Notes on February 2020
In February . . .
. . . the Undies made a dramatic return.
The 2020 edition of everyone’s favorite case cover awards is on!
. . . we looked ahead to spring.
And since I had trouble narrowing it down for the official preview, I also shared this extra batch of spring books.
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. . . a children’s classic got really weird.
That’s what happens when Google auto-complete gets involved.
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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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