Books on Film: I Need a New Butt!
Perhaps you’ve heard this story? An assistant principal who read I Need a New Butt! to a group of kids over Zoom and was promptly fired? If not, allow NBC News to fill you in:
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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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Kids love silly and funny stories about butts, underwear, poo, pee, snot, vomit, and gross stuff as well. This associate principal needs to be rehired and the principal needs fired. I hope the school board, teachers, and community members speak out on his behalf. Kids need to laugh in these trying times due to the pandemic.