A Fuse #8 Production
July 30, 2012 by Travis Jonker
Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why By Lita Judge Roaring Brook Press ISBN: 9781596436466 $17.99 Grades 2-4 In Stores Find it at Schuler Books | Your Library You have your nonfiction that clearly covers the basics – here’s an animal, here’s where it lives, here’s what it eats – and then you have […]
July 30, 2012 by Travis Jonker
For every attempt so far in the Covering the Newbery series, I do the same thing. I enter keywords from the book into a Flickr creative commons search. After I find an image, I sometimes will have to adjust something in Splashup or Photoshop. Otherwise, I just throw the image into PicMonkey, add text, and […]
July 27, 2012 by Travis Jonker
I know, I know – books for adults can have some excellent covers and there are very talented people making them. This particular comic was inspired by my trip to the public library today, where I noticed a disproportionate number of the “huge author name + huge title = cover” books. Tom Clancey, I ain’t […]
July 24, 2012 by Travis Jonker
Thank you to the fine folks who tossed their hats into the Great Graphic Novel Giveaway ring. The results shook out as such: Allison K. is now the proud owner of The Secret of the Stone Frog. Rosemary K. will soon be enjoying Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy. Katie B. is in for […]
July 23, 2012 by Travis Jonker
1985: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Click here for the Covering the Newbery gallery. Up next week: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (Source image “Procrastination King” http://flic.kr/p/bEV6pH)
July 20, 2012 by Travis Jonker
One of my favorite things about Conan O’Brien is when he says that night’s show is great and that he was lying when he said the same thing about the previous night’s show. That being said, this is the best book giveaway in 100 Scope Notes history. You may have heard me say previous giveaways […]
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July 19, 2012 by Travis Jonker
THE JOY, THE SORROW I figured I’d start with probably my favorite item from the week – Lev Grossman’s Hating Ms. Maisy: The Joy, Sorrow and Neurotic Rage of Reading to Your Children. But don’t be fooled by the title, this is mostly a salute to the masters of children’s lit. How can you not […]
July 18, 2012 by Travis Jonker
Sure it’s easy to crack wise with The Story of Mankind and it’s ages-old cover. Just giving any sort of modern spin would be an improvement. Now we’re getting into books that ain’t so ancient. Today, for example, is the beloved Dear Mr. Henshaw, complete with iconic Paul O. Zelinsky cover. It is with books […]
July 18, 2012 by Travis Jonker
If you are in fear of children’s literature becoming too tame, too P.C., too middle-of-the-road – fear not! There are still plenty of odd, unusual, and just plain wild books for kids. Let’s take a look at five of the most “What the – ?!” inducing books of 2012. I enjoyed each and every one. […]
July 17, 2012 by Travis Jonker
Pools? Ha! Beaches? Scoff! E-reader + plastic baggie = glorious waterproof (the 100 Scope Notes legal team has advised me to downgrade that statement to “highly water-resistant”) summer reading!
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A Fuse #8 Production
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