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Tag: 90 Second Newbery

February 14, 2026 by Betsy Bird

Press Release Fun: It’s Time for the 15th Annual 90-Second Newbery Film Festival!

And now, a word from Mr. James Kennedy...

February 8, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Press Release Fun: Come To The Weird And Wild 90-Second Newbery Film Festival – Now In Its 14th Year!

Are you ready for the best children's book-to-film festival on record? Do you want to see Holes set at a girls finishing school with swordfights (what?)? Then read on!

February 4, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Press Release Fun: Get Ready for the 13th Annual 90-Second Newbery Film Festival!

Are you ready for Newbery award winning books like you've never seen them before? The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival is back, baby!

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IT RETURNS! The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival Enters Its 12th Year.

February 27, 2023 by Betsy Bird

The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival Returns! But what is it? What does it do? And why is James, yet again, wearing a silly hat?

Guest Post: The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival Is Back, Baby!

July 19, 2022 by Betsy Bird

James Kennedy guest posts today with information about the latest 90-Second Newbery, now celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Newbery Award.

Ghosts of Newbery Past, Present and Future? Welcome to This Year’s 90-Second Newbery Film Festival

March 13, 2020 by Betsy Bird

Stuck inside? Wanna watch some videos? Then welcome to the best of the best of the 90-Second Newbery Festival. Hamilton parodies, D&D spoofs, Westerns, Ninjas, and more abound!

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Guest Post: The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival Wants YOU!

August 19, 2019 by Betsy Bird

I'm on vacation so while I'm away it appears that James Kennedy has hijacked my blog! Not to worry. He's done it for a very worthy cause. Observe!

90-Second Newbery: The Latest Submissions of Some Brilliant Cinema

October 26, 2018 by Betsy Bird

It’s that time again. Time for kids everywhere to make their own short versions of classic Newbery winning books to the screen. Today, James Kennedy stops by to show us a slew of newest brilliant submissions and to beg you to find some kids who can submit their own. Hear the man out, people!   […]

Press Release Fun: 90-Second Newbery Screenings Are Heading To Your Burg

February 14, 2018 by Betsy Bird

It’s that time again! No sooner have the real Newberys been announced than the 90-second versions of them start cropping up. In Film Festival form! Yep, the utterly charming 90-Second Newbery is on the road, and I have your complete schedule here today. Find the big city nearest you and come on in. It’s a […]

Fusenews: Steamroller Keep On Rollin’

September 20, 2017 by Betsy Bird

News! Of a newslike variety, no less. Here’s a question for you: What is the oldest blogger conference in the United States today? If you said Bookcon you are actually not right at all. The true answer is KidLitCon and this year the Con will take place from November 3-4 in Hershey, PA. You can […]

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