Video: Barack Obama Supports Children’s Lit
Do you think you can name the president-elect’s favorite kids book? Hint: It’s not “My Dad, John McCain“. Watch the (kinda poor quality – many apologies) video of Mr. Obama speaking to the American Library Association to find out the answer.
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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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teacherninja says
Can’t see the video yet, blocked in my school of course. But it reminded me of the “Children’s Illustrators for Obama” poster I saw going around. It made me laugh because you just KNEW there was no McCain equivalent.
Scope Notes says
Those internet filters can be the darndest things, can’t they? I saw that Children’s Illustrators for Obama poster – that was a cool children’s lit/political tie-in.
your neighborhood librarian says
Oh, thank you for this. I just love the image of Barack Obama reading ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ to his two girls. Sniffle.