Lina
It’s been pretty quiet around here the past few days for a great reason – as of Friday, my wife and I have a beautiful baby daughter! Lina is happy and healthy. We are well smitten.
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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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Congratulations! She’s a wee sweetie.
She is lovely, lovely, lovely. Congratulations!
Is that a book in her hand? 🙂
So happy for both you and your wife! Congratulations! Lina is beautiful.
Aw, shucks.
–Jim
How beautiful! Congratulations to both of you.
Congratulations! Such an exciting (and sleep deprived) time!
Congratulations! How beautiful she is. Life is good!
What a cutie! Congratulations!!!
That face is a book cover waiting to happen. Congratulations!
She is lovely. Congratulations!
Congratulations! She is gorgeous!
Congratulations!! She’s beautiful.
Congratulations! She is beautiful and I love her name. Enjoy the ride!
Sarah Ducharme
American International School of Budapest
Awwww! She’s beautiful. Congrats!
That’s what I get for not keeping up on my blog reader – missing an adorable baby picture.
Congratulations!!! So happy for you and your family.
Aw, she’s so sweet. Congratulations!
Wow, how fun – enjoy every minute. They grow up way too fast. Congratulations!
Congrats congrats! She looks beautiful! Well done!
Beautiful baby, beautiful name! Congratulations!
Congratulations! Such wonderful news — and such a cutie!
Wow, thank you very much for all the well wishes! At 10 days old Lina is doing great.
Congrats! And she’s even got a name right out of a children’s book — THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL. I guess a stork must have brought her.
Nice to hear from you! Thanks for bringing the knowledge with a Newbery name association – that’s very cool! Lina’s name was actually (partially) inspired by a 2003 kid’s book. Some have said that this book was robbed when it failed to win any Newbery recognition. Any guesses?