9 Books for Kids Starting Kindergarten in the New York Times!
I don’t have a bucket list, but if I did, writing something for the New York Times would be on it. So it was an honor when they asked me to write about books for kids beginning kindergarten. I picked 9 favorites and you can check out the article here.
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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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Congrats, Travis, on a great article…and being asked to write for the NYT!