Notes on January 2022
Oops, forgot to post this on January 31st, so here are my favorite posts from last month (just a little later than usual):
In January . . .
. . . I pondered the most popular books of 2021
Did you know the bestselling book of all the books in 2021 was a children’s book?
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. . . a return made me question what it means for a book to be “damaged”.
I mean, what if the damage is an improvement?
. . . we basked in the glow of the 2022 Youth Media Awards.
So many great tweets.
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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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