5 Books I’m Bringing Out West

Before we left to go West, I had a tough decision to make – which books do I bring? Here are the books that are coming along for the ride:

The author of the wonderful First Rule of Punk has a new one coming out and I’m looking forward to it.
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I enjoyed Miller’s last graphic novel, Click, and this new one is just too on theme for me not to bring it.

I like Mighty Jack. I like Zita the Spacegirl, thus . . .

This book looks like some good old ridiculous fun.

We’re hoping to spot some big mammals on our road trip, so I thought I’d get a history of the subject with this nonfiction graphic novel.

The next chapter in this series that holds a special place for me.
What are you reading?
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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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