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May 4, 2015 by Travis Jonker

Challenge Accepted! You Created a Book Cover for this Bookless Character

May 4, 2015 by Travis Jonker   6 comments

Last week I challenged anyone and everyone to create a book based on this as-yet-unidentified character on the wall of Barnes & Noble children’s sections across the country.

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You didn’t disappoint.

Here they are…

This one is mine

via Tom Lichtenheld

via Linda Meuse

via Minh Le

via Dan Moynihan

via Monica Capra Hodges

via Benji Martin

via Moira Swiatkowski

via Michael Petrik

via Timothy Young

via Matthew Cordell

via Aaron Zenz

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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. Carmen Greene says

    May 4, 2015 at 8:54 am

    Aaron Zenzs’ and Minh Le’s are my faves! So cool!

  2. Colby Sharp says

    May 4, 2015 at 9:23 am

    Brilliant.

  3. Moira says

    May 4, 2015 at 10:36 am

    These are awesome.
    And yet it appears we are no closer to solving the mystery!
    Maybe I should have done, “Are You My Author?”, a story of L.B.B.’s quest to find his/her true self.

  4. Lisa says

    May 4, 2015 at 1:22 pm

    Blue wolf is cult already!

  5. Lisa says

    May 5, 2015 at 12:50 pm

    So good.

  6. Kell Andrews says

    May 7, 2015 at 8:05 am

    You have the most talented readers out there! So funny.

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