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May 12, 2013 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: The Happy Mother’s Day Edition (Warning: Contains no mom-related material)

May 12, 2013 by Betsy Bird   1 comments

Happy Mother’s Day!

It was Monica Edinger who alerted me to the fact that fresh on the heels of the Matilda musical is an upcoming British production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  She has the details and directed me to this truly unfair let’s-not-give-anything-away teaser trailer.

This introduction is a bit better.

You know what this means, don’t you?  We are just THIS MUCH CLOSER to a truly terrifying  Witches musical.  And I’ll be first in line.  Thanks to Monica for the link!

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Last weekend I hosted author Sue Stauffacher at my Children’s Literary Salon at NYPL to talk about her Wireman series.  If you’re unfamiliar with the books, they’re essentially graphic novels containing the 100 most common words for kids and teens with low reading comprehension.  The art is stellar, it’s a brilliant reading tool, and there’s nothing like it out there.  It also doesn’t have a publisher at the moment *ahem hem*.  In any case, check out this pitch from Eric, a student at the Detroit Palmer Park Preparatory Academy.  Love that kid’s style.

Sometimes it feels like SLJ reporter Rocco Staino has wings on his heels the way he flits about the world, capturing all the good stories.  Now it appears he’d also do well on Sesame Street.  Talk about a natural rapport with a puppet!  Well played, man.

Book trailer time!  This one’s a delight.  It’s The Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters by Clay McLeod Chapman and it’s a good example of how to make a simple but effective trailer.  Love that Vertigo effect too.

Then, a switch of gears.  This one is for Listen to the Birds: An Introduction to Classical Music by Ana Gerhard, illustrated by Cecilia Varela.  Sweet sweet public domain music.

Now there’s much to love of this Lunch Lady video featuring actual lunch ladies dancing, as you can see:

However, I think the point we should be careful not to miss is that this song is sung by Recess Monkey, the band.  An actual band.  Not a bad idea in the least.

And finally, for our off-topic video (which also has nothing to do with Mother’s Day in the slightest) it’s what we all had hoped for.  A stage music of the fourth season of Downton Abbey.  I’ll be humming the Tea Song for the rest of the day, I think.

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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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