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November 7, 2012 by Travis Jonker

This Blog is Five: You Are…

November 7, 2012 by Travis Jonker   16 comments

November 9 marks five years since I started this blog. I like to celebrate big occasions like any school librarian – by gathering and analyzing data! I put up a reader poll (a.k.a. “got this party started”) last week, tabulated the results (a.k.a. “turned on Ginuine’s My Pony”), and created an unintentionally creepy-looking amalgam of the results. If you’re reading this, you are most likely to be…

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A. Female. This one wasn’t even close.

B. A public librarian. With school librarian a close second.

C. Born in the 80s. Signified by a Walkman. I was born in 1981, so this lets me know I can drop way more 80s references – look out!

D. A fan of middle grade fiction. This was a pretty close race, with picture books coming in a close second.

E. Would like to meet Mo Willems. This one surprised me – I was expecting Rowling or Van Allsburg to take the top spot.

F. Prefer Seuss to Sendak. This one was, admittedly, unfair. Fun, but unfair.

 

Thank you to everyone who’s taken a look at this site over the past five years. Here’s to five more.

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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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Comments

  1. Anne says

    November 7, 2012 at 9:57 am

    TEAM SENDAK! (And happy blog birthday!)

    • Travis says

      November 7, 2012 at 10:10 am

      Thanks, Anne!

  2. Greg Pincus says

    November 7, 2012 at 12:13 pm

    Congrats on five years! And thanks for sharing the stats. Be still my geeky, book-loving heart….

    • Travis says

      November 7, 2012 at 12:45 pm

      Ha – Thanks, Greg – it was fun to see who’s who.

  3. Melissa @ Book Nut says

    November 7, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Congrats on five years! And here’s to five more.

  4. Margie Culver says

    November 7, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    Your dedication to librarianship, your wry humor and insights coupled with your knowledge make coming to this blog a pleasure. Happy Blog Birthday, Travis! Thanks for sharing your stats. In my mind I am hearing Arte Johnson from Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In saying, “Verrry interesting.”

  5. Elizabeth Dulemba says

    November 8, 2012 at 6:03 am

    Happy Birthday! And very cool stats. I’m an author/illustrator, which puts me in the minority (and I wasn’t born in the 80’s – not telling), but I still enjoy the heck out of your blog! 🙂 e

    • Travis says

      November 8, 2012 at 6:16 am

      Thanks, Elizabeth!

  6. Laurina says

    November 8, 2012 at 7:38 am

    Travis, Congratulations on five years of creative blogging, providing good information and smiles all the way. I love the book and candles drawing!

  7. Freya Hooper says

    November 8, 2012 at 10:16 am

    I found you during your Battle of the Bookmarks and have been a fan ever since! Congratulations.

  8. L says

    November 8, 2012 at 10:51 am

    the stats are fun. congratulations on 5 years! best wishes toward many more.

  9. John says

    November 8, 2012 at 11:31 am

    Congratulations!

  10. Elizabeth Rose Stanton says

    November 8, 2012 at 12:37 pm

    Hi-fives for the big 5! Many happy returns–which, for me, there will be 🙂 !!

  11. PragmaticMom says

    November 8, 2012 at 4:38 pm

    Congrats on your wonderful blog’s bday!

    • Travis says

      November 9, 2012 at 1:58 pm

      Thank you!

      • www.tonyfahey.com says

        February 18, 2014 at 6:04 am

        God, I feel like I should be takin notes! Great work

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