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March 22, 2023 by Travis Jonker

Now on The Yarn Podcast: Our 2023 Newbery Medalist

Amina Luqman-Dawson takes us behind the scenes of her 2023 Newbery Medal-winning book, FREEWATER, on the latest episode of The Yarn podcast.

September 22, 2022 by Travis Jonker

Instagramming an Author Visit: Laurie Keller!

Author/illustrator Laurie Keller visited our school and I have the pictures to prove it.

October 21, 2019 by Travis Jonker

Review: Saturday by Oge Mora

SaturdayBy Oge Mora Little, Brown ISBN: 9780316431279$18.99Grades PreK-2Out Oct. 22, 2019 *Best New Book* Find it at:Schuler Books | Your Library Disappointment looms large in the world of the child. Kids, as we know, are YOLO personified. And when pretty much anything is possible at any moment, the opportunities for disappointment are many. But even […]

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Are We There Yet? by Dan Santat

August 3, 2015 by Travis Jonker

It’s my pleasure to reveal the cover for our reigning Caldecott Medalist’s next book, arriving April 12, 2016. From the publisher: In this astonishingly inventive new book from Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, boredom is taken to the extreme. We all know time slows down when you’re bored–but what happens when time slows down so completely […]

Review: A Perfectly Messed-Up Story by Patrick McDonnell

November 13, 2014 by Travis Jonker

A Perfectly Messed-Up Story By Patrick McDonnell Little, Brown ISBN: 9780316222587 $17.00 Grades PreK-2 Out Now Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library For people in the human world, being used is a bad thing. For books in the school library world, being used is a fact of life. Librarians are always looking for […]

10 to Note: Summer Preview 2014

May 9, 2014 by Travis Jonker

You never know how these preview things are going to turn out. Sometimes there’s a bunch of lesser-known books that jump out, other times it’s stuff that’s already been building some buzz. Today is more latter than former. What follows are 10 books for the summer season that look promising. Picture Books Peanut Butter and […]

Top 20 Children’s Books of 2011 (#10-6)

December 14, 2011 by Travis Jonker

Fellow school librarian John Schumacher and I are counting down our top 20 books of 2011. Head on over to Watch. Connect. Read. for additional resources for each book. #20-16 | #15-11 | #10-6 | #5-1 10. Marty McGuire by Kate Messner [Scholastic | Grades 3-5] Click here for additional resources from Watch. Connect. Read. […]

Jerry Pinkney and Erin E. Stead: A Caldecott Conversation

December 6, 2011 by Travis Jonker

How better to understand the Caldecott than by chatting with an artist who has won the prestigious award? Today we’re lucky enough to have two. Jerry Pinkney and Erin E. Stead (the 2010 and 2011 winner, respectively) agreed to do just that. One a living legend, the other a newcomer with a bright future; both […]

Podcast Review: You Will Be My Friend! by Peter Brown

November 29, 2011 by Travis Jonker

This week on the Brain Burps About Books podcast I review Peter Brown’s exuberant You Will Be My Friend. Host Katie Davis also chats with Jarrett J. Krosoczka, mastermind behind a bunch of books, including the Lunch Lady graphic novel series and my daughter’s favorite book of the moment, Punk Farm. Click here to listen. […]

10 to Note: Winter Preview 2011-12

November 22, 2011 by Travis Jonker

Interested in learning about some of the most intriguing children’s books coming out this winter but would like to keep the amount of titles to a number easily divisible by 5 and 2? This, friend, is the post for you. What follows are 10 books that had me pretending to stroke my whiskers, raise one […]