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February 9, 2020 by Travis Jonker

Printz Award Winner A.S. King Visits The Yarn

February 9, 2020 by Travis Jonker   Leave a Comment

Travis: If you were watching the 2020 Youth Media Awards a couple weeks ago, you know that A.S. King’s book Dig won the Printz award.

Wonder how the book came together and the inspiration behind it? King takes us behind the scenes in our latest episode.

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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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