Covering the Newbery (#36) Miracles on Maple Hill
Every Monday (nay, most Mondays) a Newbery-winning book gets a new cover courtesy of me, a guy who gets a kick out of this sort of thing. If you’d like to see all the covers in one place, click here to check out the Covering the Newbery gallery. On to the show…
1957: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
Original Cover:
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My Redo:
Side by Side:
Verdict: Hmm – I think mine is suffering from a bit of a kid appeal deficit.
Up next week: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
(Source Image: “Trees†http://flic.kr/p/6oYuna)
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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