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7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #797: Featuring Ellen Heck

h1 Sunday, June 5th, 2022


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There’s no shortage of alphabet picture books, but be sure to make way for the distinctive and dynamic A is for Bee: An Alphabet Book in Translation (Levine Querido, June 2022) from Ellen Heck. It’s a book that (per the author’s bio) was inspired by Heck reading Lithuanian alphabet books to her son.

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The Horn Book‘s Chat with Kevin Young

h1 Thursday, June 2nd, 2022



 

Kevin Young’s Emile and the Field, illustrated by Chioma Ebinama, is the 2022 picture book I’ve been pushing on everyone who can stand to listen to me, because I love it so. Thanks to the Horn Book for letting me be a small part of a Q&A with Kevin. That chat is here.

(And here is a link to my March 7-Imp post with some spreads from the book along with a link to my Horn Book review of it.)

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Some Bones Before Breakfast

h1 Wednesday, June 1st, 2022


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Whose Bones Are Those? (Candlewick Studio, June 2022) is an Australian import, originally published in 2020, from cut paper artist Chihiro Takeuchi. And it’s an unusual and delightful sort of matching game for young readers. Here are two spreads to show you what I mean. …

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