Covering the Newbery (#21): The Matchlock Gun
After a few weeks with nary a Newbery recoverification to be seen, it’s back to the design grindstone (designstone?) today with…
1942: The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
Early Cover:
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My Redo:
Side by Side:
Verdict: My redo brings things up to date a bit, but as I know nothing about matchlock guns, I’m sure the weapon on my cover isn’t the height of accuracy. What say you?
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: “mosin nagant bolt-action rifle†http://www.flickr.com/photos/mad_house_photography/4400615547/)
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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Love, love, love that new cover! It screams “pick me up!” to those boys, you know the ones…
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Only problem is the new on is not a matchlock. In fact, the gun on the cover would not have thought possible when matchlocks where around.
Yeah, I was pretty certain the one on my cover wasn’t the correct type. Since I’m using creative commons licensed pictures from Flickr, the choices are a bit limited. Maybe we can just pretend it’s a matchlock? No? Oh, alright.
Yeah, a real matchlock picture would be nice. They’re interesting-looking weapons. From about the middle of the scroll on the Pitt Rivers Museum blog: http://bit.ly/cJ7oLs