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December 4, 2007 by Travis Jonker

7 Fact Notes

December 4, 2007 by Travis Jonker   5 comments

A shout goes out to Wizards Wireless, a canny individual and wonderful children’s lit blogger, who tagged me for the “Seven Facts About Me” meme.

Here are the rules (from the source):

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1) Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.
2) Share 7 facts about yourself.
3) Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.
4) Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Alright, lets get down to brass tacks …

#1. I have been told I could make a modest living as an Abe Lincoln impersonator. I wish I had a picture, but I don’t, so click here and kinda squint your eyes. That’s sort of what it looks like when I’ve got on the beard and stovepipe.

#2. I am an Elementary Library Media Specialist residing in the Great Lakes State.

#3. My all time favorite picture book is “The Wretched Stone” by Chris Van Allsburg. But it might also be “Arnie the Doughnut” by Laurie Keller

#4. I have hosted a radio show. WTHS 89.9.

#5. I once had an idea for a TV network. It was to be called the “How It’s Made” network. It was inspired by the following video clip from my youth (you might have seen it):

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMU-wXsgyR8]

#6. My all time favorite chapter book is “Holes” by Louis Sachar. But it might also be “Donuthead” by Sue Stauffacher.

#7. Scope notes help to clarify the meaning of a term or instruct on its usage. 100 Scope Notes = a whole lot of clarifyin’.

I’m going to tag Literary Safari, A Year of Reading, Book Buds, Breeni Books, In the Pages, A Wrung Sponge, and Three Silly Chicks

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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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  1. Wizards Wireless says

    December 5, 2007 at 7:25 am

    Great list! Thanks for doing the meme.
    -Susan

  2. Mary Lee says

    December 6, 2007 at 5:42 am

    Thanks for tagging us! We’ll get to this as soon as we finish up this week’s daily “Potential Newbery — Friend Picks” feature!

  3. Scope Notes says

    December 6, 2007 at 5:58 am

    Great! I look forward to reading it.

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