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July 29, 2016 by Travis Jonker

Children’s Literature at the DNC

July 29, 2016 by Travis Jonker   1 comments

If there’s one thing you can say about children’s literature people, they will notice when children’s books are mentioned in a national stage.

Last night at the Democratic National Convention, Chelsea Clinton kept mentioning children’s books in her speech.

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First:

Chugga Chugga

Then:

Goodnightmoon

Then:

A Wrinkle in Time

The children’s literature people? We took notice:

For those keeping track: @ChelseaClinton shouted out three children's books and her public library in her speech.

— Travis Jonker (@100scopenotes) July 29, 2016

Chelsea references two books in two minutes! Chugga Chugga Choo Choo and Goodnight Moon!

— Jen Bigheart (@jenbigheart) July 29, 2016

Woot! Chelsea Clinton with a shout out to Kevin Lewis and Daniel Kirk's picture book, CHUGGA CHUGGA CHOO CHOO!

— Barry Goldblatt (@barrygoldblatt) July 29, 2016

2 mentions of children's books. Feeling optimistic. @chelseaclinton. #DemsInPhilly

— Rita Williams-Garcia (@OneCrazyRita) July 29, 2016

#ChuggaChuggaChooChoo and #GoodnightMoon get shout-outs at #DemsInPhilly !!! @DisneyHyperion @HarperChildrens @CBCBook @MrSchuReads

— Brenda Bowen (@bbowen949) July 29, 2016

I love that @ChelseaClinton mentioned Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo! https://t.co/FPUlnlUJHh

— John Schu (@MrSchuReads) July 29, 2016

A speech just listing book titles would be fine. #DemConvention

— Maureen Johnson (@maureenjohnson) July 29, 2016

#kidlit cited by @ChelseaClinton so far: Kevin Lewis' Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo, Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon #DemsInPhilly

— Philip Nel (@philnel) July 29, 2016

Chelsea Clinton researching for her speech pic.twitter.com/kYNEChAS3S

— Minh Lê (@bottomshelfbks) July 29, 2016

@auntierez @knott_michele She totally sold me. #ImWithHer I mean not just kidlit but A Wrinkle in Time!!?? Pride and Prejudice??!!

— Kathy M Burnette ; (@thebrainlair) July 29, 2016

You know you're following the right people on Twitter when this happens @OneCrazyRita @MrSchuReads @100scopenotes pic.twitter.com/inkEtgETqr

— Alexa Hirsch (@libraryalexa68) July 29, 2016

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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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  1. Fran Manushkin says

    July 29, 2016 at 2:08 pm

    Another children’s book mention by Chelsea Clinton: she announced her second pregnancy on Twitter and Facebook by showing her daughter Charlotte reading my book, “Big Sisters Are the Best.” To say this was thrilling is an understatement!

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