What I’m Up To at Kirkus This Week, Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Tony Fucile, Ole Könnecke, and Josée Masse (And a Brief Note from Marilyn Singer)
May 3rd, 2013 by jules
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Selma G. Lanes once wrote, “If you would truly teach young children through the books they listen to or read themselves, give them a hero who is an unregenerately bad example, a rotter through and through.” At Kirkus today, I’ve got some thoughts on this, partially prompted by a picture book from Japanese author/illustrator Yoko Shima, who goes by Yokococo, called Matilda and Hans. That link is here.
Last week, I wrote here about three new sequels (of sorts) that won’t let you down. They include (as pictured above) Ole Könnecke’s Anton and the Battle (Gecko Press, January 2013); Bink & Gollie: Best Friends Forever by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee and illustrated by Tony Fucile (Candlewick, April 2013); and Marilyn Singer’s Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems (Dial, February 2013), illustrated by Josée Masse.
Below, I’ve got a bit more art from Anton and the Battle, as well as Follow Follow. Enjoy.
Finally, here’s a brief note from Marilyn Singer, pictured below, since I wanted to know what she’s working on now and what she’s up to next …
Marilyn: In the Fall, my collection of poems about our presidents, Rutherford B., Who Was He?, illustrated by John Hendrix, will be published by Disney-Hyperion.
I recently completed a book of poems about social dances—in the rhythms of the dances—and I’m currently working on a new book of reversos based on Greek myths, both for Dial/Penguin. The myths will be illustrated by the amazing Josée Masse. I can’t wait to see what she does with them!
ANTON AND THE BATTLE. First American edition published in 2013 by Gecko Press. Spreads reproduced with permission of the publisher.
BINK AND GOLLIE: BEST FRIENDS FOREVER. Text copyright © 2013 by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee. Illustrations copyright © 2013 by Tony Fucile. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.
FOLLOW FOLLOW: A BOOK OF REVERSO POEMS. Text copyright © 2013 by Marilyn Singer. Illustrations copyright © 2013 by Josée Masse. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York.
Photo credit (Ms. Singer): Sonya Sones.
Love the phrase “rotter through and through”!! That is such a great line.
Those Marilyn Singer books are a-maze-ing. Love ’em!
Anton! Bink and Gollie! I had missed those last week.
I LOVE those Marilyn Singer books. My 2nd Graders and I played guess the character and talked about differing perspectives during poetry month.
Jennifer: That is wonderful!
Thanks, all.
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