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Digital Makers (Alternator Books ®)
Make and Upload Your Own Videos
Maybe you love baking or doing martial arts—or perhaps soccer is more your thing. You can make a video about all these interests and more! Share your passions with the world by recording them and posting them online. Learn the first steps involved in capturing what you love on film, and find out how to hone your moviemaking craft and safely share your videos. A handy Video Checklist has even more tips and tricks as you get started. Lights, camera . . . action!
32 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2018
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About the author
Karen Latchana Kenney
339 books33 followersKaren Latchana Kenney is an Indian-Irish children’s author, born near the equator in Guyana, and raised far north in Minnesota. Her debut picture book SNOW STEPS launched in November 2024 and was a 2025 Minnesota Book Awards Finalist and a 2025 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Award Finalist.
She writes both fiction and nonfiction stories about immigrant and biracial experiences, scientific discoveries, momentous historical events, and civil rights struggles. Her newest YA nonfiction book, FASCINATING FUNGI, launches in October 2025 from Lerner Publishing. Kirkus gave it a starred review, saying it is "An extraordinarily well-researched, well-presented, and visually appealing book on a fascinating subject."
Her other children's books have received several starred reviews and have been named a 2023 Mathical Book Prize Honor, and a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers.
She lives in Minnetonka, Minnesota, with her family, where they explore all the wild places they can find.
She writes both fiction and nonfiction stories about immigrant and biracial experiences, scientific discoveries, momentous historical events, and civil rights struggles. Her newest YA nonfiction book, FASCINATING FUNGI, launches in October 2025 from Lerner Publishing. Kirkus gave it a starred review, saying it is "An extraordinarily well-researched, well-presented, and visually appealing book on a fascinating subject."
Her other children's books have received several starred reviews and have been named a 2023 Mathical Book Prize Honor, and a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers.
She lives in Minnetonka, Minnesota, with her family, where they explore all the wild places they can find.
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March 15, 2019
Make and Upload Your Own Videos by Karen Latchana Kenney, 32 pages. NON-FICTION. Lerner, 2018. $21.
Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
A book in the Alternator Books: Digital Makers series, this title presents a 12-step checklist for making videos divided into four chapters. The reader learns a little about video genres, tools of the trade, creating a storyboard, camera shots and scenes, editing and sharing. Sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey are featured in a photo, and Mya Reyes and Zach Anner are featured in sidebars. The book ends with a final chapter about staying safe online. It also includes a glossary (with bold words in text), index, and further information section.
This is a solid title to teach students about the features of non-fiction texts or the how-to, active non-fiction genre, in addition to how to make videos. Though it does not cover how to use recording, editing, or sharing technologies, nor suggestions on what technologies to use, this title will definitely inspire interested kids to go for it by giving them a concrete way to make a plan and start on their own creative journey. If you need to grow your 700 section, this is a good choice.
Reviewed by P.K. Foster, teacher-librarian
https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...
Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
A book in the Alternator Books: Digital Makers series, this title presents a 12-step checklist for making videos divided into four chapters. The reader learns a little about video genres, tools of the trade, creating a storyboard, camera shots and scenes, editing and sharing. Sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey are featured in a photo, and Mya Reyes and Zach Anner are featured in sidebars. The book ends with a final chapter about staying safe online. It also includes a glossary (with bold words in text), index, and further information section.
This is a solid title to teach students about the features of non-fiction texts or the how-to, active non-fiction genre, in addition to how to make videos. Though it does not cover how to use recording, editing, or sharing technologies, nor suggestions on what technologies to use, this title will definitely inspire interested kids to go for it by giving them a concrete way to make a plan and start on their own creative journey. If you need to grow your 700 section, this is a good choice.
Reviewed by P.K. Foster, teacher-librarian
https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...
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