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Video Sunday: “A man sits . . . in a setting . . .”
You know that nightmare you have where you’re up on a stage and you suddenly realize you have to give a TED talk but you have absolutely no idea what the subject is and you’re pretty sure you don’t have the little remote that’ll allow you to flip between slides anyway? That one? You don’t […]
Video Sunday: It burns!
You know that recurring nightmare where you have to give a TED talk at TedX Beacon Street in Boston? The one where they fit you with a teeny tiny hand free mic on your head and then you have to stand in front of a series of two-tone cubes? To combat this fear of mine […]
Video Sunday: Or Jon Klassen himself. He’d make a nice bear.
The holidays are nearly upon us! Time to buy things! To chop down trees. To find books for the small fry! I can’t help you with the first or second of these necessities but #3? Here’s a bit of an aid for you. As you may know, Rocco Staino and KidLit TV have together been […]
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Video Sunday: Know what you know
So apparently in the 1980s the Brooklyn Public Library decided to take a page out of the Reading Rainbow handbook and came up with this series of kids recommending books that they loved. The result, so nicely posted on the Hairpin, will pretty much keep you amused all the livelong day. You just gotta wonder […]
Video Sunday: Always comes too late, but Friday never hesitates
The chance to see M.T. Anderson speak at length on any topic should be celebrated in and of itself. But to see him speak on the topic Wardrobes and Rabbit Holes: A Dark History of Children’s Literature (just this past November 7th) is the icing on the cake. As you may remember I’ve a book […]
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