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Announcing the Annual "90-Second Newbery" Video Contest! It's curated by the NYPL's Betsy Bird and James Kennedy, the author of "The Order of Odd-Fish": jameskennedy.com/books

The challenge: make a video that compresses the story of a Newbery award-winning book into 90 seconds or less. Anyone can enter. Here is the first video: Madeleine L'Engle's 1963 Newbery winner, "A Wrinkle in Time"!

We threw a star-studded (Jon Scieszka! Rebecca Stead!) 90-Second Newbery Film Festival at the New York Public Library November 5, 2011; and at the Harold Washington branch of the Chicago Public Library on November 16, 2011.

For more details, go to 90secondnewbery.com !

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  • Charles Pieper plus 1 year ago
    This is one of the greatest things I've ever seen! Fantastic and hysterical!
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  • Matt Fasl 1 year ago
    I love this. Makes me want to be a kid again and make fun movies all day.
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  • Hana Bui 1 year ago
    Hi, could you please tell me what song was used on the end credits?
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  • James Kennedy 1 year ago
    Thanks, Charles, Matt, and Hana! Hana: the song used in the end credits is "Telstar" by the Tornados.
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  • Deb Marshall 1 year ago
    I am so showing this to my book club kids...too, too funny! And this part :

    "You see this string. And this insect."
    "Okay I get it."

    ROFLING (again).

    Thanks!
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  • william hessian 1 year ago
    incredible. i just love the end credit shenanigans! it was hilarious
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  • Michal Spocko 1 year ago
    Hi James. Loved the video. Loved the kids. Loved the Telstar dancing at the end.
    I submitted this to Boing Boing and it is featured today!
    How did I make it happen? "It's the power of love!"
    boingboing.net/2011/01/16/90-second-version-of.html
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  • James Kennedy 1 year ago
    @Michal Spocko Thank you! I "submitterated" it to Boing Boing too, but nothing happened. Thank you so much for getting the word out. I owe you a drink. Or judging from the thousands of views I got from Boing Boing, hundreds of drinks. Thanks again, sincerely!
  • Michal Spocko 1 year ago
    You are most welcome. I would take you up on a glass of Romulan Ale some day if you are in SF.

    Like the singing and dancing of Do Re Mi in an Antwerp train station the joyful dance in this video makes for wonderful repeat viewings.

    If you ever work with those kids again please tell them how grateful I am for their video. They made this ol' logical Vulcan smile. It was my pleasure to share it with others. LLAP, Spocko
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  • alex goldrich 1 year ago
    I love this so much.
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  • Kat Clark 1 year ago
    oh man I love this SO MUCH
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  • This is really sweet. Who wrote and directed it?
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  • James Kennedy 1 year ago
    @Alex @Kat @William Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

    @Christopher I wrote and directed it!

    @Deb Do you think your book club kids might do their own entry for the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival?
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  • James Aragorn 1 year ago
    Posted on totse.info. Thanks for this. I wish I could take part in this :(
  • James Kennedy 1 year ago
    Ah, but you can take part! Go for it.
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  • Livi JB 10 months ago
    Omg I love this! I've read all your books( AKA one, but it was awesome )!!! This video captures AWIT perfectly! I hope to enter the competition soon, but so far my only vimeo video features a non-moving plant. I was bored.  :)
  • James Kennedy 10 months ago
    Thanks, Maureen! I really hope you do enter the competition -- I'd love to see what you might do! (Hey, I liked your chibi drawings too; how about an anime version of a Newbery book? Anime "Johnny Tremain," anyone?)
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