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Posts by Travis Jonker

October 31, 2025 by Travis Jonker

My Halloween Jack-o-Lantern is Exactly What You’d Expect

Too predictable?

October 30, 2025 by Travis Jonker

LAST CALL for 2025 Undies (Case Cover) and Endies (End Paper) Award Submissions! Deadline is Oct. 31st!

Send in those nominations for the Undies and Endies Awards!

October 29, 2025 by Travis Jonker

Books on Film: Watch the Trailer for THE TWITS

An animated version of The Twits is coming to Netflix.

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Our 2026 Mock Caldecott Program

October 28, 2025 by Travis Jonker

Let the Mock Caldecott begin!

One Star Review Guess Who? (#222)

October 24, 2025 by Travis Jonker

Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads?

MEME: A Librarian’s Take on the Labubu Craze

October 23, 2025 by Travis Jonker

This meme pretty much sums up how I feel about the Labubu fad

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Shushing Harder Than Any Librarian Has Ever Shushed

October 21, 2025 by Travis Jonker

Can't a gecko and human have a friendly conversation about insurance without getting shushed?

Read Aloud Hall of Fame #21: A BIKE LIKE SERGIO’S

October 20, 2025 by Travis Jonker

A read aloud that has never let me down.

Name That LEGO Book Cover! (#69)

October 17, 2025 by Travis Jonker

Can you name these three books by their LEGO-fied covers?

Don’t Miss Out: Submit Your 2025 Undies and Endies Nominations by October 31st!

October 16, 2025 by Travis Jonker

You know what’s no fun? Seeing a picture book with a great case cover or endpapers not get the recognition it deserves. Don’t let this happen to your favorites of the year! You have until October 31st to submit your nominations for The Undies Case Cover Awards and The Endies Endpaper Awards. Anyone can submit*, including […]

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