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Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Winner/Loser The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. – Winston Churchill It’s difficult to argue that what Churchill was speaking of here was the necessity of a bracket-style tournament to determine the world’s worst bookmark. That is […]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Winner/Loser We’re finally going to decide which bookmark is the worst by way of a bracket-style tournament based on your votes. The exercise in ridiculousness continues today with the results of quarterfinals voting. Cast your vote in the semifinals below. Quarterfinal #1: Tissue vs. Junk Mail The winner/loser is… […]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Winner/Loser What’s up with all these terrible bookmarks people use? Am I right? (Gentle sound of crickets chirping) While I’m all for marking a page by any means necessary, some bookmarks make more sense than others. This week in a bracket-style tournament based on your votes, we’re going to […]
Shadow of a Bull has already shown up ’round these parts, drawing comparisons to Dwight Schrute’s shirt as Unfortunate Cover #15. Today a gauntlet-shaped dust jacket has been thrown down as it is the next cover I must redo in my mildly fun attempt to re-jacket every Newbery-winning book. Here goes… Click here for the […]
Add it to the list of things that put my Covering the Newbery redos to shame. Last fall, the Guardian put out a call in the UK for kids ages 13-16 to design a cover for the educational edition of the classic Lord of the Flies. The entries came in and a winner has been […]
Previously: Part I: Background We just started an e-reader lending program in my 5th and 6th grade school library and I plan to share my experiences until there ain’t no more experiences left to share. Am I an expert on the matter? Nay. If you have questions, comments, or a “hey dude, you forgot something”, […]
While not exactly spitting images of one another, today’s trio of covers share a distinct bond that is difficult to deny. Unless you do deny, in which case we will have to politely agree to disagree, as librarian custom dictates all disagreements must be settled. All three are pleasing to the eyes of this humble […]
NAMING NAMES: CYBILS WINNERS ANNOUNCED Valentines Day brings the annual announcement of the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards (also known as the CYBILS). I took part in the fiction picture book category as a first round judge and was pleased to see that Me…Jane ended up taking top honors. Click here to see […]
Every Monday, a Newbery-winning cover gets a redo. For more of the good, bad, and badder, click here for the Covering the Newbery gallery. 1964: It’s Like This, Cat by Emily Neville Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: Definitely a different tone. Up next week: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska (Source […]
Welcome to the Digital Wild West, where the fate of e-books seems completely up in the air. Rules are made on the fly. Agreements are broken, patched up, and broken again. While I’m optimistic about the future of e-books in public and school libraries, it’s clear that there’s going to be a lot of flailing […]
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