Covering the Newbery (#38): The Witch of Blackbird Pond
What with all the standard weekly commotion, I realized that I didn’t post my weekly attempt to update the cover of a Newbery-winning book. That’s not good – I got a lot of these things to go.
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So, better late than never…
1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Original Cover:
My Redo:
Side by Side:
Up next week: Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
(Source Image: “Blackbird†http://flic.kr/p/8h9451)
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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This is my favorite Newbery re-cover yet!