The 2025 Ninja Report: It’s Over
That’s it, ninjas are done. Last year was bleak, but I had to check back one last time to see if that was a sign of the end.
It was.
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The trend that peaked a decade ago has slowly been fading out, as evidenced by the 2025 ninja offerings:
I hereby end my Ninja Report series and will look for other trends to bring to light.
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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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