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May 17, 2013 by Travis Jonker

The Taylor Lautner Problem: When Heartthrobs Go Missing in the Library

May 17, 2013 by Travis Jonker   11 comments

A message to Taylor Lautner: stop being so handsome will ya? It seems like any time your flawless mug appears on a book cover in my school library, it goes M.I.A.

It happened last year with this book…

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…and now it’s happened again.

I’m calling it The Taylor Lautner Problem (not to be confused with The Tebow Problem). Do heartthrobs ever go missing in your library?

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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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  1. Stacy Dillon says

    May 17, 2013 at 7:37 am

    If Captain Underpants counts as a heart throb, then yes! : )

    • Travis Jonker says

      May 17, 2013 at 8:28 am

      Ha – I suppose in some circles

  2. Anne says

    May 17, 2013 at 8:00 am

    I suspect it as an inside job.

    • Travis Jonker says

      May 17, 2013 at 8:29 am

      I demand evidence!

  3. Holly says

    May 17, 2013 at 8:48 am

    At my school, it’s all the books on the professional wrestling stars. I had a first grader tell me, “I’ll bring my other book back, but I’m keeping the John Cena book.”

  4. Rachael says

    May 17, 2013 at 10:58 am

    Just Sam, really, but I can usually find him at home on the couch.

  5. PragmaticMom says

    May 18, 2013 at 7:24 am

    LOL! How funny that he goes missing! Still popular I guess!

  6. Natalie Dias Lorenzi says

    May 19, 2013 at 9:40 am

    My elementary students have a love/hate relationship with Justin Bieber…several upper elementary girls have sidled up to me asking (in hushed tones, of course) if we have any Justin Bieber books, yet they vociferously deny their Bieber Fever in front of their peers. 🙂 Justin often strays from our shelves never to return.

  7. RNB says

    May 20, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    I’m curious about a school library budget that has enough money to purchase such marginal and quickly obsolete titles. I think my budget is generous, but I can’t justify purchasing celebrity and sports hero titles.

    • Travis Jonker says

      May 20, 2013 at 2:19 pm

      Thanks for your curiosity. I hear you on purchasing titles that might become obsolete quickly – we do our best to be picky. It’s actually one of the few celeb bios we offer. But we also take student requests, and this was one highly requested guy. I figure fulfilling some of these more trendy requests is worthwhile.

      • Niki Barnes says

        June 1, 2013 at 3:50 pm

        And obviously 2 people REALLY loved these books! 😉

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