Favorite Endies of 2025

I've decided it's time to start adding in a Favorite Endies post at the end of the year! Here are my favorite endies/endpapers from the past year in no particular order. 

That's it for 2025! Have a great winter holiday season, and see you all in 2026!

Favorite Picture Books of 2025

Favorite Undies of 2025

It's end of the year list time! Today is my list of favorite undies/casewraps (a reminder that I grab my favorites that fit into a 60 second video). Later this week is my favorite picture books!

Favorite Spine Designs

You might know that a spine is the outside edge of a book where the pages are gathered and bound, but did you know that the average children's picture book spine is between a quarter of an inch and a half an inch wide? That's pretty thin for arguably the most important piece of real estate on a book! The spine is the only visible piece of a book when it's on a bookshelf, so it stands to reason that a lot of work can go into designing ones that stand out against the competition in stores and libraries. Designers have developed quite a few tricks to get their book spines noticed by readers, and below are a few of my personal favorites, broken down by design technique. 

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2025 Undies and Endies Awards: Nominations Open!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Once again I'm joining Travis Jonker and Carter Higgins for The Undies: Case Cover Awards and The Endies: Endpaper Awards!

Rules and nomination form for favorite undies are here.

Rules and nomination form for favorite endies are here.

Nominations close October 31. Good luck!!

Favorite Dual-Functioning Books

 

DUAL-FUNCTIONING BOOKS

There are some really cool books out there that go beyond being brick-and-mortar "text and illustration" books. They take things to the next level in that the physical book becomes a key part of the experience and incites its own separate experience. I have dubbed these dual-functioning books because––as the name would suggest––these books serve two functions: To be a book and to be something beyond a book. Check out some examples below!

                        

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2024 Endies Winners

And today we announce the winners of the second-ever The Endies: Endpaper Awards! Check out the winners on 100 Scope Notes here.

2024 Undies Winners

The votes have been tallied and the results are in for the annual Undies Awards! Check out the winners on 100 Scope Notes here.

Endies Awards are up tomorrow!

Favorite Picture Books of 2024

Favorite Undies of 2024

Time to show off my favorite undies/casewraps of the year! Later this week is my favorite picture books!

2024 Undies and Endies Awards: Nominations Open

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Once again I'm joining Travis Jonker and Carter Higgins for The Undies: Case Cover Awards and The Endies: Endpaper Awards!

Rules and nomination form for favorite undies are here.

Rules and nomination form for favorite endies are here.

Nominations close November 15. Good luck!!

Favorite Accessory-Dependent Books

ACCESSORY-DEPENDENT BOOKS

Accessory-dependent books are those that rely heavily on an extra tool or element for a more comprehensive reading experience. Such tools can include things like 3D glasses, sunlight, a magnifying glass, and even your surrounding environment. Sometimes the books on this list come with the tool you need, and sometimes you have to rely on your surroundings or preexisting knowledge to make the book work. Let's check out some of my favorites!

                      

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Favorite Picture Books of 2023

Favorite Undies of 2023

Happy end-of-2023! My first and second-to-last list of the year is my favorite casewraps of the past 12 months. And due to some clever editing I managed to cram 17 BOOKS into this one-minute wrap-up video!

2023 Endies Winners

And today we announce the winners of the first-ever The Endies: Endpaper Awards! Check out the winners on 100 Scope Notes here.

Front endpaper from Just One Flake by Travis Jonker

2023 Undies Winners

The votes have been tallied and the results are in for the annual Undies Awards! Check out the winners on 100 Scope Notes here.

Endies Awards are up tomorrow!

2023 Undies and Endies Awards: Nominations Open

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Once again I'm joining Travis Jonker and Carter Higgins for the The Undies: Case Cover Awards and the The Endies: Endpaper Awards!

Rules and nomination form for favorite undies are here.

Rules and nomination form for favorite endies are here.

Nominations close November 12. Good luck!!

Favorite Pinocchio Picture Books

                

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