What does collaboration look like?

We rarely change covers after a book is promoted. We did this time though. Judi Moreillon argued that we had missed the point when we designed a cover with a stock photo of a woman reading to children in a classroom. Why only one teacher? It’s all about the librarian being in a classroom with the classroom teacher. And she sent this picture. Well, I can’t say it won the day.

We don’t involve authors in our cover designs for a number of reasons. (Judi knows them.) I argued that she was being too literal, that the collaboration was “off-stage.” In the end, we went forward with a new cover with no photo. Judi believes teacher-librarians need to be true partners in reading instruction, in the classroom. This is what collaboration looks like. Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Maximizing Your Impact is due to be published in a couple weeks.