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Ashley Bryan, Illustration for Beautiful Blackbird (Atheneum). Collection of the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania. © 2023 Ashley Bryan.

The Endies! Endpaper Awards with Travis Jonker

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Join author, illustrator, and school librarian Travis Jonker for an evening celebrating this year’s best book endpapers. Jonker will share the origin of the “Endies,” present his 2025 nominees for categories such as “best before and after,” “tastiest,” and “most science-y,” and invite participants to share their own favorite endpapers.

This online program is offered in conjunction with The Carle’s current exhibition, Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpapers.

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Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an author, illustrator, and elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes about children’s literature at the blog 100 Scope Notes.

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Explore the Unsung Creativity of Endpapers

This exhibition explores the often-overlooked creativity of endpapers—the decorated pages inside a book’s covers.