MORE 'COVER-CURIOSITY' POSTS
Clothes and accessories say a lot about a book cover. How many times have you seen a book where a character on the cover is wearing glasses like this: or shoes like this: or a haircut like this: or a combination of all three and thought, “Ooh. That one ain’t gonna get many second looks.”? […]
So different, yet so similar. This could be called the first Bizarro cover controversy. If you are familiar with Superman (or the television show Seinfeld), then you know that a Bizarro version of something is closely related, yet completely opposite in many ways. Let’s take a look at the book covers in question and I […]
There’s something about big machines that captures the imagination of kids. I can identify. When I was a youngster, my county fair held a monster truck show and parked all of the massively-tired vehicles in the church parking lot across from my house. I almost lost it. I mean Bigfoot? Come on. Two recent titles […]
Most of the time, I don’t believe that two books having similar covers is intentional. There are trends that come and go, and when two covers end up looking the same, I usually chalk it up to fate. Visit a local high school and you’ll see what I mean. No one is trying to dress […]
(Waving a rickety old cane in the air) I’m not naming any names, but it appears that the author of this here web log thinks it’s pretty fascinatin’ when he finds two book covers that resemble each other, as if he just invented the latest in automatic garment laundering devices! Well dust jacket contention is […]
No doubt influenced by the JabbaWockeeZ meteoric rise to hip-hop dance crew fame (I’m kidding) (sort of), children’s and YA book covers are seeking to pop and lock their way into readers hands by taking long words, capitalizing the letters, maxing out the font size, and breaking them into chunks. Lovers of phonics everywhere are […]
I thought the socks cover art trend had met its demise in ’08, but I was wrong. We are firmly in 2009, and the socks don’t stop: Confetti Girl by Diana Lopez. Hitting shelves June 1, 2009. Let’s add it to the growing gallery of ’07 and ’08 titles: I vow to keep you updated […]
Pointing out similar book covers is not the hard-hitting children’s lit knowledge that I feel you deserve. It’s just fun. So don’t worry about it and take a look at the latest similarity that came to my attention: Firegirl by Tony Abbot. And… Carlos is Gonna Get It by Kevin Emerson. Side by side: Firegirl […]
In my quest to bring you equal doses of serious children’s lit discussion and absurd nonsense, I pose this question (conjured from the latter of those two camps): Can I get in one last cover look-alike before aught eight is over? One more and that’s it, you say? Yes! Alright, here it is: Bird Lake […]
To declare a trend of similar children’s book covers a “controversy” is a stretch to say the least. But what the heck. The list of kid’s book covers featuring socks just continues to grow. Take a look at the newest addition: Switchin it up with the dots, but it still falls squarely into the socks […]
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