Video Sunday: Dance Dance!

I know that this doesn’t always seem to be the case, but I’m actually very picky when it comes to the videos I post on Video Sundays.  I see no point in boring you with details or items on this day of rest that you’d rather not see.  Which makes this next video a little problematic, since I’m really only posting it because of the crazy news item that got attached to it.  Here is the situation.  In Omaha some librarians made a YouTube video where they played Rock Band, in an effort to intrigue teens and get them to come to the library’s game nights.  Only Omaha’s Action News 3 decided to make a story out of this potential waste of taxpayer money.  Now, according to this piece, "Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley launched an investigation into the matter, the results of which will be looked over by a group appointed by Governor Dave Heineman."  Sheez.  Here is the offending video in question, which (unfortunately) isn’t all that interesting.  That is, unless you really have a yen for "Yakkety Sax". 

This next is an interesting video. Under normal circumstances I find that books written for parents rather than children tend to fall into the Love You Forever category of picture book dreck.  So what am I to make of this new Harper Collins title, with its Gaimanesque ability to rhyme and Vess’s lovely pictures (not all of which appear in this video)? 

John Green is the author I will randomly see when I press elevator buttons at ALA Conferences.  I believe that he thinks that I am stalking him at these events.  I’m not.  Not that this video wouldn’t make me want to start.  This is good advice.  It’s teen related and not child related, but I think we’ll give it a pass, if only for the small dance included at the end.  The man has perfected the fast talk/fast cut video technique and it serves him well.