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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Stephen Savage, Lauren Tobia, & Paul O. Zelinsky

h1 September 4th, 2015 by jules


“Anna Hibiscus starts to cry. ‘Wha’ happen?’ Papa asks.
‘Everybody is busy with Double Trouble!’ cries Anna Hibiscus.
‘Nobody has time for me.'”
— From Atinuke’s Double Trouble for Anna Hibiscus!, illustrated by Lauren Tobia
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“It is the first snowfall of the year.”
— From Emily Jenkins’ Toys Meet Snow, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky


 


From Stephen Savage’s Where’s Walrus? And Penguin?
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This morning over at Kirkus, I take a look at Pamela Zagarenski’s The Whisper. That link is here.

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Last week, I wrote here about new picture books that feature the happy return of some beloved picture book protagonists, including Stephen Savage’s Where’s Walrus? And Penguin? (Scholastic, August 2015); Atinuke’s Double Trouble for Anna Hibiscus!, illustrated by Lauren Tobia and whose cover is pictured here (Kane Miller, September 2015); and Emily Jenkins’ Toys Meet Snow, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (Schwartz & Wade, September 2015).

I’ve got a bit of art from each today. Zelinsky shares some early sketches and cover sketches as well.

Also, since we’re on the subject of Lauren Tobia’s artwork, I’m adding in a couple of spreads from Fran Manushkin’s Happy in Our Skin, published by Candlewick last month.

Enjoy!


 

From Where’s Walrus? And Penguin?:


 


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From Toys Meet Snow:


 


Final art: “‘What is a sunset?’ asks Lumphy. ‘It’s strawberry syrup pouring over the world to make it sweet before nightfall,’ explains StingRay.
Plastic doesn’t say anything. She is thinking.”
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“Inside, the house is dry and warm. Outside, the tiny ballerinas have made a blanket of peace over the world. The strawberry-syrup sun has gone down.”
— The progression of a spread
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Final art: “And, yes, the world is sweet.”


 






Jacket sketches
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Final jacket


 

From Double Trouble for Anna Hibiscus!:


 


“Anna Hibiscus takes a big ripe banana. She goes to Grandmother’s mat.
Anna Hibiscus always eat breakfast with Grandmother.
But Grandmother is busy sleeping. …”
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“Anna Hibiscus is so happy now! She is going to eat ogi with Grandmother,
splash with her aunties, and play with her uncles and cousins.
But first Anna Hibiscus runs to her mother.”
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From Fran Manushkin’s Happy in Our Skin,
illustrated by Lauren Tobia:


 


“It’s delightful to hug and tickle and wrestle,
get a scratch when we itch, and hold hands and nestle.”
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“What a wonderful world! Such a hullabaloo—
with all of us in it! See the splendid view:
bouquets of people, blooming and boisterous,
brawny and thin, loving each day …”
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DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR ANNA HIBISCUS! Text copyright © 2015 by Atinuke. Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Lauren Tobia. Illustrations reproduced by permission of Lauren Tobia and the publisher, Kane Miller, Tulsa, OK.

HAPPY IN OUR SKIN. Text copyright © 2015 by Fran Manushkin. Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Lauren Tobia. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.

TOYS MEET SNOW. Text copyright © 2015 by Emily Jenkins. Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Paul O. Zelinsky. Images reproduced by permission of Paul O. Zelinsky and the publisher, Schartz & Wade Books, New York.

WHERE’S WALRUS? AND PENGUIN? copyright © 2015 by Stephen Savage. Images reproduced by permission of Stephen Savage and the publisher, Scholastic Press, New York.





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