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February 4, 2009 by Travis Jonker

Controversy Report: The Socks Don’t Stop

February 4, 2009 by Travis Jonker   5 comments

I thought the socks cover art trend had met its demise in ’08, but I was wrong. We are firmly in 2009, and the socks don’t stop:

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Confetti Girl by Diana Lopez. Hitting shelves June 1, 2009.

Let’s add it to the growing gallery of ’07 and ’08 titles:

I vow to keep you updated with any new sock-related  cover art developments.

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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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Comments

  1. caryl says

    February 6, 2009 at 8:31 am

    Confetti Girl looks interesting. 🙂

  2. Elizabeth says

    March 14, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    I can’t relate to any of these covers, since these girls all have matching socks.

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  1. Sock it to me | CMIS Evaluation Fiction Focus says:
    February 4, 2009 at 7:54 am

    […] observant of 100scopenotes. Mind you, the US cover of A Crooked Kind of Perfect sure beats the Oz one. 2009 sock alert […]

  2. Cover Controversy: Gettin’ Dressed Up… Again « 100 Scope Notes says:
    August 7, 2009 at 3:03 am

    […] in Controversy Report In terms of cover trends, could unoccupied dresses be to ‘09 what socks were to ‘07-’08? It appears that this may be a situation to monitor. I wrote a couple weeks back about two […]

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