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May 25, 2010 by Travis Jonker

Vote for Your Favorite Nontraditional Book Review

May 25, 2010 by Travis Jonker   4 comments

Yesterday, children’s lit bloggers put on a shocking display of creativity in creating nontraditional nonfiction book reviews. Crossword puzzles were created. Comics were crafted. Computers talked.

It was beautiful.

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Today, I encourage you to vote for your favorite. The poll below will be open for 48 hours, with the champ taking home a $25 gift card from Schuler Books and Music.

So click here and scroll down to view all the submissions. Ponder. Weigh quality and degree of difficulty. And vote!

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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. Jessica Berger says

    May 26, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    Sensational roller-coaster of a book trailer for a book that will hold you spellbound in its grip!
    Jeannine Atkins is pure brilliance.

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  1. Book Blog - Bookends - Children’s Book Reviews - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » Vote today! says:
    May 25, 2010 at 5:39 am

    […] and Lynn: It’s time to vote for your favorite Nontraditional Nonfiction Monday blog post from yesterday! The variety of entries […]

  2. Ah, Those Nontraditional Nonfiction Book Reviews « educating alice says:
    May 25, 2010 at 6:18 am

    […] in time so I stood back and admired all the amazing ones that were done.  But now we’ve got to pick our favorite?  A winner? Yikes! Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Nonfiction MondayThe Bird Reviews […]

  3. Vote today! : says:
    September 11, 2014 at 10:20 am

    […] and Lynn: It’s time to vote for your favorite Nontraditional Nonfiction Monday blog post from yesterday! The variety of entries […]

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