Notes on February 2018
In February . . .
. . . there were some happy book creators.
Is any tweet better than a Youth Media Award winner tweet? I rounded up my favorites.
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. . . I asked Niki Grimes three questions.
Including the all-important “favorite snack closer”.
. . . we found out what Aaron Becker has been up to.
A new wordless book is on the horizon, and this mini-documentary shows how it was made.
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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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