What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Morning,
Plus What I Did Last Week,
Featuring Lynne Rae Perkins
October 5th, 2012 by jules
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This morning over at Kirkus, I write about David Ezra Stein’s Because Amelia Smiled. Ah. So good. Go read it and smile. (That link is here.)
Last week, I wrote about Esmé Raji Codell’s Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John “Appleseed” Chapman, illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins. That link is here.
Today is a bit more art from the book.
Enjoy.
and moving. But it was not always this way.”
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It is also said that he ripped books into chapters in order to circulate them between settlers. He liked to gather children and their families around him and delight them with a story time, ‘news right fresh from heaven.’
In this way, he was the frontier’s first librarian!”
SEED BY SEED: THE LEGEND AND LEGACY OF JOHN “APPLESEED” CHAPMAN. Copyright © 2012 by Esmé Raji Codell. Illustrations © 2012 by Lynne Rae Perkins. Published by Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, New York. Illustrations used with permission of the publisher.
Wow, absolutely stunning art. I’ve been meaning to buy this book, now I KNOW I’ve got to get to it!
by Janet McDonnell October 10th, 2012 at 8:44 pm