Julie Fortenberry, I kiss your tiny feet. I’ve known for years that Shaun Tan had been transferring his efforts from books to filmmaking, but I’d not seen the fruits of his or anyone else’s labor. Now we have a trailer for his remarkable The Lost Thing. My sole regret is that there is nowhere for me to watch it in full as of yet. Thanks to Children’s Illustration for the link!
This next video does a darn decent job of explaining how a real world Quidditch game actually works. It also clarifies some details for me that I was a bit foggy on. Like Travis, I apologize for the ad at the beginning.
Thanks to 100 Scope Notes for the link!
I do a regular Storytime Suggestion series on this blog where I read aloud a good book for a toddler or preschooler storytime. Someone once asked if this was a copyright violation, and I don’t think that it is. If it were, wouldn’t this absolutely adorable video for the Vivian Schwartz book There Are Cats in this Book be in trouble? Instead, it’s charm incarnate.
There’s not a day goes by when I don’t regret not reviewing that book.
You may not have heard but recently Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer got married . . . after a fashion. Not official, mind you, but cute just the same. Warning: May contain statue snogging.
And of course, the most fun you’ll have all day.
Thanks (yet again) to 2 Comments on Video Sunday: Hullo?, last added: 11/21/2010
Chance for amends/redemption: “There Are NO Cats in This Book” – it’s the sequel, released Sept 2010…
(I too love the first one dearly. Still need to get my hands on the follow-up…)
The thought did occur. I dunno. Might be too little too late. I go back and forth on it. You should definitely get your hands on it, though. Cute doesn’t even begin to describe it.