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    One Star Review, Guess Who? (#226)

    Travis Jonker, February 20, 2026 | One Star Review

    Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads?

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    Now on The Yarn: Elisha Cooper

    Travis Jonker, February 19, 2026 | The Yarn

    Over on The Yarn podcast, I talked with Elisha Cooper about his excellent new picture book The Rare Bird. Elisha and I chat about what it means to make art for an audience, the joys and challenges of making a book based on your own pet, and why artists think every book has one picture […]

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    3 Things I Noticed About the Bestselling Children’s Books of 2025

    Travis Jonker, February 17, 2026 | Articles

    Publishers Weekly just released data on the best selling children’s and YA books of 2025. Here are three things I noticed: 1. After the top three, the hardcover backlist crushes the hardcover frontlist in sales. Save for the three bestselling new books of 2025, the hardcover backlist (Oh, The Places You’ll Go!, The Very Hungry […]

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    Your Official ‘Books for Raina Telgemeier Fans’ List

    Travis Jonker, February 16, 2026 | Articles

    My list of 13 books for the Raina fans in your life.

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    Add This Event to the Winter Olympics ASAP: Book Curling

    Travis Jonker, February 13, 2026 | Articles, Books on Film

    The greatest event not in the Winter Olympics.

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    Cover Reveal Q&A: PICADILLO FOR PAULINA by Ruth Behar & Gabriel Frye-Behar, Erika Rodriguez Medina

    Travis Jonker, February 12, 2026 | Cover Reveal

    A first look at the cover for PICADILLO FOR PAULINA.

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    . . . But Make it Graphic Novel: 7 Upcoming Graphic Novel Adaptations of Beloved Books

    Travis Jonker, February 10, 2026 | Articles

    Here are five beloved books that will see graphic novel adaptations in 2025.

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    Sydney Taylor Award Blog Tour: SHABBAT SHALOM by Suzy Ultman

    Travis Jonker, February 9, 2026 | Articles

    It’s the first day of the 2026 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour (click here for the full schedule) and I’m honored to talk with Suzy Ultman, author and illustrator of Shabbat Shalom: Let’s Rest and Reset, a Sydney Taylor Picture Book Honor winner. Travis: Congratulations, Suzy! Shabbat Shalom is a wonderful book. Thanks for taking part on the blog tour. How […]

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    Name That LEGO Book Cover! (#71)

    Travis Jonker, February 6, 2026 | LEGO Book Covers

    Can you name these 3 books by their LEGO-fied covers?

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    A Mini 2026 Caldecott Bump Update

    Travis Jonker, February 5, 2026 | Articles

    Every year, after the Youth Media Awards are finished, I kick myself. Why? Because I wished I had taken screenshots of the Amazon sales rankings for some of the contenders so I could compare the before and after. Well this year I am not kicking myself, because I did it. The morning of the announcements, […]

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