Comments on: Battle Royale

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:33:30 +0000

If you’re talking about picture books, then yes, they typically have art in place (though, believe it or not, on occasion we’ll receive picture books without finished pictures). But the older grades have their fair share of PCCs (Plain Cardstock Covers).

By: Keir

Keir — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:18:44 +0000

That’s a tough question. So many of the books I review have plain cardstock covers–I don’t see the art until much later, in bookstores. I imagine that, since you can’t really review youth books without the illustrations, the covers are in place, too, by the time you see them–correct?

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:05:42 +0000

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis is a cover I had trouble with. I’m a huge fan of the story, but the jacket image didn’t seem like a good fit. It’s interesting that the recently released paperback edition has a new cover.