Covering the Newbery (#71): Shiloh
1992: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Original Cover:
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My Redo:
Side by Side:
Verdict: I went photo, which I like to try to avoid, but this is one time where I think the kid interest would be high. As the old book cover adage goes – “when in doubt, put a dog on the cover”.
Up next week: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
(Source Image: “Good Boy” http://flic.kr/p/d3WxrW)
Filed under: Covering the Newbery, Covers
About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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I would love to have the name of the fonts you use in your post. Just in case one catches my eye.
About the cover – I’m not fond of the original art, but it does capture the relationship.
Hi David – I use the website PicMonkey for all the covers: http://www.picmonkey.com/
The fonts this time out were Pencil Pete and Chelsea Market.
My kids all love the Shiloh series! They read it in 4th grade as part of a class assignment.
I remember loving that cover when I was a kid! I felt like it beautifully captured the moral dilemma he was going through… the doubt and uncertainty and love for the dog and desire to do the right thing…
I agree – my re-do doesn’t have that, to be sure.
I prefer your cover!
Your re-design is awesome. It would’ve pulled me in as a kid–and I’m not even a dog person…