July/August Cover Madness, Round 2!

by Summer Edward
Jun 03, 2024 | Filed in Blogs

The votes are in for the first round of July/August Cover Madness, and we move on to round 2! Pick your favorite from each group — let us know your choices in the comments! Come back next week to see which covers advance to the next round. Read the Cover Madness rules here.

 

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GROUP A

 

 

 
July 2023
art by Doug Salati		 July 2010
art by Jerry Pinkney		 July 2021
art by Michaela Goade

 

 

GROUP B

 

 

July 2020
art by Kadir Nelson		 July 2007
art by James Marshall		 July 2019
art by Sophie Blackall

 

Summer Edward

Horn Book Consulting Editor Summer Edward is a Trinidadian American author, children’s book editor, educator, K-12 literacy specialist, Caribbean children’s and YA literature advocate, and commentator on books for young readers. She holds an M.S.Ed. degree in Reading, Writing, Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania and founded Anansesem, an online magazine that for 10 years covered Caribbean children’s and YA literature. She has written for Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, The Horn Book, WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom, Literacy Daily, sx salon, KidLit TV, the Commonwealth Education Trust, Social Justice Books, and more. Learn more about her work at www.summeredward.com.

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Summer E

A. Pinkney, B. Nelson

Posted : Jun 11, 2024 03:39

Marva Hinton

A: Salati; B: Blackall

Posted : Jun 10, 2024 03:47

Elisabeth Hendricks

Pinkney and Blackall. Love them!

Posted : Jun 08, 2024 10:59

Betsy Bird

Aw. Wish Marshall wasn’t up again Nelson. I’ll have to go A. Pinkney, B. Nelson.

Posted : Jun 08, 2024 07:28

KITTY FLYNN

Goade and Nelson

Posted : Jun 06, 2024 10:24

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