In the grand tradition of “well, why not?” I’m attemting to redo the cover of every Newbery-winning book from 1922 to today. And look, we’re up to…
1938: The White Stag by Kate Seredy
Original Cover:
My Redo:
Side by Side:
Verdict: Kinda cool, but a bit out there for a kids book cover.
Read Previous Covering the Newbery Posts:
1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven
1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
1928: Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James
1926: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger
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: “save me from myself” http://www.flickr.com/photos/7935264@N02/3178526259)
About Travis Jonker
K. Seredy’s books were really important to me as a pre-teen. The original cover has the mythical and heraldic flavor of the book’s contents [of course it does, it’s by the author]. The stag is not just a stag. This is a retelling of the legend of a country’s founding, don’t mess with it!!