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August 24, 2008 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: Coraline, Critiques, and Meese

August 24, 2008 by Betsy Bird   3 comments

I like this.  Apparently there’s a writer out there named Jackson Pearce who does weblogs containing useful writing advice.  This one was discovered by Cheryl Rainfield and involves critiquing manuscripts.

When I grow up, I wanna have a name as cool as "Jackson Pearce".

I’d post this here but I can’t find a high enough quality version to put on this site and to truly appreciate this you need to see the best there is. Drawn posted a three and a half minute animated pilot/demo of Winsor McCay’s classic comic, Little Nemo in Slumberland, by Yoshifumi Kondà of Studio Ghibli in 1984.  And I’m not talking about that terrible Mickey Rooney animated version that came to our theaters in the 80s.  This one clearly owes much to McCay himself.  You can view the video here.  Please do.  It’s entirely worth your time.

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This site has been supporting a bunch of cool little promotional videos for the upcoming Coraline movie.  I heard someone say that this one was the best of the lot, and I have to agree.  After all, it has John Hodgman in it.  I would watch a lot of silly things if they had John Hodgman in them. No word on who does his singing voice, though. Does it sound like They Might Be Giants to you? It does to me.


Thanks to the Neil Gaiman blog for the link.

And last but not least, nothing to do with children’s literature and everything to do with summer. Baby moose (meese?) frolicking. A good summer vid.


Thanks to Laini Taylor for the link!

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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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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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  1. Jackson says

    August 24, 2008 at 7:46 am

    Thanks for linking the video, Elizabeth 🙂
    And…omg baby moose. I feel so incredibly zen after watching that video.

  2. editorialanonymous says

    August 24, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    I prefer “mooselets”

  3. Andrea Beaty says

    August 25, 2008 at 10:49 am

    Look Ma! It’s raining upside down!
    Love them moosettes!

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