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Name That LEGO Book Cover! (#60)

Travis Jonker, February 7, 2025 | LEGO Book Covers

Can you name these 3 books by their LEGO-fied covers?

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Books on Film: Dav Pilkey on TODAY

Travis Jonker, February 6, 2025 | Books on Film

Pete Davidson and Dav Pilkey appear together on a recent episode of the Today show.

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9 Randomly Random Facts About CABOOSE

Travis Jonker, February 4, 2025 | Articles, Authors

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 […]

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Nominate Your Favorites for the Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award

Travis Jonker, February 3, 2025 | Articles

Submit your favorites before February 7, 2025!

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Notes on January 2025

Travis Jonker, February 2, 2025 | Articles

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 […]

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Exclusive Cover Reveal: DASHER AND THE POLAR BEAR by Matt Tavares

Travis Jonker, January 30, 2025 | Cover Reveal, Covers

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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I Cannot Release a Book Without Giving Away Something Special

Travis Jonker, January 29, 2025 | Articles

Ruth Chan and I have a book coming out next week: Caboose (out Feb. 4th). It’s about the ridiculously high-stakes world of lining up. Caboose has already received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly and I can’t wait for you to read it. Since I’m incapable of releasing a book without giving away a […]

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on The Yarn Podcast!

Travis Jonker, January 28, 2025 | Articles, The Yarn

I can’t believe it either. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is our guest on the latest episode of The Yarn podcast, talking about her new book, True Gretch (Young Adult Edition). Subscribe below to catch every episode of The Yarn: iTunes Spotify Stitcher

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