Covering the Newbery (#20): Call it Courage

Covering the Newbery: redoing every Newbery-winning cover since, oh I don’t know, a few months ago.

1941: Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry

Early Cover:

My Redo:

Side by Side:

Verdict: Brighter, but not a huge success. The early cover gives a much better indication of the story.

Read Previous Covering the Newbery Posts:

1940: Daniel Boone

1939: Thimble Summer

1938: White Stag

1937: Roller Skates

1936: Caddie Woodlawn

1935: Dobry

1934: Invincible Louisa

1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

1932: Waterless Mountain

1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven

1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years

1929: The Trumpeter of Krakow

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: “Blue Easter Egg – Seamless Texture” http://www.flickr.com/photos/zooboing/5577918947/)

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