1934: Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs
Early Cover:
My Redo:
Side by Side:
Verdict: I like it! Will kids? No! Your thoughts?
Read Previous Covering the Newbery Posts:
1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven
1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
1928: Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James
1926: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger
1924: The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes
1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
1922: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
(Source Image: “Bovary” http://www.flickr.com/photos/nymphaeum/4616148482/)
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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He reviews children's books for School Library Journal and is a member of the American Library Association. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com. He's also on...
Travis, you wrote: Verdict: I like it! Will kids? No! Your thoughts?
Why wouldn’t kids like it? I think you have SUCH an eye! I love these. I’m going to talk about this on my podcast this week. They are all awesome!
Thanks Katie – maybe this one has a bit more kid appeal that I’m giving it credit for. The best way to judge might be a real world test in my libraries with these new covers. I may have to give that a shot.
It’s definitely better than the trade paperback cover I remember, which looked like a bad romance novel. I like the way the author’s name is hidden in the skirt!
Travis,
I think this one would work. Nice job. Obviously it is not going to pull in everyone (no cover can do that), but it is much better than the original for today’s reader. It has that Olivia thing going or that Incorrigible look that will pull students in. Do try and do post results.