Covering the Newbery (#29): The Door in the Wall
Every Newbery-winning book gets a new cover, one week at a time. Ladies and gentlemen, the 50s have arrived…
1950: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
Original Cover:
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My Redo:
Side by Side:
Verdict: Hard to pull off the “inanimate object cover”, especially for kids.
Click here to read previous Covering the Newbery posts.
(Source image: “Què hi ha darrera una porta tancada? // What’s There Behind a Closed Door?†http://www.flickr.com/photos/danisarda/3057705570/)
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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