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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The Yarn

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Benji Martin says

February 2, 2018 at 6:36 am

Pshhh that’s not even the biggest issue with the book! At the end, he just takes the hats off of the monkeys, doesn’t even check them for fleas and puts them back on his head and goes back to selling them. His product has been seriously compromised.
- Travis Jonker says
  
  February 5, 2018 at 1:47 pm
  
  Ha! Yeah that’s true
Cassandra Gelvin says

February 2, 2018 at 6:10 pm

I love these (especially as a snarky reviewer myself)! Keep up the good work!
- Travis Jonker says
  
  February 5, 2018 at 1:47 pm
  
  Thanks! I have fun with these.

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