Notes on November 2024

In November . . .

. . . I warned of the tidal wave of A.I. picture books.
Always look for the sixth finger, my friends.

. . . I shared the details of our K-3rd grade Mock Caldecott program.
Here’s to keeping it simple, and hopefully, effective.
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. . . I challenged you to name these three books by their LEGO-fied covers.
The third one was the trickiest.
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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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