“It turns out that any book, no matter how worthy and somber, becomes pleasingly ludicrous when compressed into 90 seconds.” — James Kennedy

Genius.

Announcing the “90-Second Newbery” Video Contest! 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”!

For more details, go to 90secondnewbery.com ! It’s curated by the NYPL’s Betsy Bird and YA author James Kennedy:jameskennedy.com/​books