‘Look! Up in the sky! It’s . . . a famous character from a children’s book!’
For those celebrating Thanksgiving today, there will be a brand-new children’s book character floating down the streets of New York in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade:
Ada Twist, Scientist. Keep an eye out.
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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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