Notes on July 2022
In July . . .


. . . we saw how something boring can be beautiful.
It’s the 2022 edition of The Art of the Picture Book Barcode.

. . . I went down the rabbit hole again.
Children’s book parodies never fail to fascinate me. I rounded up the latest batch.
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. . . this book will change your life.
In what is likely my weirdest post of the month, I gathered all the “This Book” books 2022 had to offer.
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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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