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Libraries, like many other cultural institutions, have to get really creative nowadays to remind people that they still exist under all these lockdowns. One of the fresher trends on social media is the #BookCoverChallenge sweeping over Twitter. The mechanics of it are simple: people try to recreate book cover images submitted by libraries or from their own resources using what they have in their home.

From jabs at the quarantine toilet paper craze, to the more weird submissions, to the innocent and naive attempts of children, this challenge has delivered for sure. The underlying pattern that we see here is that children's books, or children's attempts with children's books, to be more precise, were definitely the most popular and most frequent. Perhaps it's because children are more perceptive to creative tasks, or perhaps it's the fact that parents have a unique opportunity to bond with their children. Or maybe there's just nothing to do at home.

In either case, the results are wholesome and completely positive—the longer you look, the more they make you smile. What are your thoughts, Pandas? Maybe you saw a book that you like yourself, or maybe you remembered your reading list or your debt to the local library? Share with us in the comments below.

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    i am reading dune no spoilers

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't remember it. Is it the one where everyone dies at the end or is it the one where the other stuff happens?

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    Marnie
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have this book with this cover art. One of the best books ever written. One of the worst covers ever drawn. The Emperor was not made of bricks. The recreation is brilliant - gave me quite a good chuckle.

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her dress is a paper bag? Any explanation?

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A dragon attacks the princess' castle and kidnaps her fiance. All of her dresses were burned and the only thing left in good condition was a paper bag.

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    Boop
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My favorite book as a kid! I still love it

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, where did they get a paper grocery bag from? I haven't seen one of those in years.

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Woah, the painting on that dragon is amazing!

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "To go or not to go, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler to use the last of the loo roll or suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous hoarders..."

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If only he had titled his cover "toilet" for extra pun.

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a popular potty-training book for young children in Japan before it oddly became a best-seller in other parts of the world. I mean the title alone is odd enough to peak someone's interest.

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    Called Where's Waldo in North America

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    Nowadays, you can find Waldo anywhere you look.

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    Wait, isn't it "where's Waldo"? It it different in other english-speaking countries?

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, I've seen this in the children's section of the library when I used to volunteer there! It's one of the newer ones, but I've sorta wanted to read it just for fun.(too late, I guess)

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    Awesome! Well done : )

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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try, people, try. Mad elephants are bad news.

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    Candace Sunlight
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought this was about how to become Michelle Obama. Only now do I realize that the title is "Becoming" and it's by Michelle Obama! XD lol

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    :0 Boys can't play with dolls!!! (just kidding, I'm not stupid. Boys and girls can play with whatever they want)

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    "Illustrated by Quentin Blake". Illustrators like this were the bane of my childhood entertainment. I have never found these sloppy kind of pictures pretty and I never understood why kids cannot get nice art.

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    Perhaps it's done to be more "relatable" to the kids as if it's a drawing that is on a similar level with theirs. But it's just an assumption.

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    So have I. I've read everything on this list and own 99% of them. Your point?

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    sigh yes i thought it would get run over that's why i read it

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