Books on Film: Kate DiCamillo on The Today Show

I really love this video.
On The Today Show, Jenna Bush Hager is starting a book club for kids. To kick things off, Hager interviewed Kate DiCamillo at Books of Wonder in New York. Kate talks about her childhood, her difficult path to becoming published (the 473 rejections never fails to stagger), and her unimagined success.
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Watch it yourself, and share it with the students and educators in your life.

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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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