Mega Cover Curiosity: Battle of the Zombie Trends
Some cover trends are like zombies – they refuse to die (this knowledge of zombie movies is strictly secondhand, as I’m too chicken to actually watch this sort of film). Today we look at not one, not two, but a trio of trends that I thought were buried, yet dramatically shot their gnarled hands out of the ground at the last minute to rise again.
Socks:
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The gallery:
Empty Dress:
*UPDATE* Boni Ashburn spotted another cover that fits here:
The gallery:
Cut Outs:
The gallery:
Any that I’m missing?
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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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Another Empty Dress title would be Vintage Veronica by Erica Perl.
Thanks! I’ll add it in.
This is going to take away my street cred, but both the socks and empty dresses on the cover almost always make me interested in the book. I don’t know why.
Another empty dress: the hardcover edition of NOTHING LIKE YOU by Lauren Strasnick.
http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Like-You-Lauren-Strasnick/dp/1416982647/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1288127229&sr=8-1
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