Travis Jonker

The great Jerry Pinkney passed away yesterday at 81. I had a chance to talk with him once. We were seated next to each other at the 2013 Newbery/Caldecott Banquet. He was kind and gracious, down-to-earth, and funny. I’ve always treasured that night. He was an incredible artist and one of the best picture book […]

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Calling all spooky poems!

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A chat with author Adam Gidwitz about the new A Tale Dark & Grimm animated series on Netflix.

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Three mock award blogs to check out.

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

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Should it stay or should it go?

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Did you know this was happening?

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A free PDF for kids to create their own version of THE VERY LAST CASTLE!

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A new animated series based on the books by Adam Gidwitz

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