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1. For Fourth Year In A Row, Disney Co. Sweeps Animation Categories At VES Awards

The Walt Disney Company has now won 16 consecutive animation awards at the VES Awards.

The post For Fourth Year In A Row, Disney Co. Sweeps Animation Categories At VES Awards appeared first on Cartoon Brew.

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2. The Beat Goes to the Movies: THE REVENANT

By Harper W. Harris Whether you agree with its sweeping of last years Oscars or not, Birdman was a big deal. It brought mainstream attention to an artsy, technically impressive film that laid out some pretty serious criticism of the current state of cinema, overrun by indistinguishable superhero films that will undoubtedly be forgotten in […]

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3. 20 Films Shortlisted for Visual Effects Oscar

The Academy expanded the field of visual effects contenders to 20 films this year.

The post 20 Films Shortlisted for Visual Effects Oscar appeared first on Cartoon Brew.

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4. Read Bruchac's SKELETON MAN for "All Hallows Read"

On Sunday, October 7, 2012, the Eat Sleep Read group on Facebook posted this image:




Isn't the image cool? I like it a lot and am sharing it here, along with a book recommendation...


I recommend you give, and read, Joe Bruchac's Skeleton Man. It is one of my favorites. I still remember reading it aloud with my daughter. We were so engrossed in it that we were startled when my husband came home from work that day!

I have a couple of other recommendations...

Avoid wearing "Indian costumes" to events. They are usually stereotypical.

And all those stories with Indian ghosts? Avoid them, too! I see those ghosts in a lot of stories, and it irks me (sometimes, 'irks' is an understatement).

People sure seem to like Indian ghosts that haunt places! I know, for example, that a lot of people liked Gensler's The Revenant but I didn't. Her ghosts put me off. So did the ghosts in the melon patch in Peck's Season of Gifts

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