Good Comics for Kids
January 31, 2011 by Travis Jonker
They say that the hold shelf is a window into the soul. Well, that might be overstating things a bit, but it is certainly a way to find out what kids are reading when given the freedom of choice. Let’s take a look at the books students are lining up to read at the 5th […]
January 31, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Every Monday (save for the Mondays where I don’t) I’ll try my hand at giving each and every Newbery Medal-winning book a new cover, beginning from the beginning. Today’s installment of Covering the Newbery bring the 20s to a close. Is it with a bang – or with a whimper? Let’s find out… 1929: The […]
January 30, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Dang, just when I feel like I’m easing into this 2011 thing, 2012 pops up on the radar. The excellent Heavy Medal: A Mock Newbery Blog has the lowdown on a batch of books that may be contenders for the 2012 award. Click the image below to check them out.
January 28, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Some of the entries into the Cover Curiosities file are clearly the doing of the Intentional Bogeyman (holding stuff, I’m talking about you), others I chalk up to the Ghost of Random Chance. I am very superstitious about about my cover similarities. Today’s submission strikes me as a member of the latter camp, but I […]
January 27, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Ice By Arthur Geisert Enchanted Lion ISBN: 9781592700981 $14.95 Grades K-2 In Stores March 1, 2011 *Best New Books* If you’re unfamiliar with Arthur Geisert’s work, it can usually be summed up like so: Through books like Lights Out and Hogwash Geisert often puts his porcine characters in the position of trying to solve real […]
January 26, 2011 by Travis Jonker
BOOKS SET TO BATTLE The titles set to trade literary blows in the annual School Library Journal Battle of the Kids Books have been released, and Educating Alice has them. Click here to read. NEWBERY HONOR AUTHOR A HIT ON JAPANESE TV Sound the real headline alarm! The Newbery and Caldecott may not be getting […]
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January 25, 2011 by Travis Jonker
I don’t really know how this happened, but in my travels and perusings I’ve encountered a batch of covers that fit in with trends I’ve posted about in the past. Let’s see if we can plug them in where they belong… Dark Souls by Paula Morris Ah, yes, this one goes in the Gothic Gates […]
January 24, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Me…Jane By Patrick McDonnell Little, Brown ISBN: 9780316045469 $15.99 Grades K-3 In Stores April 5, 2011 There are biographies that are picture books, and there are picture book biographies. The difference, you ask? The former is a fairly detailed bio with illustrations added – usually resulting in a book most appropriate for older audiences. The […]
January 24, 2011 by Travis Jonker
My mission is this – give each and every Newbery Medal-winning book a new cover, beginning way back in the golden days of 1922 and working my way up to today. I have a ways to go, so enough with the chatter – let’s take a look at the latest cover redo. 1928: Gay Neck: […]
January 23, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Few author interviews go deeper than the typical “tell us about your book” surface. Teacher, reviewer, and ALSC Notable Books committee member Ed Spicer routinely cuts through the standard chatter in his author interviews, which he posts at his website, Spicy Reads. Ed recently sat down with Gary Paulsen (as Paulsen was in the midst […]
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