Cover Curiosity: What Are You Looking At?
By chance I saw three recent book covers (of books written by great authors) that shared a similar composition. A lone figure, turned away from the reader, taking in all in.
Here’s the first one:
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Here’s #2:

And #3:

And now some side by side by side:



Any more to add to this group?
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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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