Link Du Jour: Watch/Cringe As Celebrities Make Children’s Books
As you may have heard, there was a memorable meeting of pop culture and children’s lit this week on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice. The contestants were tasked with creating a children’s book and boy did it entertain – often for completely unintentional reasons. Click below to watch.
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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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I liked how the font ended up being important. And all the talk of morals & messages.
Martha Stewart Apprentice did a similar challenge a few years back; Random House was involved (at least they published the winner).