Notes on April 2020
In April . . .
. . . you made some poetry using books.
Shout-out to everyone who sent in submissions to the 2020 Book Spine Poem Gallery. Let’s do it again next year.
. . . a wondeful Katherine Paterson documentary was released.
It’s really well done, and features a cameo by a school librarian you might know.
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. . . we learned that 2020 is The Year of the Unicorn.
The popularity of the mythical beast has never been higher.
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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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