. . . and by “Potter” I am of course referring to Beatrix, not . . . you know.
I thought it would be nice to dig up some Potter-themed videos to kick off the Potter Project (more books coming soon, I mean it!). Here’s an interesting little segment about the Royal Opera House [...]
Posts Tagged ‘video sunday’
Video Sunday: Potter a’ Plenty
Posted in classic kidlit, tagged The Potter Project, video sunday on January 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Video Sunday: Get Yer Hot, Tasty Winners!
Posted in book awards, tagged Caldecott, newbery, Siebert, video sunday on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oyez, oyez, oyez! Congrats again to the ALA Youth Media Award Winners! (Ugh, there’s got to be a better way to refer to these awards . . . ) Here are a collection of videos to salute you!
First off, I found fabulous montage based on Peter Sis’s The Wall. It intersperses images from the book [...]
Video Sunday: ALA Youth Media Awards A-Plenty
Posted in contemporary fiction, video sunday, tagged Caldecott Winners, Newbery winners, video sunday on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No, I’m not dead. I’ve been out of town for the past month. Why? The husband has been interviewing for a medical residency. (You know, like on Scrubs.) But enough of the lame excuses. Tonight is the night!
THE night!
The kidlit versions of the Oscars, only nobody gets bags of [...]
Video Sunday: Pockets & Bags
Posted in video sunday, tagged Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, mo willems, paul zelinsky, Storypockets, video sunday on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My library began its own blog, Storypockets, a few months ago, and they’ve recently begun a wonderful little feature that I’m going to present to you for this week’s video-o-rama.
See, the Children’s Department co-hosts this fabulous children’s author series called Black White, & Read All Over. About once a month or so, we have [...]
Video Sunday: Cows, Rings, and Stuff
Posted in video sunday, tagged lord of the rings, sandra boynton, video book report, video sunday on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Good Sunday morning to you! It’s time to sit back, relax, and feast your ol’ eyes on a few tidbits I have for you:
First off, here’s a video showing the making of Sandra Boynton’s latest book & music extravaganza, Blue Moo. You know what’s funny? Sandra Boynton looks EXACTLY as I’ve always imagined she does.
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Video Sunday
Posted in video sunday, tagged edward gorey, flight of the conchords, folklore, lotte reiniger, puppetry, video sunday on October 21, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Yes, yes — I’m lifting this idea directly from Betsy Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production, but it’s such a good idea, and I’m always up for a blog posting that doesn’t require me to come up with original content in any way. Besides, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? Right?
First up [...]
