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Books on Film: Random Thoughts on the ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Trailer
Selected excerpts from my internal monologue while watching this trailer: They found a great Meg. That looks like one Grade A tessering scene. Oprah! The scene with all the kids outside of their houses bouncing balls at the same time is exactly how I pictured it. Galafanakis? Eurithmics soundtrack. Huh. I’d see this. What do […]
The Winners of Our 2018 Mock Caldecott Are . . .
The 2018 Mock Caldecott unit is all wrapped up at my K-4 elementary school. Click here to see our process and books. Here are the books that came out on top. 2018 Mock Caldecott Honor: 2018 Mock Caldecott Honor: 2018 Mock Caldecott Medal:
Hi, MAME!
It’s an honor to present some of my favorite books of 2017 at the Michigan Association of Media in Education (MAME) annual conference today. Click here for the book list. Click here for the slide show.
One Star Review Guess Who? (#62)
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? a good book actually, i just didnt like the name. Click here for the answer. Why do I share these? Click here. Previously . . . One Star Review Guess Who (#1) One Star Review Guess Who (#2) One […]
Books on Film: The Picture Book Animated
How were classic picture books like Where the Wild Things Are and Harold and the Purple Crayon turned into animated films? Painstakingly, as this throwback video from Weston Woods shows us.
Come With Me (Again) Down the Picture Book Parody Rabbit Hole
It’s been a while since we last plumbed the depths of Amazon for children’s literature parody books. Time to go back in . . . The Book Without Any Pictures Whatsoever: A Parody of the Book With No Pictures with Apologies to B.J. Novak by Ron John Some parodies try to make you laugh with […]
The November Newsletter is Up!
On Friday I sent out the November installment of FROM THE DESK OF 100 SCOPE NOTES. You can see it here. Interested in having future newsletters sent directly to your inbox? Click here to sign up.
A Decade of Scope Notes: The 5 Most Ridiculous Posts of All Time
November 9th (today!) marks the 10th anniversary of 100 Scope Notes. Seems like a good time to take a look back, a look forward, and reflect on how the heck this thing is still going. Previously . . . 10 Years of Scope Notes: Reader Poll Results 10 Years of Scope Notes: Origin Story 10 […]
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