Books, Undercover

~post by Ellen, BookKids Inventory Manager

First, a little bit of terminology. The outside of a hardcover book is called the case. Often, the case is either a plain unembellished color or, as with picture books, the case will be printed with the exact same image as the one on the dust jacket, or jacket for short.

Second – and here’s where things get fun – the case doesn’t have to match the jacket. Dun-dun-dunnnnn! The artwork on the case might be an elaborate new picture, or it might be simple and subtle. There is even one book that I know of that has texture on the case (Mr. Tiger Goes Wild). I highly recommend you always take a little peek under that jacket because you never know what you might find.

Here are some books on our shelves that look good dressed or undressed, and they are all good reads, too.

Featured books:

• The Adventures of Beekle: the Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
• Have You Seen My Dragon? by Steve Light
• Aviary Wonders Inc. by Kate Samworth
• Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
• Locomotive by Brian Floca
• Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts
• The Tortoise & the Hare by Jerry Pinkney
• The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
• Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
• The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson
• West of the Moon by Margi Preus
• The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider
• The Here and Now by Ann Brashares
• Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
• Ball by Mary Sullivan
• Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts
• Mr. Wuffles! by David Weisner
• Stay Where You Are & Then Leave by John Boyne
• Tales from India by Jamila Gavin
• Me . . . Jane by Patrick McDonnell
• Game by Barry Lyga
• Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian