Video Sunday: Can You Take Me to Monkey Town?

Monica over at Educating Alice alerted me to this recent American trailer for the BBC production of Noel Streatfeild’s Ballet Shoes.  Until now my primary association with Ms. Streatfeild was an almost overwhelming desire to switch the "e" and the "i" in her last name.  Now at last I’ve something else to concentrate on.  Emma Watson from the Harry Potter films co-stars.

Thanks to Educating Alice for the link.

Sounds like the music they play during The Sims when you’re trying out different tiles for the bathroom floor.  Thanks to 100 Scope Notes for the link.

So I don’t know if you guys follow the ccbc-net listserv or not, but recently someone made a comment about Sarah Palin and that whole firing the library director dealie.  Some people got very upset that politics would enter onto a children’s literary listserv.  Others didn’t mind and thought it was worth exploring.  This video is Palin related, children’s literature related, and, yes, political too.  Booga booga.  Avert thine eyes, (avert thine clicks?) oh Palin fans or ye politic-phobic.  For the rest of you, enjoy.  Thanks to GraceAnne for the link.

And finally, interestingly enough I was unable to find a sufficiently random enough final video this week. Instead, this one is lovely and sorta on-message. It features illustrator Julia Pott who created that perfectly lovely little film My First Crush not long ago.  In this video you get to see lots of monkeys. It’s too large to fit here, so scroll down to the bottom of this page and watch it there.

Thanks to Drawn for the link.

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