‘This Book’ Books 2024
It seems like in the 21st century, there’s been an increase in books that reference themselves. You could call some of them meta, you could call some of them descendants of a classic, or you could call them ‘This Book’ books. Here are all the examples from 2024.






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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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