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.