
The Yarn
February 14, 2025 by Travis Jonker
How is the recent Newbery winner doing on the New York Times Bestseller list?
February 13, 2025 by Travis Jonker
I wrote about books celebrating love, friendship, and family for the New York Times
February 11, 2025 by Travis Jonker
It’s the second day of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour (click here for the full schedule) and I’m honored to talk with Sidura Ludwig and Sophia Vincent Guy, author and illustrator of Rising, a Sydney Taylor Picture Book Honor winner. Travis: Hello Sidura and Sophia! Congratulations on your Sydney Taylor picture book honor for Rising! How did you […]
February 10, 2025 by Travis Jonker
Taking a look at the most banned picture books of the '23-'24 school year.
February 7, 2025 by Travis Jonker
Can you name these 3 books by their LEGO-fied covers?
February 6, 2025 by Travis Jonker
Pete Davidson and Dav Pilkey appear together on a recent episode of the Today show.
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February 4, 2025 by Travis Jonker
CABOOSE, written by me and illustrated by Ruth Chan, arrives today. I hope you get a chance to read it (and if you work in a school, I think you’ll especially dig it). It’s received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus, who calls it “a chaotic yet hilarious story grounded in real childhood emotions”. You […]
February 3, 2025 by Travis Jonker
Submit your favorites before February 7, 2025!
February 2, 2025 by Travis Jonker
In January . . . . . . we took one last look back and then looked ahead. Our 2024 review and 2025 preview episodes of The Yarn Podcast are available now! . . . we took a look at the latest and greatest READ posters. If you’re looking for a library upgrade, new READ […]
January 30, 2025 by Travis Jonker
Dasher and the Polar Bear, the third book in author/illustrator Matt Tavares’s Dasher series, arrives on September 16, 2025. Today we have a first look at the cover. But first, I wanted had some questions for Matt . . . Travis: Hi Matt! The Dasher-verse expands! How did this third book come about? Matt Tavares: […]
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