Morning Notes: Legends of Greemulax Edition
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REBOOTING
Roald Dahl’s The Witches is coming back to theaters and Anne Hathaway will be a part of the action. Click here to read.
CHOOSE YOUR OWN LAWSUIT
The Choose Your Own Adventure publisher is suing Netflix over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Click here to read.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT YOU SHOULDN’T READ
In “You Know You Can Choose to Check Out or Not Check Out Any Book You Please, Right?” news, someone in Kansas is trying to move transgender children’s books to the adult section. Click here to read.
B.A.C.A. ALERT
It was only a matter of time, folks. It was only a matter of time.
If you are interested in upcoming picture books, you should get over to Mile High Reading. Dylan has the hot-off-the-press-iest books, including one that I think will go down as one of the best read alouds of the year: Who Wet My Pants? by Bob Shea and Zachariah OHora. Click here to check them all out.
(oh, and in other news, there’s also this little book)
The time has come for us to go to the polls and vote our conscience . . . in the 2019 Calling Caldecott Mock Ballot. Head here to see a list of the contenders and instructions for how to vote. The polls open on Friday!
The award for the funniest book dedication of the year goes to . . .
I've seen a few folks post about this, but now that I have a copy, it's my turn.
And this is the funniest dedication I've ever seen. pic.twitter.com/w8wkZNIDNt
— Eric Smith (@ericsmithrocks) January 12, 2019
The final six episodes of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt are all about . . . Kimmy Becoming an author/illustrator??? The trailer was just released. Hey A Fuse #8 Production! Add this one to this post.
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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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