What I’m Up To at Kirkus This Week, Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring a Bit of Art from Maurice Sendak
February 8th, 2013 by jules
Last Friday over at Kirkus, I wrote here about two recent reissues illustrated by Maurice Sendak — Janice May Udry’s The Moon Jumpers, originally released in 1959 from HarperCollins, as well as I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild’s Pocket Book, edited by the great Iona and Peter Opie.
I Saw Esau was reissued by Candlewick Press at the end of 2012 in honor of the book’s 20th anniversary.
Pictured above is a spread from I Saw Esau.
Today at Kirkus, I weigh in on Dan Yaccarino’s newest picture book, Doug Unplugged. That link is here.
Until later …
I SAW ESAU. Text © 1992 by Iona Opie. Illustrations © 1992 by Maurice Sendak. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA, on behalf of Walker Books, London.
Julie, have you come across My Brother’s Book yet? I hope to read here or on Kirkus what you make of it–I wrote a review here: http://somethingtoreadforthetrain.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/my-brothers-book-by-maurice-sendak/
I haven’t seen it yet, but I hope to soon! I enjoyed reading what you wrote. Thanks for the heads-up.
clever illustrations by Maurice…love the giggles & great characters.