Cover Curiosity: Reflective
When two covers resemble each other, it’s usually one of two situations.
A. Something fishy is afoot. All the hands holding stuff after Twilight? That’s aping something that’s popular.
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B. It appears to be a case of random chance.
Today I’ll have the B.
Cover number one:

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis
Book the second:

Water is Water by Miranda Paul, illustrated by Jason Chin
Side by side:
A stretch? I won’t say no. But I’m not crazy, right?
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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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