The Inexpensive Way to Keep Up With the Oscar Contenders

Yesterday, on Tuesday, January 23rd, the Oscar nominations were officially released. There was good news (yay, Get Out!), bad (boo, Three Billboards!), and everything in-between, but all in all it was a lot of the films folks had already been discussing as award contenders. If you’re anything like me, it can be hard to keep up with what’s out there. That’s why I devised a solution using my favorite resource: children’s books. Too busy to see the hottest critically acclaimed films? Then just read their children’s book equivalents:

If You Want to See:

Ladybird

Try:

My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Life by Kate Feiffer, ill. Diane Goode

If You Want to See:

The Shape of Water

Try:

Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, ill. Tony Fucile

(particularly the second story, “Give a Fish a Home”, about Bink’s love for a fish.)

Just replace the pancake with a hard boiled egg.

If You Want to See:

The Post

Try:

The Berenstain Bears in No Girls Allowed by Stan and Jan Berenstain

That one’s pretty self-explanatory.

If You Want to See: 

I, Tonya

Try:

The Meanest Birthday Girl by Josh Schneider

Not that the girl in this story suffers to the extent that Tonya does, but I feel like her attitude of strength is pretty on par.

If You Want to See:

Three Billboards in Ebbing, Missouri

Try:

Petey and Pru and the Hullaballoo Ammi-Joan Paquette, ill. Joy Ang

Because if you’re looking for a book of increasing chaos, I don’t think you could find a better one than this.

And finally . . .

If You Want to See:

Call Me By Your Name

Try:

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

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