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1. Video Sunday: Now with more monkeys

By: Betsy Bird, on 8/6/2011
Blog: A Fuse #8 Production (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Video Sunday, Philip Nel, silent films, Harry Potter, Neil Gaiman, Uncategorized, book trailers, The Graveyard Book, Make Way for Ducklings, Arthur A. Levine, Julia Mickenberg, Add a tag

First off, today I’d be amiss if I did not direct you to submit your favorite book trailers to the SLJ Trailee Awards.* If you’ve a favorite trailer that was posted between the dates of July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, SLJ wants to hear about it. Think back through all the book trailers you’ve seen. What stood out? Pay attention to those dates too. I wanted to vote for the stop motion trailer for Linger but saw it was posted May not July 2010. D’oh!

Now this wasn’t created for the 90-Second Newbery but the creators should submit it anyway. It’s a silent film version of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and it’s a delight to watch.

I particularly like the “dog”.

And now you guys have some serious luck. Phil Nel and Julia Mickenberg (editors of Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children’s Literature) recently spoke at the Children’s Literature Association’s annual conference held at Hollins University. The topic? Radical Children’s Literature Now! And best of all, the whole talk is online for your viewing pleasure. How awesome is that?

Phil even provided the Bibliography of the talk on his blog. What a fella!

Next up, Potted Potter. It’s an abbreviated take on all seven Harry Potter books ala The Reduced Shakespeare Company. I call it a hoot, but then I forgive a lot when it’s done with a British accent.

Thanks to bookshelves of doom for the link.

Actually Leila found another Potter related link of relative amusement. This works because of the Ghostbusters shirt. I love that such shirts are considered ironic hipsterwear these days.

Some of you have just tasted the delights of the annual SCBWI Conference in L.A. To you I say, lucky ducks. I’ll live vicariously through your blog updates and Twitter

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2. Red Bear, Red Bear, What Do You See?

By: Elizabeth, on 1/25/2010
Blog: Underage Reading (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: bill martin, Race and Racism, julia mickenberg, Censorship, Add a tag

What I think is interesting in this case of censoring school board mistaken identity is that at least this particular article seems to think it’s natural that, if the same Bill Martin who wrote BROWN BEAR… had also written a book for adults called ETHICAL MARXISM, then it would be just fine to keep his well-loved (I haven’t read it) kids’ book out of the curriculum.

Whereas historically, as we now know from Julia Mickenberg, during McCarthyism, children’s publishing (because it was so trivialized) was one of the few places that blacklisted authors could still find work. Which is one reason why it became a relatively progressive industry, with, for example, books about racism and slavery — albeit ones that might strike us as dated or inadequate now — in the early ’60s, while the Civil Rights Movement was still in a pretty early stage of its spread North.

When I say relatively progressive, of course, we know to take that with a grain of salt. (By the way, a post by Editorial Anonymous — which makes a great second point about how having ignorantly non-racist intentions does not constitute a Get Out of Accusations of Racism Free card — is sparking an interesting discussion about the obligations of authors, and when pragmatic professionalism becomes opportunity careerism.)

But back to that Dallas News article… the other thing I find hilarious about it is that the author mentions that one of the school board members orchestrating the censorship of BROWN BEAR… is just plain mad that there are so many books being approved for the curriculum. This is mentioned almost as though it partially excuses his idiocy — see, it wasn’t about this book; he doesn’t want teachers to be able to choose any book for their classrooms!

Posted in Censorship, Race and Racism