Ye Olde Scope Notes: These Kids Books Are Too Big!
(Waving a rickety old cane in the air) I’m tired of all these big, fancy children’s books. They’re hard to carry, the pages take too long to turn, and they can’t fit on my bookshelf. In the olden days, we had tiny books and no one complained. Tiny! All books should be small. How small is small enough? The size of a quarter would do very nicely! Take a look at this video to see what I mean:
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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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While I love ornate, overly decorated children’s books, this miniature one is adorable! Gonna be hard on the eyes for the cane-waving old timers, though!
Ha, yes the bifocaled masses will be getting some eye strain.