Notes on August 2024
In August . . .
. . . I shared the authoritative list of approved and unapproved ways to carry a book.
This one is for all the school librarians out there.
. . . we went behind the cover-creation scenes.
I revealed the cover for Just One Wave, and showed some of the early sketches.
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. . . I once again challenged you to name three books by their LEGO-fied covers.
#3, as always, is especially tough.
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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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