Notes on October 2020

In October . . .
. . . we stepped up the spooky.
I shared a batch of new Halloween season books.
. . . I crunched some Caldecott numbers.
How many recent Caldecott winners were created by a lone author/illustrator? To the data!
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. . . I called for more undies.
That didn’t come out right! I mean nominees for The Undies Case Cover Awards! Submit your favorites by November 1!
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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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