Notes on October 2019
In October . . .
. . . I talked with Jeff Kinney about the new Wimpy Kid book.
And learned he’s a big Cool Ranch Doritos guy.
. . . I dug into the data to learn which publisher has collected the most Caldecott Medals/Honors.
Macmillan is smiling right now.
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. . . I shared our 2020 Mock Caldecott process and book list.
We start next week.
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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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