Video Sunday: Xavier Says Ha Ha Ha, We Have Nothing in Common

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Who’s a clever girl, then?  I’m tempting to pick one of the four things she mentions when she comes to New York.  Plenty of time to plan for that, though.  In the meantime I wouldn’t mind getting my hooks on that Little Pig book mentioned.  Thanks to Little Willow for the link.

This next vid pairs nicely with Ms. Rosenthal, I think.  You are familiar with the best children’s literary podcast out there, yes?  Just One More Book! is without compare.  Hands down Mark Blevis and Andrea Ross  consistently produce high-quality interviews and reviews with incredibly charming Canadian accents.  We knew they’d conquered the realm of podcasting.  But what of video blogging?  What indeed!  Starting March 31st, a video series called The Rock Stars of Reading will be appearing at JOMB.  As their press release states:

Producers Andrea Ross and Mark Blevis and their two daughters, Lucy (9) and Bayla (7), lived by a tight schedule of studio visits, lunches, dinners, round table discussions and gallery visits. The trip was video and audio recorded and has been produced as a series of documentary video and audio programs that will be published on the Internet, for free, beginning Tuesday, March 31, 2009 (click here to see a promotional video clip: http://tinyurl.com/c6m2rh).

Or you can just watch it here:

The press release goes on to say that episodes include:

"* Lane Smith discusses original artwork and his creative process
* Diane de Groat shows how she mixes digital and physical art
* Jarrett Krosoczka paints with Lucy and Bayla
* Jeff Mack explains the story behind some of his books
* R. Michelson Galleries’ 19th Annual Children’s Illustration Exhibition

Guests include Jeanne Birdsall, Nick Clark, Diane de Groat, Tony Diterlizzi, Corinne Demas, Jane Dyer, Scott Fischer, Mordicai Gerstein, Paul Jacobs, Norton Juster, Jarrett Krosoczka, Jeff Mack, Richard Michelson, Leslea Newman, Lane Smith, David Ezra Stein, Heidi Stemple, Mo Willems and Jane Yolen."

Excellent.

Thanks to Brittany Lashinsky for the link.

Lots of news stories like to talk about how famous people are.  Few make a point to also mention how sweet some famous people can be.  This CBS Evening News Story, however, makes it pretty clear what a swell fella Mr. Jeff Kinney is.  I can’t quite figure out how to embed it here, however, so you’ll have to traipse on over to Mishaps and Adventures for the link.

And finally we come to our random off-topic video to round everything out.  This video is not what I’d call mom-friendly.  This is because my mom cannot deal with children in peril.  So Mom, I’m sure you already saw this mentioned on Bookninja, but don’t watch it.  Even though it has a happy ending, I’d steer clear. 

One of the damndest things I’ve ever seen:

It’s when the croc got involved that I really began to sit up and take notice.  Thanks to Bookninja for the link.

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