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Don't throw those old Dr. Dolittle books away! These and others like it have a potential to be the hottest fall reading ever. So many advance tickets were sold in the Birmingham area for the movie "The Lion King" that theatres are having to show it on additional screens. I plan to capitalize on the popularity of the movie by promoting books about jungles, jungle animals, and Africa when school starts in August. Since the majority of my students will have seen the movie, this provides an excellent opportunity to promote reading. I also plan bulletin boards around the movie theme. Last year when Jurassic Park was popular, I did the same thing with books about dinosaurs. Students asked for dinosaur books all year and the displays were so popular that I still have some of them up. If anyone has any more ideas about how to promote reading using a popular movie, please let me know. --------------------------------------------------------------- MADELINE L. BUCHANAN BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST 7601 DIVISION AVENUE DEMS105@UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35206 PHONE (205) 838-7644 ---------------------------------------------------------------