Books on Film: When Children’s Books and THE SIMPSONS Collide
The season premiere of The Simpsons had a children’s book storyline that I think you’ll like.
In THE CHILDREN’S BOOK JOB, Springfield Elementary brings in a reclusive children’s book author (whose work has to be a Lucy Cousins homage) to their annual book fair, in hopes that it will save their failing school. There are about a million children’s literature references and jokes, and I had a great time watching.
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The episode is available on Hulu (and probably some other streaming services that I don’t know about).
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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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My 10 year old has been watching Simpsons like it’s his part time job for the past year. — he’s trying to catch up on 37 (!?!) years worth of previous episodes.
Might have to watch this one with him.