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December 18, 2010 by Travis Jonker
Due to napping, Christmas cookie consuming, and life-risking holiday travels, 100 Scope Notes will be out of commission until January 3rd. See you back here then.
December 17, 2010 by Travis Jonker
We had it easy last year. We had Jerry Pinkney, a multiple Caldecott honor recipient (yet without the big medal) release a book that all but growled at readers to take notice. It was a clear combination of a deserving illustrator and an exceptional book. 2011 isn’t quite as easy. We have some familiar names, […]
December 16, 2010 by Travis Jonker
#20-16 | #15-11 | #10-6 | #5-1 5. Beaver is Lost by Elisha Cooper [Schwartz & Wade] What a year for Elisha Cooper. While his very deserving Farm has received more attention (including some from this list, where it landed at #15), he has created another book, Beaver is Lost, that quietly reaches even greater […]
December 15, 2010 by Travis Jonker
This was fun. As a panelist for the fiction picture book category of the Cybils Awards, I decided to enlist students to assist in the decision-making. I put together a classroom book battle with the goal of narrowing things down to two books that I will fight for when our committee meets to create our […]
December 15, 2010 by Travis Jonker
#20-16 | #15-11 | #10-6 | #5-1 10. The Chicken Thief by Beatrice Rodriguez [Enchanted Lion] Published in France in 2005 as Le Voleur de Poule, this wordless picture book takes readers on an adventure through a forest, up and down a mountain, across an ocean, and into Fox’s lair. Why? Because Bear, Rabbit, and […]
December 14, 2010 by Travis Jonker
#20-16 | #15-11 | #10-6 | #5-1 15. Farm by Elisha Cooper [Orchard] Take a Midwestern farm, add a family, toss in animals, some machinery, and show how it changes through the seasons. Sounds like a traditional farm picture book, right?  Perhaps. It becomes extraordinary, however, when you add Elisha Cooper’s impeccable watercolor and pencil […]
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December 14, 2010 by Travis Jonker
Time is running out to get gifts for the insufferable librarian in your life. With help from CafePress and Etsy, the 2010 edition of the Librarian Lump of Coal Gift Guide has your back. (Click the images below to buy) For the librarian who wants to smell (?) like Twilight: “I’d really like to smell […]
December 13, 2010 by Travis Jonker
Warning! This is gonna be a love fest. Over four days, fellow school librarian John Schumacher and I will bring you our Top 20 children’s books of the year. The list contains books for the Kindergarten through sixth grade reader, but other than that, anything goes. You’ll see picture books mingling with graphic novels and […]
December 13, 2010 by Travis Jonker
It’s time to take a look back at the year that was in children’s lit miscellanea. Best Moment of Solidarity: The response to the Speak Controversy An associate professor of management at Missouri State University made some unbelievable comments regarding Laurie Halse Anderson’s Printz honor book, and the response was swift and strong. Best Use […]
December 10, 2010 by Travis Jonker
A while back I covered a trend where titles were given huge font sizes and broken into chunks. À la this: Today’s curiosity strikes me as a cousin to the above trend. Let’s take a look at the first book: LMNO Peas by Keith Baker. …and our second example… Tony Baloney by Man Munoz Ryan & […]
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