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1. No Lies



Carol sent me this adorable cover and suggested I do a spread on Pinocchio jackets. As a result, this week's JacketKnack post will be eleven and a half pages long because there are soooooo many Pinocchio covers to choose from. I found dozens upon dozens of renditions of this little wooden boy. Without further ado, here's Pinocchio...


...circa 1926.


...with Robin Williams as Gepetto!


(Sterling Publishing,February 2008)

...as a pop-up book...

(Blue Ribbon Books, c1932)

...in the UK...

(Penguin UK, 2011)

and ... en francais!

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2. Tricks and Treats for Our Little Fantasy Readers

Betsy Bird of SLJ beat me to it: a Halloween picture book blog post: Halloween Picture Books: Wherefore the Style? Bravo, Betsy! I love the art, especially the postcard style cover of Ryan Heshka’s Welcome to Monster Town.

Here are some Halloween questions for our blog readers to ponder: Are fantasy book lovers born or made? Do books create the love for the subject, or does the reader choose fantasy books based on their interests? Fantasy readers, can you think of titles from your youth that may have instilled a love for fantasy? (For me, it was Anna Elizabeth Bennett’s Little Witch.)

Betsy’s blog provides great examples of traditional Halloween subjects. If those covers don’t woo little readers into the realm of fantasy, perhaps the not-so-traditional titles below will. Who can resist a goopy ghost?

The Goopy Ghost of Halloween, by V. R. Duin (BookSurge Publishing, 2009)

If monsters are a bit too scary, just remember: even monsters need haircuts…

Even Monsters Need Haircuts Walker Books for Young Readers, 2010)

…and even skeletons get hiccups.

2 Comments on Tricks and Treats for Our Little Fantasy Readers, last added: 10/20/2010
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3. The Unexpected Ordinary

Bodies, body parts, and dragons--the usual subjects of fantasy book covers. It's hard to find a fantasy book that doesn't feature a face, a person, or an illustration of the title. But, in my recent browsing through the fantasy section, a few covers caught my eye. Their jackets featured common items that I didn't necessarily expect to show up on fantasy book jackets:


A pin—so simple, yet representative of a whole fantasy world.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press, 2008)

Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple’s Pay The Piper (Starscape, 2006)

is more musical than the average fairy tale book cover.

3 Comments on The Unexpected Ordinary, last added: 7/19/2010
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