Good call, Fuse.

Al Roker's first pick is The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which I still haven't read.  (I have it on hold, though.)

I'm of two minds about it -- obviously I think it's awesome to get kids excited about books, and it's fantastic publicity for the authors, but I can't help feeling a little icky about the whole thing being a great big Scholastic advertising campaign.

Oh, wait.  I feel less icky.  They're donating up to 50,000 copies of the book through Reading is Fundamental.  Okay, okay.  They win.  So, Al and Scholastic, I give you leave to go for it.  Promote the crap out of reading.  Yee-haw!   

But I still want to know about Al Roker's secret kiddie fanbase.