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Travis Jonker, February 20, 2026 | One Star Review
Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads?
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 […]
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 […]
Travis Jonker, February 16, 2026 | Articles
My list of 13 books for the Raina fans in your life.
Travis Jonker, February 13, 2026 | Articles, Books on Film
The greatest event not in the Winter Olympics.
Travis Jonker, February 12, 2026 | Cover Reveal
A first look at the cover for PICADILLO FOR PAULINA.
Travis Jonker, February 10, 2026 | Articles
Here are five beloved books that will see graphic novel adaptations in 2025.
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 […]
Travis Jonker, February 6, 2026 | LEGO Book Covers
Can you name these 3 books by their LEGO-fied covers?
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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