MORE 'COVERING-THE-NEWBERY' POSTS
1954: …And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: Hmmm. A bit plain? Up next week: The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong Click here to read previous Covering the Newbery posts.
Every Monday I take a crack at recoverifying a Newbery-winner. Today we look at a book that is more famous for the title it beat out for Newbery (a little story called Charlotte’s Web) than for winning itself… 1953: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: […]
How’s this sound? New Monday, new cover, Newbery. Do I have a slogan there? We can put that discussion on the back burner for a minute and take a look at the latest entry in the Covering the Newbery series… 1952: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: I […]
We’ve hit 30! Another week, another attempt at updating the cover of a Newbery-winning book. Now let’s see, which title are we up to? Oh yeah… 1951: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Click here to read previous Covering the Newbery posts. (Source image: “Slave Trade Ledger […]
Every Newbery-winning book gets a new cover, one week at a time. Ladies and gentlemen, the 50s have arrived… 1950: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: Hard to pull off the “inanimate object cover”, especially for kids. Click here to read previous Covering the […]
Redoing every Newbery winner one cover at a time… 1949: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis Original Cover: My Redo: Verdict: The multiple photos thing isn’t the most original concept on the block, but I think it works pretty well here. Your thoughts? Click here to read previous Covering the […]
Most of the older Newbery-winning covers are in need of an update, but I’m not so sure about today’s candidate needs much help… 1948: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: Yep, it’s pretty tough to beat the original here. The blog New Cover did a pretty bang […]
And so it continues. Every week a Newbery-winning book gets a new cover. Let’s get down to business… 1947: Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: My take goes down the abstract road, which could be good – but could also leave readers confused. Your thoughts? Click here […]
1946: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Click here for previous Covering the Newbery posts (Source image: “Strawberries!†http://www.flickr.com/photos/thingsarebetterwithaparrott/2545677054/)
It be Monday, the day I set aside for Newbery recoverifying (sorry, English language, for that last word). On to this week’s book… 1945: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: My cover goes in a different direction, which could be good. Click here to read previous Covering the […]
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