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November 12, 2009 by Travis Jonker

Sock-Related Covers Reach Dangerous Levels

November 12, 2009 by Travis Jonker   5 comments

As far as I know, it began in ’07.

A close up of sock-covered feet.

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crookedsocks

Pretty memorable cover, right? I would say so. That opinion must have been pretty wide spread, because the socks bandwagon got crowded quickly.

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Numerous times, I thought the trend had run its course. I wouldn’t see a sock-covered book for a few months and assume that I wouldn’t see one for a long time.

But they kept popping up.

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I really thought ’09 would mark the end, but based on the following evidence, I see this trend continuing well into 2010.

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Friend Me by Cathy Hopkins.

But that’s not all…

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The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne.

Where will the collection stop?

(Thanks to A Fuse #8 Production for the cover tip)

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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. kelly says

    November 12, 2009 at 8:04 am

    Oof, that’s also a really bad photoshop job on the last one (unless the sock has helped dislocate her left ankle!).

    I feel like there are more socks taking over…I’m going to have to look now.

  2. SamR says

    November 12, 2009 at 9:41 am

    re: dislocated ankle …
    I think that’s actually caused by the edge of the book, which is hard to see here because of the white background. I imagine it looks better in person.

    As for the socks…
    I wonder if there’s been any increase in the sales of wacky socks since these covers began appearing.

  3. Scope Notes says

    November 12, 2009 at 10:03 am

    Can we get a team assembled? An in depth study needs to be done.

  4. Abigail says

    September 3, 2010 at 11:19 am

    it’s crossed into Christian fiction now.

    See Saint Training my E. Fixmer from Zonderkidz
    0310720184

    • Travis says

      September 3, 2010 at 12:42 pm

      Ah ha – another one! As always, thanks for the tip.

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