Archive for May, 2019

Rowboat Watkins on Most Marshmallows

h1 Wednesday, May 8th, 2019


“They go to school most mornings …”
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I love any post with the phrase “shooting stars and gumdrop Martians.”

I’ve a review over at BookPage of Rowboat Watkins’ Most Marshmallows (Chronicle, April 2019). That is here at their site, and here at 7-Imp today, Rowboat talks about the book and making the art. I thank him for sharing.

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7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #637: Featuring The Great Indoors

h1 Sunday, May 5th, 2019



 
I’m sending you to the Horn Book’s site today for a review I wrote of Julie Falatko’s very funny The Great Indoors (Disney-Hyperion, April 2019), illustrated by Ruth Chan. The review is here.

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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Susan L. Roth

h1 Friday, May 3rd, 2019


“Where do we get our ideas? We get them from the spaces we choose for our compositions, from our chosen materials, and from the world around us.”
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Today over at Kirkus, I’ve got a poetry anthology from Shannon Bramer.

That is here.

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Last week, I wrote here about Susan L. Roth’s Birds of a Feather: Bowerbirds and Me (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House, May 2019). I’m following up today with some art from the book.

Enjoy!

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