Notes on November 2023
In November . . .
. . . we got wild.
I shared my picks for the most astonishingly unconventional books of 2023.
. . . I posed a LEGO challenge.
Can you name these three books from their LEGO-fied covers?
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. . . books got roasted.
Comedian Nate Bargatze shared his issues with books on Saturday Night Live.
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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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