Off to ALA Annual 2026
Heading to Chicago for ALA Annual 2026.
At 2:30pm on Saturday in McCormick Place W 186 ABC I’ll be taking part in a blogging session with fellow SLJ folks Edith Campbell, Betsy Bird, Renee Scott, and Colby Sharp:
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Other than that, I’m going to record some episodes for The Yarn podcast, see some new and upcoming books, attend the Newbery-Caldecott banquet, and generally have a good time.
Hope to see you there!
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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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