MORE 'COVER-CURIOSITY' POSTS

Cover Curiosity: Cousins

Travis Jonker, December 10, 2010 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



A while back I covered a trend where titles were given huge font sizes and broken into chunks. À la this: Today’s curiosity strikes me as a cousin to the above trend. Let’s take a look at the first book: LMNO Peas by Keith Baker. …and our second example… Tony Baloney by Man Munoz Ryan & […]

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Cover Curiosity: Cut-Outs Continued Elsewhere

Travis Jonker, December 2, 2010 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Let the trend continue! The blog she reads and reads saw my Cover Curiosity post on paper chain people and ran with it, coming up with all sorts of covers that match. Which is the best? I’ll vote with my stomach and go with the gingerbread cover for Beautiful Buttons. *Update* My stomach, as it […]

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Cover Curiosity: It’s a (Mis)Match

Travis Jonker, November 9, 2010 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Got a conflicted character? A bit of a “stuck between worlds” situation? Go for the mismatch. Let’s take a look: Sweet 15 by Emily Adler & Alex Echevarria Next up… Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? by Louise Rennison Thirdly… Cinderella Cleaners: Rock & Roll by Maya Gold And finally… The Reinvention of […]

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Cover Curiosity: Seeing Double

Travis Jonker, November 2, 2010 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Something (kinda) old and two somethings new in today’s Cover Curiosity. Click here to see all past Cover Curiosity posts. The following covers use the mirror effect in three different ways, yet a similar trio they make. First up, something (kinda) old: Strange Happenings by Avi. Published May 2006. Something new… The Properties of Water […]

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Mega Cover Curiosity: Battle of the Zombie Trends

Travis Jonker, October 26, 2010 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Some cover trends are like zombies – they refuse to die (this knowledge of zombie movies is strictly secondhand, as I’m too chicken to actually watch this sort of film). Today we look at not one, not two, but a trio of trends that I thought were buried, yet dramatically shot their gnarled hands out […]

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Cover Curiosity: Framed!

Travis Jonker, October 19, 2010 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Sometimes a cover trend (see: socks) irritates me like loose glitter. Other times, I really don’t mind it. Today qualifies as the latter. I am enjoying the peculiar re-occurrence of picture frame walls. With a double high-five’s worth of appreciation to Boni Ashburn, who alerted me to this trend, let’s take a look at the […]

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Cover Curiosity: Holding the Goose

Travis Jonker, August 27, 2010 | Articles, Cover Curiosity, Covers



There are plenty of cover elements that have become common. Socks. Staring into the distance. Faces. But girls holding geese? That’s rare. You tend to remember that. Such is the case in today’s cover curiosity. Let’s take a look at the first cover: Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman. And it’s twin… Fly by […]

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Cover Curiosity: It’s Gettin’ Dusty

Travis Jonker, June 11, 2010 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Here’s the question I asked myself. If you have two book covers that share a similar theme/layout/tone, is it true controversy? Nay. Therefore I’m calling these instances “Cover Curiosities” from here on out. I’ll save “controversy” for cases where it truly applies. Now, on to the books… You know you have an adventure on your […]

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Cover Controversy: Psycho Sequel

Travis Jonker, June 4, 2010 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



A couple months back, we looked at book covers that were, well, a bit psycho. Take a look to see what I mean: A creepy tone is shared, is it not? Today, we have an addition to this group. Thanks to Bookends blogger Cindy for tipping me off to… Unwind by Neal Shusterman. A blurry […]

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Cover Controversy: Blatent Barrette Banning

Travis Jonker, May 6, 2010 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Reader Misti clued me in to the fact that a trend first unearthed by A Fuse #8 Production seems to be growing. In what could be nothing other than a cost-saving move, more and more book cover photo-shoot crews have chosen to forgo a hairstylist completely, with shockingly unkempt and windblown results. Let’s have a […]

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