Notes on May 2022

In May . . .

. . . we considered the future of a well-known series.
Encyclopedia Brown was up for discussion.

. . . the parade of new books by past award winners continued.
I rounded up 2022 books from past Asian Pacific American Award winners.
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. . . we got fired up.
Peter Brown’s book Fred Gets Dressed was challenged in Kansas and his reaction was perfect.
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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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