Tag: Dan Gutman

September 11, 2016 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: Have a think in your head

I do not know where Monica Edinger found our first video today. All I know is that she discovered a video that is absolutely the most interesting thing you’ll see all week. It’s a young Maurice Sendak. He’d recently won the Caldecott for Where the Wild Things Are. I’ve never seen anything like this before. […]

August 29, 2016 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Dem-o-gorgon or Dem-a-gorgon?

Morning, poppins! Yesterday, for the first time in a long while, I submitted a Video Sunday for your approval. Trouble is, I may have failed to mention one of the most fascinating videos out there with a tie-in to books for kids, so I’d like to rectify the situation today. The title of the article […]

December 19, 2010 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: Oye como va?

BAM! Now that is what I’m talking about. Geez o’ petes, wow. Book trailers are fascinating little microcosms of how someone wants to promote their book. It’s hard to tell if Mr. Gutman made this trailer for the upcoming The Genius Files entirely himself or if Harper Collins played a hand, but all I care […]