MORE 'COVER-CURIOSITY' POSTS

Cover Curiosity: Comparable Condensation

Travis Jonker, November 11, 2011 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



If the following covers indicate anything, it’s that indoor/outdoor temperature differences are becoming a huge problem in young adult literature. How else to explain this sort of condensation? First up… You Are My Only by Beth Kephart Second up… My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson *Update* And thanks to a heads up […]

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Cover Curiosity: Similar Swordplay

Travis Jonker, September 23, 2011 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



I’m amazed how some folks can find covers that use the same stock photography (the blog Pop Culture Junkie does an exceedingly excellent job of this). Most of the covers I pair up tend to be more like how Top Chef‘s Tom Colicchio looks like Jon Scieszka – eerily close, but not the same (or […]

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Cover Curiosity: It’s a Drag (on)

Travis Jonker, September 8, 2011 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



In the world of similar-looking book covers, we have the separated at birth clones, and we have the “hey, you look like your sister” resemblances. Today, I bring forth an example of the latter. First cover… Eragon by Christopher Paolini And the second… Ancient, Strange, and Lovely by Susan Fletcher Side by side: While there […]

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Cover Curiosity: Creepy Forest

Travis Jonker, July 15, 2011 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



If (nay, when) they create a children’s literature Hall of Fame, Creepy Forest will be one of the first inductees in the category of Settings, right after Farm and before School. Before I get out of hand with this, let’s take a look at the latest pair of separated-at-birth covers. A big thank you to […]

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Cover Curiosity: Hide and Seek

Travis Jonker, June 3, 2011 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Sometimes they’re pretty close, sometimes they’re quite close, but rarely do two covers look as similar as the pair we have today. While one is for adults and one is for kids, I couldn’t help but share. First up, a book you’re probably familiar with: Mockingbird by Katheryn Erskine And now, for the match: Long […]

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Cover Curiosity: Bag It

Travis Jonker, March 15, 2011 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Is your cover in need of something to make it stand out? Bag it. Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt How to Die of Embarrassment Every Day by Ann Hodgman Zitface by Emily Howse And a couple from the past… Baghead by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Thanks to Katie Davis and Greg Pincus for the […]

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Cover Curiosity: Cons-istantly Covered

Travis Jonker, March 8, 2011 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



It almost feels redundant to mention it, but Converse All-Stars are about the biggest thing going in middle grade/YA cover trends right now. It makes sense – they’re so uniquely versatile, with the ability to span generations and look hip at every stop. Let’s spy some recent examples: Pete the Cat by Eric Litwin; illustrated […]

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Cover Curiosity: It’s a Hit

Travis Jonker, February 17, 2011 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



An agreeable side effect of featuring cover lookalikes is that I occasionally find a suggestion in my inbox. Today’s Cover Curiosity is a perfect example. With credit and thanks to Cindy Dobrez, school librarian and Bookends blogger (a site you should be reading if you aren’t already), I bring you a possible trend in the […]

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Cover Curiosity: Made in the Shade

Travis Jonker, January 28, 2011 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Some of the entries into the Cover Curiosities file are clearly the doing of the Intentional Bogeyman (holding stuff, I’m talking about you), others I chalk up to the Ghost of Random Chance. I am very superstitious about about my cover similarities. Today’s submission strikes me as a member of the latter camp, but I […]

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Mega Cover Curiosity: Quadruple Trend Update

Travis Jonker, January 25, 2011 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



I don’t really know how this happened, but in my travels and perusings I’ve encountered a batch of covers that fit in with trends I’ve posted about in the past. Let’s see if we can plug them in where they belong… Dark Souls by Paula Morris Ah, yes, this one goes in the Gothic Gates […]

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