Covering the Newbery (#4): Tales from Silver Lands
My goal? To re-do the cover of every Newbery-winning book, beginning way back in the halcyon days of 1922. My rules for this project? Click here.
On to the next one…
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1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger
Older cover:
Redo:
Side by side:
Verdict: Some turn out better than others, and I’d put this one in the “others” catagory.
Read previous Covering the Newbery Posts:
1924: The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes
1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
1922: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
(Source Image: ‘P2190266’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/55676959@N00/2277993999)
Filed under: Covering the Newbery, Covers
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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Sandy D. says
It fits the book, though. 🙂
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