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    Gallery: 2022 National Book Award Longlist

    Travis Jonker, September 14, 2022 | Uncategorized

    Let's have a look, shall we?

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    Name That LEGO Book Cover! (#41)

    Travis Jonker, September 2, 2022 | Uncategorized

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

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    The 2022 Poop Report

    Travis Jonker, June 30, 2022 | Uncategorized

    Look, I don’t create the trends, I just notice them. And the last few years has seen an uptick in books that feature the, shall we say, scatalogical. I blame Liz Lemon. So as a courtesy to you, and a service to all humanity, here are all the 2022 books that celebrate . . . […]

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    Reviewing Notes: Children’s Literature Movie Generator

    Travis Jonker, December 26, 2012 | Uncategorized

    Happy holidays! The blog will be back up and running on January 7. Until then, let’s take a look back at some of my favorite posts from the 100 Scope Notes archives. Create Your Own Children’s Book Movie Headline! I’m no math whiz, but lately it seems children’s books are being adapted for the silver […]

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    #Holdshelf Gallery This Way

    Travis Jonker, November 2, 2012 | Uncategorized

    The monthly showing of books on hold (including the shelf from one of my schools) is up for all to see at Watch. Connect. Read. Click here to see the books kids are lining up to read.

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    Link Du Jour: The Biggest Books of BEA

    Travis Jonker, June 9, 2012 | Link Du Jour, Uncategorized

    I’ve never been to Book Expo America (BEA), but I’d like to go. In my opinion, any time billboards of kid’s books are involved, you have yourself one fine exposition. (Thanks to Abrams for the photo) It’s been fun reading the various dispatches from BEA, but my favorite is from Publishers Weekly and focuses on […]

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    Reader’s Advisory

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    Test

    Travis Jonker, February 17, 2010 | Uncategorized

    This post is a test.

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    Video Clip: Sendak on Illustration

    Travis Jonker, September 1, 2009 | Articles, Uncategorized

    Is your favorite part of the DVD the special features? This video is for you. Children’s lit legend Maurice Sendak discusses illustration – is there a better authority? “All the great novels, I would not illustrate” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CuIdeTI9Ro]

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    Little House in the Big New Yorker

    Travis Jonker, August 14, 2009 | Uncategorized

    Can’t say I’m well-versed in the Little House series. “But you’re a children’s librarian” you say? Yes, yes – well, we all have books on our “shelves of shame” (as the wonderful Bookends blog puts it). The New Yorker recently did a piece on Laura Wilder and her daughter Rose, who worked together in creating […]

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