Let's Hear It for the Boy as the young boy who is the first person to appear in the video. Let's Hear It for the Boy "Let's Hear It for the Boy" was the second number-one song for Deniece Williams and appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film "Footloose". It climbed to number one on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 on May 26, 1984, as well as number one on the dance and R&B charts, and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was certified platinum in the US, gold in
The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas and a "Kirkus Reviews" starred review wrote "Almond’s wonderstruck philosophical bent, earthy humor, lovely use of language and colorful characters keep readers swimming along, as does the personable narrator who playfully demands an examination of the storytelling process as it happens. Jeffers’ spare, cartoonish pencil sketches perfectly suit the salty, magical tale." "The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas" has also been reviewed by "Booklist", "Library Media Connection" magazine, "The Horn Book Magazine", The "School Library Journal", "Reading Time", "School Librarian", and "The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books", It was on the 2013 Blue Peter Book Award shortlist for