Travis Jonker

2026 Books from Newbery Winners Rounding up 2026 books from past Newbery Medal and Honor winners!

Past Newbery Medal and Honor winners have a bunch of books coming in 2026. Let's have a look . . .
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My Kids Love ‘Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!’ What Should They Read Next?: by Travis Jonker | NYT

My Kids Love ‘Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!’ What Should They Read Next?

Today at the New York Times, I decipher the ancient Mo-setta Stone and share 12 tried-and-true recommendations for fans of The Pigeon. Gift link! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/b...

It’s Our 400th Episode! Fuse 8 n’ Kate Welcomes Colby Sharp and Travis Jonker from The Yarn to Discuss The Invention of Hugo Cabret What truly makes a picture book? If a Caldecott committee deems it so, is that enough? We asked our guests for a

What truly makes a picture book? If a Caldecott committee deems it so, is that enough? We asked our guests @colbysharp.bsky.social & @100scopenotes.bsky.social for a "big book" and they delivered! A special book for our 400th episode! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/02/23/i...

Your Jon Klassen, or, What’s Up With All the Board Books? We talk today with the often imitated (and never replicated) Jon Klassen about why, precisely, he's been so drawn to the board book form recently (and what it has to give).

We talk today with the often imitated (and never replicated) Jon Klassen about why, precisely, he's been so drawn to the board book form recently (and what it has to give). #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/02/20/y...

Andy Griffiths appointed as the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2026 and 2027 | Arts Hub buff.ly/hLxbfZa

. . . But Make it Graphic Novel: 7 Upcoming Graphic Novel Adaptations of Beloved Books Here are five beloved books that will see graphic novel adaptations in 2025.

Some well-known books are getting graphic novel adaptations in 2026. Here are seven of them: 100scopenotes.com/2026/02/10/b...

My Kids Love Raina Telgemeier Books. What Should They Read Next?

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SUNNY SIDE UP and many others! @100scopenotes.bsky.social

Can you name this book by its LEGO-fied cover? The answer (and two more) on the blog today: 100scopenotes.com/2026/02/06/n...

A Mini 2026 Caldecott Bump Update 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 befor...

Grabbed quick before and after screenshots to illustrate the power of the Caldecott Medal on the blog today. 100scopenotes.com/2026/02/05/a...

Welcome to MTV Cribs: Library Edition (or How Our School Library is Organized)

Welcome to MTV Cribs: Library Edition (or How Our School Library is Organized) 100scopenotes.com/2026/02/02/w...

Historic Day for Candace Fleming At the 2026 Youth Media Awards, author Candace Fleming became the first person to receive the Children’s Literature Legacy Award and the Margaret A. Edwards Award in the same year. In addition, her bo...

Historic Day for Candace Fleming
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2026 Books from 2026 Caldecott Winners Taking a look at upcoming books by our new Caldecott Medal and Honor winners.

Oh, hey - a lot of our 2026 Caldecott winners have books coming this year. Let's have a look . . . 100scopenotes.com/2026/01/28/2...

ALA Youth Media Awards: The Interviews, Videos, and Behind-the-Scenes of the Winners Here's the full roster of the new ALA YMA winners (Newbery, Caldecott, etc.) including a collection of behind-the-scenes info with interviews, videos, and reviews of some of the titles.

Here's the full roster of the new ALA YMA winners (Newbery, Caldecott, etc.) including a collection of behind-the-scenes info with interviews, videos, and reviews of some of the titles. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/01/27/a...

studiohoffmann presents GAB 'N' DOODLE with Raúl the Third THURSDAY 1/29/26 @ 6PM EASTERN ON INSTAGRAM LIVE

📚Author/illustrator @raulthethird.bsky.social is an amazing creator of all things #kidlit

🎨Thurs at 6pm ET we’ll make art to auction off, to benefit the Immigrant Law Ctr of MN

Join us on Instagram Live!

@andreabrownlit.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social #kidlitart #illustration #graphicnovels

Making SUNDUST with Zeke Peña Travis: Back in June, I talked with author/illustrator Zeke Peña about his beautiful new picture book, SUNDUST. In this episode, Zeke talks about the unique way SUNDUST was created, and his unconventi...

Congratulations to all the Caldecott winners this morning! If you want to learn more about Honor winner SUNDUST, author/illustrator Zeke Peña takes us behind the scenes in this episode of The Yarn Podcast: theyarn.slj.com/2025/09/29/m... @slj.com @colbysharp.bsky.social #ALAyma

After the Caldecott is announced, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Your 2026 Caldecott comment card: 100scopenotes.com/2026/01/26/y... #ALAyma

#ala #yma #ALAyma

The ALA YMAs are starting and we are IN the room! Almost no publishers and virtually no authors or illustrators in the room. So strange…. And fun!!

The Biggest Question in Children's Books: Is BROKEN Eligible for the Caldecott Medal? (+ Original Art Giveaway!) Let's talk about it.

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Caldecott Critique: EVERY MONDAY MABEL by Jashar Awan (+ Giveaway) A closer look at one the best picture books of the year.

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Caldecott Critique: FIREWORKS by Matthew Burgess and Cátia Chien (+ Giveaways) A closer look at one of the best picture books of the year.

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I wrote about three books that might be part of the #ALAyma conversation today (knock on wood). Links in replies.

Happy Youth Media Awards day, everyone! Here's the link to the webcast (beginning at 11am ET) #ALAyma www.ala.unikron.com

Photo of an open A6 sketchbook featuring a graphite drawing of an abstract landscape. The sketchbook is surrounded by three pencils, an eraser and a blending stump

Little sketchbook landscape, but this time in graphite

#sketchbook #drawing #landscape #abstract

The Same, but Opposite: Newbery and Caldecott Medal Winners in the 21st Century Digging into the data . . .

The Same, but Opposite: Newbery and Caldecott Medal Winners in the 21st Century | 100 Scope Notes
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Ooo. Who is the most likely “to Chooch” (I submit that this should now be the official term for it)? My vote goes to… Big Enough by Regina Linke!

Hey @fuse8.bsky.social!!! Any contenders to be this year’s “Chooch Helped”? Always fun to have some surprises on awards day.

Which Publisher Has Won the Most Caldecott Medals This Century? Breaking down the Caldecott data . . .

Taking a quarter-century data deep dive today. Which publishers have dominated the Newbery and Caldecott in the last 25 years? 100scopenotes.com/2026/01/13/w...

For Some Reason They Let me Interview Questlove & S.A. Cosby??? I’m Not Questioning It

"They aren’t the cookie-cutter tweens and tweens, or cookie-cutter Black characters, or cookie-cutter parts of cookie-cutter families. They are complicated and outsiders and more admirable and loveable for it." #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/01/14/f...