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May 31, 2009 by Travis Jonker

100 Scope Notes Book Giveaway: May ’09

No two book giveaways a created the same. This one? This is a good one. Indeed, a first. Not one, but two *Recommended* books are up for the procuring. How can you get your hot, peanut butter M&Ms-smudged hands on one? Send an email to scopenotes@gmail.com or “hit me up” on Twitter (I’m working hard […]

May 31, 2009 by Travis Jonker

Sunday Link Du Jour: Bought Books

I began this post with a humble question: Which books are being bought? Below, courtesy of Reading Radar (who pulls from the New York Times Best Seller list), are my findings. Let’s start with picture books. (Click anywhere on the image to view the entire top ten) Listen to the Wind has been residin’ in […]

May 27, 2009 by Travis Jonker

Cover Controversy: Doin’ Work

There’s something about big machines that captures the imagination of kids. I can identify. When I was a youngster, my county fair held a monster truck show and parked all of the massively-tired vehicles in the church parking lot across from my house. I almost lost it. I mean Bigfoot? Come on. Two recent titles […]

Toon Review: Roadwork by Sally Sutton

May 26, 2009 by Travis Jonker

Roadwork By Sally Sutton Illustrated by Brian Lovelock Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763639129 $15.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Books* Also reviewed by The Book Chook. Find this book at your local library with WorldCat.

My Favorite Picture of the Year (So Far)

May 25, 2009 by Travis Jonker

There are a number of things I could say about this photo, but I’ll just let it speak for itself (click to see full size): A Wild Thing and Curious George coming to visit my school.

I Was Bitten by a Radioactive Book

May 24, 2009 by Travis Jonker

Do you ever wish you had a cool backstory? You know, like how Spiderman was bitten by a radioactive spider or how how Superman was… born super (bad example). I wish I had a better school librarian backstory, other than “I really enjoyed reading and hanging out in my high school media center”. I want […]

Terrible, Terrible Books

May 20, 2009 by Travis Jonker

Have you had enough of all these “good” books? You know, the ones that are all well written, nicely illustrated, and up to date? Because everywhere I go and in everything I read, that’s what I see. Best Books of the Year, Recommended Books, Starred Books, it’s about time we started tipping the scales back […]

Book Order Highlights: May 2009

May 19, 2009 by Travis Jonker

One of the best parts of my job is selection. I get to choose and purchase the books for four elementary schools serving Pre-K up to 6th grade. Indeed, Iâ€™ve learned to always have a big list going. Today, our last book order of the school year came in to my K-4 building, and looking […]

Nonfiction Monday: Nic Bishop Butterflies and Moths

May 18, 2009 by Travis Jonker

Nic Bishop Butterflies and Moths By Nic Bishop Scholastic ISBN: 9780439877572 $17.99 Grades 1-4 In Stores *Best New Books* Nic Bishop is quickly becoming a household name in the world of children’s lit. A bio: Photographer Author PHD-level biologist Sibert Honor recipient New Zeelander Current Michigan resident I’m especially pleased with that last one. Bishop […]

Pull the Shade… Like a Librarian

May 17, 2009 by Travis Jonker

If you’ve got piles of card catalog cards sitting around since the switch to computers, it’s craft time: Card catalog shade. (Thanks to Boing Boing for the link)

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