Notes on August 2025
In August . . .
. . . authors and illustrators shared their first day of school horror stories.
Rebecca Stead, Mika Song, Jonathan Stutzman and more.
. . . I shared books for kids beginning PreK and Kindergarten.
Tough to narrow down these lists.
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. . . I shared a video exposing some of the worst AI children’s books.
I’m still shaking my head.
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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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