Covering the Newbery (#79): Bud, Not Buddy
We step into the 2000s with today’s entry…
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2000: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Original Cover:
My Re-do:
Side by Side:
Up next week: A Year Down Yonder by by Richard Peck
(Source image: “Arrivederci Milano Ciao” by annie:malahus http://flic.kr/p/78mDFx)
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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