of children performing another Mo Willems book I Am Invited to a Party? I can!
And can I also find a video book review of Cowboy and Octopus?
He’s cute. So cute, in fact, that I will forgive him for messing up Mr. Scieszka’s name (it rhymes with fresca). Maybe Canadians pronounce it differently.
Good stuff. Aside from that, I got nothing. Till next week, poppins!
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About Betsy Bird
Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.
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Hey sister-girl, wow, what an honor to appear here with all of your kind words, thanks! But I must give credit where it is due: the “Witchy Poo Story Hour” that serves as example A was posted by someone named ColonelErnie on YouTube.
Ahhhh, multimedia! Sigh. Gotta love it.