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July 14, 2021 by Travis Jonker

Jon Klassen Returns! THE ROCK FROM THE SKY Unraveled

July 14, 2021 by Travis Jonker   Leave a Comment

Travis: Jon Klassen’s latest book, The Rock From the Sky, is one of the most gloriously, astonishingly unconventional picture books of 2021. So it was a lot of fun to talk with Jon about how the book came to be.

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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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