Covering the Newbery (#75): The Midwife’s Apprentice
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1996: The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Original Cover:
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My Re-do:
Side by Side:
Up next week: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
(Source image: “Sometimes I feel like a painter” by hans s http://flic.kr/p/KLHv8)
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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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YES!!! The new cover is much better! The first cover has a very creepy feel to it.