Covering the Newbery (#73): The Giver
1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Original Cover:
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My Re-do:
Side by Side:
Up next week: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
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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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I am so used to seeing the original cover that I can’t imagine it any other way.