On TV: Night of the Veggie Monster
“Night of the Veggie Monster” author George McClements was featured today on The Rachel Ray Show. Why is a 27 year old male school librarian watching Rachel Ray in the middle of the day? Let me emphasize the word school in my job title. Summer break. Plus, uh, I wasn’t actually watching, it was just on in the background.
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(Think of something manly, think of something manly)
And ESPN was broken. Look, don’t ask questions, just watch Mr. McClements explain how the subject matter for “Monster” was ripped from his real life:
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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