Heavy Medal
June 30, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Just a friendly reminder to toss your hat in the ring before 11:59pm tonight to win a copy of David Small’s Stitches. You can send me an email at scopenotes@gmail.com, or you can make you interest known through Twitter by clicking here. Click here to read the original giveaway post. Best of luck!
June 29, 2009 by Travis Jonker
I have been told that after a week of strict radio silence (due to Northern Michigan travels), it’s best to come back with a bang. I’m doing my best to please with the latest 100 Scope Notes Book Giveaway: Stitches: A Memoir by David Small. ARC. It arrived, I started reading, I couldn’t stop reading. […]
June 23, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Due to summer travels, 100 Scope Notes will be up on the shelf until Monday. See you back here then. (Top Image: ‘water slide‘ www.flickr.com/photos/77482236@N00/369387948)
June 21, 2009 by Travis Jonker
I usually talk about new books in these pages. It’s fun to hold up your hand, shield your eyes from the sun, and squint into the horizon to see what’s coming. Then a teacher comes and asks if you can drum up 20 copies of Mickey’s Magnet for her second grade students. As a school […]
June 18, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Since the upcoming American Library Association Annual Conference will be my first, I want to let everyone know I mean business. The programs, the meetings, the exhibits, the people – I’m intending to dabble in every arena. While I briefly toyed with the idea of rolling into Chicago sporting an all tweed suit with leather […]
June 17, 2009 by Travis Jonker
So different, yet so similar. This could be called the first Bizarro cover controversy. If you are familiar with Superman (or the television show Seinfeld), then you know that a Bizarro version of something is closely related, yet completely opposite in many ways. Let’s take a look at the book covers in question and I […]
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June 16, 2009 by Travis Jonker
In the school library circles where I run, Wikipedia is a downright hot-button issue. Should students access it from school? Should teachers allow students to use it for school research projects? My take? A nice overview, but not an ending place – you gotta use a variety of sources. Anyway, when I saw that artist […]
June 15, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute (Lunch Lady #1) By Jarrett J. Krosoczka Alfred A. Knopf (Random House) ISBN: 9780375846830 $11.99 Grades 2-4 In Stores July 28, 2009 *Recommended* Remember when you were in school and the cafeteria was serving pizza for lunch? There was always a bit of excitement on those days. Sure, it […]
June 14, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Tired of having to go all the way to the New York Times website to get your weekly bestseller info? Sick of having to click on “Children’s Books” to get the information you need? I’ll share the top 5 picture and chapter book bestsellers here, but if you want to see the entire lists, you’ll […]
June 12, 2009 by Travis Jonker
Man, folks really don’t waste much time these days making silver-screen moves on children’s lit. From THR.com: Universal has picked up “Lunch Lady,” a children’s graphic novel series written and illustrated by Jarrett Krosoczka, with Amy Poehler attached to star. Poehler will executive produce along with the Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein set to produce. Click […]
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