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:

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)

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