Do! Judge A Book By Its Cover is a regular feature on Pop! Goes The Reader in which I pay tribute to some of the best and brightest the publishing world has to offer in the way of book cover design. This feature is inspired by Katie’s feature Cover Love on her blog One Page At A Time. The idea is being used with her gracious permission.
Some of my favourite covers this week include Aru Shah and The End Of Time by Roshani Chokshi, Copyboy by Vince Vawter, Almost Invisible by Maureen Garvie, A Whale In Paris by Daniel Presley and Claire Polders, The Turning by Emily Whitman, The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle and Counting To Perfect by Suzanne LaFleur.
Please Note: I’ve done my best to credit the designers and artists responsible for the beautiful covers below, but was unable to find this information for a number of those listed. If you know of an uncredited designer responsible for any of these book covers, please let me know and I would be happy to include proper attribution in this post. Their work is lovely and deserves to be credited.
01. Babysitting Nightmares: The Shadow Hand by Kat Shepherd (Cover design by Eileen Savage, Cover art by Rayanne Vieira)
02. Aru Shah and The End Of Time by Roshani Chokshi (Cover art by Abigail Dela Cruz)
03. The House With Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
04. A Problematic Paradox by Eliot Sappingfield (Cover design by Eileen Savage)
05. Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
06. Copyboy by Vince Vawter
07. A Side Of Sabotage by C.M. Surrisi (Cover art by Julie McLaughlin)
08. Almost Invisible by Maureen Garvie
09. A Whale In Paris by Daniel Presley and Claire Polders (Cover art by Erin McGuire)
10. The Turning by Emily Whitman (Cover art by Vashti Harrison)
11. The Lotterys More or Less by Emma Donoghue
12. The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle
13. Nightbooks by J.A. White
14. Counting To Perfect by Suzanne LaFleur
15. Full-Court Press by Elena Delle Donne
16. The Treasure of Mad Doc Magee by Elinor Teele (Cover art by Forrest Dickison)
17. The Peculiars by Kieran Larwood
18. Story Thieves: Worlds Apart by James Riley (Cover design by Laura Lyn DiSiena, Cover art by Vivienne To)
Now it’s your turn! What are some of your favourite Middle Grade covers? Did I list one of your favourites here or is there one I forgot that just has to be included? Let me know in the comments!
