Can You Pick One Picture Book To Represent Your Whole Vibe?
I was out for a walk the other day, when I spotted this:

A copy of David Sedaris’s picture book Pretty Ugly, placed prominently in the window of a home.
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Then I noticed their other window:

Mark Pett’s picture book about a dung beetle, I Eat Poop.

I like this – the idea of displaying picture books in your window to tell the world what kind of person you are.
My first thought was, “I want to be friends with the people who live here.”
My second thought was, “If I had to pick one book to display, which book would it be?”
After much thought, here’s what I decided:

Which book would you pick to represent your whole vibe?
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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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