Good Comics for Kids
February 28, 2011 by Travis Jonker
On Mondays I’m doing my darnedest to re-cover every book that has won the Newbery Medal. Let’s take a look at our latest candidate… 1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: Hmm, I like the bold colors of the redo, but overall I’m […]
February 26, 2011 by Travis Jonker
HarperCollins recently made news for proposing a 26 checkout limit on their ebooks from public libraries. Click here to read the article in Library Journal. GalleyCat also covered the story. This is crazy, right? The blog Librarian in Black thinks so. Same goes for BoingBoing. Check out #hcod on Twitter for more reactions. One one […]
February 25, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Last weekend I traveled to Chicago to attend Anderson’s Bookshops 9th Annual Children’s Literature Breakfast. Here’s how the morning went down: Actually, I should start with the night before… 11:00pm – Motown Night at Chicago’s Empty Bottle. Loud and great. And loud. Okay, now the day… 5:30am – Riiiiiiing! What’s that you say? I can’t […]
February 24, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Stop motion has always been my animation of choice. It routinely beats out CGI in the character department. This pleasingly lo-tech method is used below to create one of the best book videos I’ve seen in a while. Many thanks to author Debbie Diesen for the link.
February 23, 2011 by Travis Jonker
NEW BOOKS (NOT) JUST AROUND THE CORNER Publishers Weekly has a fine (and impressively thorough) roundup of Fall 2011 children’s book releases. Click here to identify your favorites. JOIN THE BOOK BATTLE The books and judges are set for School Library Journal’s Battle of the Kids Books (beginning March 14). Resident children’s lit data wizard […]
February 21, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Another Monday, another Newbery cover gets redone. I’m attempting to freshen up each and every Newbery winner, you see, starting at the start and working my way up to modern times. How did things turn out this go-round? Let’s have a look… 1932: Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer Early Cover: My Redo: Side by […]
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February 18, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Shelf Candy -noun 1. A book that has an eye-catching cover, but is poorly written. Ooh – that looks like a good book. Don’t bother dude – it’s total shelf candy. Worst book I’ve ever read.
February 17, 2011 by Travis Jonker
An agreeable side effect of featuring cover lookalikes is that I occasionally find a suggestion in my inbox. Today’s Cover Curiosity is a perfect example. With credit and thanks to Cindy Dobrez, school librarian and Bookends blogger (a site you should be reading if you aren’t already), I bring you a possible trend in the […]
February 16, 2011 by Travis Jonker
MARTIN AMIS, HATER It seems crazy to me how dismissive some can be toward children’s books. Controversy erupted this week when adult author Martin Amis stated in an interview that ‘If [he] had a serious brain injury [he] might well write a children’s book’. While I don’t think Amis speaks for all authors writing for […]
February 15, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Look! A Book! By Bob Staake Little, Brown ISBN: 9780316118620 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores *Best New Book* If you throw an I Spy, a Where’s Waldo, and a fiction picture book into your children’s lit blend-o-matic and hit puree, what you get is Look! A Book! – pure entertainment in printed form. I can’t […]
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