Notes on August 2021
In August . . .
. . . we went down the picture book parody rabbit hole.
It’s weird down there.
. . . we checked in on some potential Newbery and Caldecott contenders.
As voted on my Goodreads readers.
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. . . I challenged you to name that LEGO book cover.
The first two are pretty tricky, the third one is really very difficult.
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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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