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November 9, 2015 by Travis Jonker

8 Years of 100 Scope Notes

November 9, 2015 by Travis Jonker   12 comments

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In 2007 I started this blog with a review of the book Robot Dreams.

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Eight years later, here we are.

Greetings from the Blogging Cave
Greetings from the Blogging Cave

Thank you for reading and sharing.

To celebrate, here are eight posts I like – one from each year this blog has been around.

2007: Review: Robot Dreams by Sara Varon (my first post)

Robot dreams

2008: Children’s Lit Commish: ‘No More Non-Famous Authors’

Big Podium

2009: Create Your Debut YA Cover

YAcover

2010: Books in the Year 3001

The Future

2011: Jerry Pinkney and Erin E. Stead: A Caldecott Conversation

Elephant and Lion Chat

2012: Million Dollar Idea: Put a Nosferatu On It

nosferatulargeround

2013: Children’s Literature: The Movie!

CMDb Page

2014: All Middle Grade Novels Should Be 192 Pages. No Exceptions.

192

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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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Comments

  1. Benji says

    November 9, 2015 at 6:07 am

    Happy blog birthday!

    • Travis Jonker says

      November 9, 2015 at 9:13 am

      Thanks!

  2. Jen Bryant says

    November 9, 2015 at 10:02 am

    I always enjoy reading what you post, Travis. Congratulations on 8 years of giving us great things to think about and enjoy . . .

    • Travis Jonker says

      November 9, 2015 at 11:01 am

      Thanks, Jen!

  3. Denis Markell says

    November 9, 2015 at 11:51 am

    Keep up the good work. You have the rare ability to be funny while staying on this side of “snarky.” Here’s to many more years to come. Or at least until my book comes out in July.

    • Travis Jonker says

      November 9, 2015 at 11:52 am

      Thanks Denis!

  4. Colby says

    November 9, 2015 at 1:15 pm

    Your blog cave is a mess.

    • Travis Jonker says

      November 9, 2015 at 8:26 pm

      I agree. I really need to pick up

  5. :paula says

    November 9, 2015 at 8:59 pm

    Love you Travis! Congratulations!

    • Travis Jonker says

      November 9, 2015 at 9:59 pm

      Thanks!

  6. Jen Robinson says

    November 10, 2015 at 1:46 pm

    Happy Blog Birthday, Travis! The kidlitosphere would be a much less interesting place without you.

    • Travis Jonker says

      November 11, 2015 at 11:24 am

      Thank you! It’s a fun place to be

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