Ho ho ho! They complain that Christmas arrives in stores earlier and earlier every year. Well I’m about to make such stores look like late lucys because today we’re celebrating my holiday-themed picture book collaboration with Dan Santat, coming out (interestingly enough) in September!
So a little background on today’s video. Many months ago Scholastic asked Dan and I to film ourselves doing a little back and forth action regarding our book. Dan filmed his side first and I added my own touches. But after sending the footage in it was out of sight, out of mind, and I completely forgot about it all.
Fast forward to the ALA Convention in Washington D.C. which I attended this past weekend. I’m going about my business, talking to fellow librarians, when a friend comes up and happens to mention, “Hey! Saw your video with Dan Santat. Your children are so cute in it!”
Blank stare.
Oh. Ohhhhhhhhh. That video. I had completely put it out of my mind. Turns out, Scholastic posted it online about a month ago AND showed it at a Scholastic lunch during the conference. Who knew? So when I call today its “premiere” I may actually mean its premiere on a blog platform.
Enjoy!
And just for fun, if you’d like to see a very different interview with Dan that is, I do believe, almost a decade older, enjoy this little extra:
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