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    Book Cover Reveal: Zonia’s Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal

    Travis Jonker, July 14, 2020 | Cover Reveal, Covers

    Caldecott Honor winner Juana Martinez-Neal has a new book on the way – Zonia’s Rain Forest. Publishing in March 2021. Today we get a first look at the cover, but first, I had a few questions for Juana: Travis: What was the spark that led to Zonia’s Rain Forest? Juana Martinez-Neal: Hi, Travis! Thank you […]

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    Cover Reveal Q&A: Okapi Tale by Jacob Kramer and K-Fai Steele

    Travis Jonker, June 23, 2020 | Cover Reveal, Covers

    An interview (and cover reveal) with author Jacob Kramer and illustrator K-Fai Steele about their upcoming book OKAPI TALE.

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    Exclusive Cover Reveal Q&A: Kondo & Kezumi Are Not Alone

    Travis Jonker, June 5, 2020 | Cover Reveal, Covers

    A cover reveal for Kondo & Kezumi Are Not Alone, and a Q&A with the illustrator, Andrea Tsurumi

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    Exclusive Cover Reveal: It Is (Not) Perfect by Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant

    Travis Jonker, November 18, 2019 | Cover Reveal, Covers

    We are here today to reveal the cover of It Is (Not) Perfect by the Geisel Award-winning team Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant. But first, I had a few questions for them . . . Travis: This new book is about the meaning of “perfect”. Are you perfectionists? How did this story come about? Anna: […]

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    Exclusive Cover Reveal: ORPHAN ELEVEN by Gennifer Choldenko

    Travis Jonker, October 22, 2019 | Authors, Cover Reveal, Covers

    A first look at the cover for ORPHAN ELEVEN by Gennifer Choldenko (+ a Q&A)

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    Exclusive Cover Reveal: OLD ROCK (IS NOT BORING) by Deb Pilutti

    Travis Jonker, June 25, 2019 | Cover Reveal, Covers

    Deb Pilutti, author and/or illustrator of such fine books as . . . Deb Pilutti, she who visited my school and left happiness in her wake . . . Michigan’s own Deb Pilutti! She has a new book coming on February 4, 2020 called Old Rock (Is Not Boring) and I am pleased to reveal […]

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    Cover Reveal: THE OTHER HALF OF HAPPY by Rebecca Balcarcel

    Travis Jonker, March 21, 2019 | Cover Reveal, Covers

    The Other Half of Happy, Rebecca Balcarcel's debut middle grade novel, arrives on August 20th. I have the honor of debuting the cover today.

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    Exclusive Cover Reveal + Giveaway: ORDINARY HAZARDS by Nikki Grimes

    Travis Jonker, January 26, 2019 | Cover Reveal, Covers

    I’ve done a number of cover reveals here over the years, but today is something a bit different. Dare I say an innovation in the realm of cover reveals! Today we are revealing a cover online, just as it is being revealed in the real world in Seattle at the American Library Association Midwinter. The book […]

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    Cover Reveal Q&A: Noodlephant by Jacob Kramer and K-Fai Steele

    Travis Jonker, October 30, 2018 | Cover Reveal, Covers

    That right there is the cover for the upcoming picture book by Jacob Kramer and K-Fai Steele called Noodlephant. It’s about a noodle-loving elephant. It’s about a magic pasta machine. It’s about a community’s response to injustice. It’s 80 pages long. All that is to say it’s unlike any picture book I’ve read in a […]

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    Exclusive Cover Reveal: Nikki Tesla and the Ferrett-Proof Death Ray by Jess Keating

    Travis Jonker, September 26, 2018 | Cover Reveal, Covers

    Jess Keating has a new series starting up in 2019 called The Elements of Genius. Today I can share the cover for the first book, Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray. But before we get gawking, I had to ask Jess a few questions . . . Travis: What was the spark (that was […]

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