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Friday, June 10, 2016 8:55:58 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,Plus What I Did Last Week,Featuring Yasmeen Ismail and Qin Leng:
Seventhings said, "“… but I’m sweet and sour, not a little flower!”— From Yasmeen Ismail’s I’m a Girl!(Click to enlarge spread) “‘One of my dads is tall and one is short. They both give good..." more
Thursday, June 9, 2016 9:30:19 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled Mischief with Marciano:
Seventhings said, "“Over pie and coffee, I pitched Sophie a couple ideas. One was nothing more than a setting—a small city in southern Italy I had visited a dozen years earlier. The thing about Benevento is that it was totally infested with witches of all..." more
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 2:11:50 PM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled Father’s Day at Slate:
Seventhings said, " I joined a few other children’s lit colleagues over at Slate Magazine to discuss children’s books that celebrate fatherhood. Click on the image above to see the gallery of titles. Until tomorrow …"
Sunday, June 5, 2016 12:37:22 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #486: Featuring Lisa Brown:
Seventhings said, "“Inside the airport you stand in lines.You stand in lines to get your ticket. You stand in lines to check your bags.There are lines for the restrooms. There are lines to go through security.”(Click to enlarge spread) Arriving just..." more
Thursday, June 2, 2016 11:51:05 PM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Faith Ringgold:
Seventhings said, "“We are ALL Americans,Just the same.”(Click to enlarge spread) This morning at Kirkus, I have two new picture books (well, both are forthcoming, one sooner than the other) all about defying labels. That will be here soon. * * *..." more
Thursday, June 2, 2016 8:47:08 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled The Rabbit hOle, the world’s first ExploraStorium:
Seventhings said, " By now, you may have already read about The Rabbit hOle, the ambitious new project from the owners of Reading Reptile, a children’s bookstore in Kansas City, Missouri. The video above is a great introduction to the project, and not just..." more
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 12:29:22 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled Meeting Your Match:
Seventhings said, " Here’s a quick post to show off the artwork of Dutch illustrator Martijn van der Linden, who illustrated Maranke Rinck’s The Other Rabbit (Lemniscaat). I believe this book was released here in the States last Fall (and it may have..." more
Saturday, May 28, 2016 11:48:28 PM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #485: Featuring Alexis Deacon:
Seventhings said, " I’ve got some art today from author-illustrator Alexis Deacon’s first graphic novel, Geis: A Matter of Life & Death. (“Geis,” a Gaelic word for a taboo or curse, is pronounced gesh.) It will be on bookshelves in..." more
Friday, May 27, 2016 6:06:15 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week, Plus What IDid Last Week, Featuring Too Many Artists to List Here:
Seventhings said, " Today at Kirkus, I’ve got something a bit different — a thank-you to teachers who read aloud in the classroom. That is here. * * * Last week, I wrote a Fall Picture Book preview (that is here), so today I’ve got a bit of art..." more
Thursday, May 26, 2016 8:16:09 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled My Q&A with Faith Ringgold:
Seventhings said, "“I do love the creativity and energy of children. My foundation, the Anyone Can Fly Foundation, is devoted to teaching children about the African American artists that have been left out of the historical canon.” * * * Over at Kirkus today,..." more
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 7:22:46 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled A Child of Books:
Seventhings said, " Arriving on bookshelves in September (Candlewick) will be Oliver Jeffers’s and Sam Winston’s A Child of Books, and today I’ve got a little sneak peek. First, they have created one of those newfangled book trailer dealios (to..." more
Sunday, May 22, 2016 12:23:24 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #484: Featuring Tarō Gomi:
Seventhings said, "“Is someone standing looking over the ocean … just like I am doing now?”(Click to enlarge spread) I’ve got a review over at BookPage of Tarō Gomi’s Over the Ocean, originally published in 1979. If you’d..." more
Thursday, May 19, 2016 11:15:40 PM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Sergio Ruzzier:
