Controversy Report: Cover Art Rip Off?
I enjoy socks, especially when they’re warm. It appears that I’m not alone. When I recently saw the cover for the Vintage Classic version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland over at Becky’s Book Reviews, I couldn’t help but notice a similarity to a recently published (an well received) title. You be the judge. Here’s the Alice cover:
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Pretty nice, right? Well, here is the cover for “A Crooked Kind of Perfect”:
Huh?! The stripes, the background, the text with curlicues – these appear to have been separated at birth. What is going on here?
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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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