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April 19, 2009 by Travis Jonker

Link Du Jour: A.C. Slater, Author

April 19, 2009 by Travis Jonker   5 comments

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I’ve been waiting for this day all my life, and I didn’t even know it. One Albert Clifford Slater (Mario Lopez) will soon be releasing his first children’s picture book. Click here to head over to Publishers Weekly and read all about it.

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One more thing. It has been my dream to one day post this video on 100 Scope Notes for a legitimate reason. You better believe I’m taking advantage of this opportunity. Let’s take a look at the author in action:

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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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Comments

  1. tanita says

    April 20, 2009 at 7:16 am

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

  2. Elizabeth says

    April 20, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    My life, also, is now complete.

  3. Karen says

    April 20, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    How in the world DO you keep track of all these great videos — too funny! Gotta say, I never guessed Mario Lopez for a children’s book author! 🙂

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