Seventhings said, "(Click each to enlarge) This morning over at Kirkus, I have a sort of Fall 2016 Picture Book Preview. That will be here soon. * * * Pictured above is my favorite spread from Sergio Ruzzier’s newest picture book, This Is Not a Picture..." more
Thursday, May 19, 2016 7:51:05 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled A Peek into Denise Fleming’s Studio:
Seventhings said, " Pictured here is a gelatin print from author-illustrator Denise Fleming. She’s experimenting, while working on some new books. Since she chatted with me last week at Kirkus (here) about her latest picture book, Maggie and Michael Get..." more
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 12:30:59 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled Harold’s Hungry Eyes:
Seventhings said, "I always like to see the work of Kevin Waldron. His newest picture book, Harold’s Hungry Eyes (Phaidon Press, May 2016) is funny stuff. It’s the tale of a hungry dog, living in the city, who is “insatiably hungry. All of the..." more
Saturday, May 14, 2016 11:06:40 PM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #483:Featuring Jeffery Boston Weatherford:
Seventhings said, "” … Of more than 400,000 pilots trained / by the CPTP, only 2,000 are black; / less than half of a percent. / Yet 2,000 dreams of flight / are finally off the ground.” Today I’ve got a bit of art from Carole Boston..." more
Friday, May 13, 2016 9:36:25 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,Plus What I Did Last Week, FeaturingPeter Brown, Milan Pavlovic, and Jillian Tamaki:
Seventhings said, "“There was only one place Brightbill could have gone. The robot gravesite.So Roz galloped northward.”— From Peter Brown’s The Wild Robot “‘He’s here!’ she yelled, and ran outside. The moment her..." more
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 11:56:27 PM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled My Kirkus Q&A with Denise Fleming:
Seventhings said, "“I am pretty much the same person I was at age 4 or 5. I like the same things. I am still bossy and messy. Animals were my best friends then — and now. Still like to make things using bright colors. Abhor bedtime. Peanut butter, pickles,..." more
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 11:38:41 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled The Best Thing You’ll Read All Day:
Seventhings said, "Click the image below for some wise words from author-illustrator Sergio Ruzzier. Thanks, Sergio and the Nerdy Book Club. "
Saturday, May 7, 2016 11:58:37 PM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #482: Featuring Isol:
Seventhings said, "(Click to enlarge) Hello, dear kickers. I’ve got an alphabet book today, one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. It’s from Argentine author-illustrator Isol, who won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2013. Daytime..." more
Thursday, May 5, 2016 11:48:22 PM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,Plus What I Did Last Week, FeaturingIrene Dickson, Emily Gravett, and Kazue Takahashi:
Seventhings said, "— From Kuma-Kuma Chan’s Home:“I walk into his home.It smells slightly of bear.”(Click to enlarge) — From Bear & Hare—Where’s Bear?:“There!”(Click to enlarge) — From Blocks:Note:..." more
Thursday, May 5, 2016 8:58:16 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled Throwback Thursday:
Seventhings said, "From Do You See What I See? —“Up and down lines pull me up, up, up with them, until I feel as tall as a steeple and as taut as a stretched rubber band. I think of lofty trees, a lighthouse rising above the sea, a rocket soaring high into..." more
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 11:42:47 PM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled Lane Smith’s There Is a Tribe of Kids:
Seventhings said, " One of my favorite picture books of 2016 thus far is Lane Smith’s There Is a Tribe of Kids (Roaring Brook, May 2016). I’ve got a review of it over at BookPage. That is here. Today, Lane shares some early studies and sketches, as..." more
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 7:25:51 AM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Brianne Farley:
Seventhings said, " Several weeks ago at Kirkus, I wrote here about Brianne Farley’s new picture book, Secret Tree Fort, published by Candlewick just last month. When I write about picture books over at Kirkus, I always like to follow up with art about a..." more
Saturday, June 11, 2016 11:57:58 PM
Seventhings Eisha & Jules wrote a blog post titled 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #487: Featuring Lynn Rae Perkins:
Seventhings said, "Good morning, dear Imps! I’ve got a review over at BookPage of Lynne Rae Perkins’s Frank and Lucky Get Schooled (Greenwillow, June 2016), which is such an excellent picture book. Normally, I like to link to these reviews from here at..." more