Books on Film: Tomi Adeyemi on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
I don’t usually cover YA, but when I do, it’s when a YA author appears on The Tonight Show.
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Tomi Adeyemi burst onto the scene with The Children of Blood and Bone. It’s a New York Times bestseller and, even more importantly, approved by Usher:
Yeah…yeah…yeah…
yeah…yeah…YEAH!?!?!?!??!?!?!?#childrenofbloodandbone and @usher?!?!? pic.twitter.com/imt73llPEo— TOMI (@tomi_adeyemi) May 7, 2018
Adeyemi was there because her book was chosen as the Tonight Show Summer Reads pick. It was fun to watch. My favorite part was the last bit when she talks about representation in books. Nice work, T.A.!
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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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