Notes on November 2014
In November…
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…we previewed books coming soon.
Picture books, middle grade, nonfiction, graphic novels – there was a little of everything in 10 to Note: Winter Preview 2015.
…we learned that the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books list is a pretty good predictor of Caldecott success.
I went to the data in Breakdown: The NYT Best Illustrated/Caldecott Overlap.
…Sara Varon gave us the scoop on her new projects.
And there are a bunch of them.
I hope November was kind to you.
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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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