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June 2, 2019 by Travis Jonker

‘I had to sit down, before I fell down’ Jason Chin on his award-winning book, GRAND CANYON

June 2, 2019 by Travis Jonker   Leave a Comment

Travis: I sat down with author/illustrator Jason Chin during the 2018 NCTE conference in Houston. We had a great conversation about his Caldecott and Sibert Honor-winning book, Grand Canyon.

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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