Heavy Medal
October 30, 2015 by Travis Jonker
You know what this day needs? A little #holdshelf. With “AROLD”.
October 29, 2015 by Travis Jonker
…these are the books that would win. People sometimes get irritated with me me when I bring up the mock Newbery list on Goodreads. It is certainly a popularity contest, when the real award is certainly not. Anyone can vote for a book for any reason on the Goodreads list. This is not the way […]
October 28, 2015 by Travis Jonker
New York Times Best Illustrated Books list, you catch me off guard every time. And I like it. The 2015 winners have been announced. Let’s have a look at them, shall we? (Side note: I went three for ten in my predictions from a couple months back.) Big Bear Little Chair by Lizi Boyd A […]
October 28, 2015 by Travis Jonker
WONDER OF WONDERS A bunch of talented children’s literature folks recently banded together to create All the Wonders, a site that wants to take readers “beyond the book”. Here’s the deal: they take a book (like Ed Vere’s Max the Brave) and offer up a bunch of stuff to go along with it. There’s a song […]
October 26, 2015 by Travis Jonker
November: around the corner. You know what that means… Picture Book Month is coming. During November I’ll be showing the video above and asking students share their all-time favorite picture books on our school library blog. But most of all we’ll be reading and talking about picture books (not a change from the other months […]
October 23, 2015 by Travis Jonker
THESE ARE THE STARS ShelfTalker recently updated their annual list of books that have received starred reviews from the major review journals. Man, do I need to read Lost in NYC. Click here to see the list. BONUS YARN Under the cover of darkness a brand new bonus episode of The Yarn has been released. […]
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October 23, 2015 by Travis Jonker
Sometimes connections between two covers are strong – like, say, using the same image. But other times there’s just a vague, “Hey, this looks kinda like something I’ve seen…”. That’s the situation today, with the covers for two books about plumbing the depths of the world. Our first cover: Our second cover: Side by side: […]
October 21, 2015 by Travis Jonker
The online children’s literature community has more or less been by home for the last eight years. During that time, one of the best blogs around has been Bottom Shelf Books. It has all the qualities you hope for: it’s smart, funny, and creative. This summer the man behind Bottom Shelf Books (and Huffington Post pieces […]
October 20, 2015 by Travis Jonker
A couple years back, I tried to figure out which month birthed the most Newbery Medals. Now it’s time for Caldecott. Similar to my Newbery assumption, I figured the most Caldecott medals would come from the pumpkin-spiced months. Adding to this is the fact that if you look at previous Caldecott winners with books out […]
October 16, 2015 by Travis Jonker
Trade the mother for the author of this article, and the son with the nearest children’s book guy.
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