Video Sunday: The Other Man in Purple
So many good videos to choose from today! First and foremost, I begin with a very special message from Jon Scieszka. It seems you still have two days to vote in the Children’s Book Choice Awards and . . . well . . . Jon would really like your kids to do so. Seriously.
I also enjoyed this video from Storycorps. In it, a woman reflects on the bookmobile that changed her life:
In other news, it’s been a good book trailer season. When I went to Zootopia the other day (and how cool was its Emmett Otter reference?) I got a couple before the show. In this first video I spent the bulk of it trying to figure out if it was an adaptation of the Mac Barnett / Jory John Terrible Two series. It is based on a book, but we just aren’t that lucky:
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On the plus side, the new BFG trailer looks pretty darn good:
And there’s a new trailer for A Monster Calls that I really enjoyed.
Finally, for the off-topic video, I actually think you could make a case for this being on-topic. I mean, have you ever seen a truer to life version of Are You My Mother?
It comes with its own Snort!
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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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I remember bookmobiles from childhood with great fondness. Does anyone still do that?
Oh yes! Very much so. Not just bookmobiles but mobile hotspots and e-resource vans. But bookmobiles too. Brooklyn Public Library has their own little mini gas station behind the main library just for theirs.
Of course I love the Jon Scieszka video! haha!
This is a great round-up of movie trailers based on MG books. Thank you!