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:
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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)
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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YES!!! The new cover is much better! The first cover has a very creepy feel to it.