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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Oliver Jeffers

h1 October 10th, 2014 by jules


 
This morning’s Kirkus column is all about Mac Barnett’s Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, illustrated by Jon Klassen.

That link is here.

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I wrote last week (here) about Oliver Jeffers’ Once Upon an Alphabet (Philomel, October 2014).

Today, I follow up with a bit of art from it.

Enjoy.

 


 


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“How many elephants can you fit inside an envelope?”
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“The King of France / Went out for a dance /
And forgot to bring along keys.”
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ONCE UPON AN ALPHABET: SHORT STORIES FOR ALL THE LETTERS. Copyright © 2014 by Oliver Jeffers. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Philomel Books, New York.





One comment to “What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Oliver Jeffers”

  1. Oliver Jeffers doesn’t disappoint and MY WORD how great is this book?! Cannot wait to read it cover to cover. Thanks for sharing, Jules!

         by Matthew C. Winner October 11th, 2014 at 5:46 am

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