Covering the Newbery (#37): Rifles for Watie
We’re back on the Covering the Newbery wagon. Each week I attempt to redo the cover of a Newbery winner. Every Newbery winner. This is going to take a while.
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1958: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
Original Cover:
My Redo:
Side by Side:
Verdict: This one was difficult. I’m not sure my statue treatment is doing the trick.
Up next week: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
(Source Image: “The Youth†http://flic.kr/p/79kMpD)
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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