Cover Reveal! LITTLE TURTLE POND by Carter Higgins and Me
How It Started:
How It’s Going:
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Little Turtle Pond (written by Carter Higgins and illustrated by me) publishes on May 4th, 2027.
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Carter calls it Chicka Chicka Boom Boom meets Rosie’s Walk, and I think that sums it up perfectly. Little Turtle Pond is a rhythmic, rhyming, read aloud and I can’t wait for you to see it.
Before getting to the final cover above, there were a few attempts:
Many thanks to Carter Higgins, Stephen Barbara, Alessandra Balzer, Sharismar Rodriguez, Mike Burroughs, and everyone at Balzer + Bray for making this book a reality.
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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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