Notes on July 2014
In July…
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…I set a 192 page limit for middle grade novels.
It was fun to play What If, and hear what you had to say in the comments.
…we got wild.
The Wildest Children’s Books of 2014 brought the odd and unusual.
…we remembered the American Library Association annual conference.
Newbery, Caldecott, doughnuts and more in Vegas, baby.
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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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