7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #448: Featuring Kevin Henkes
September 6th, 2015 by jules
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I’ve got a review over at BookPage of Kevin Henkes’ newest picture book, Waiting (Greenwillow, September 2015).
This is one of the best picture books I’ve seen this year. I said this the other day about Mac Barnett’s Leo: A Ghost Story, illustrated by Christian Robinson. My, so many superlatives in one week, but they are both excellent books.
I know that on the first Sunday of each month at 7-Imp, I feature student illustrators, but I gotta take a break today to show you Henkes’ superb artwork.
The Waiting review is here, and below is a bit more art.
Enjoy.
WAITING. Copyright © 2015 by Kevin Henkes. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Greenwillow Books, New York.
Note for any new readers: 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome.
1) Birthday weekends (in the family) and cake.
2) Meeting my friends’ newborn.
3) My uncle is in town!
4) It was lovely to chat with KidLit TV.
5) This Tuesday. COLBERT!
6) Good advice.
What are YOUR kicks this week?
Good morning, Imps! Happy September!
Jules: Enjoy visiting. 🙂
My kicks for the past week:
1) Insisted
2) Persisted
3) Assisted
4) Proved
5) Improved
6) Presented
7) Celebrated
I have been waiting, not so patiently, for Waiting. I need to catch up and take in your chat at KidLit TV Jules.
Here’s to celebrating Little Willow.
My kicks for the week:
1. Kind people
2. Good friends
3. Rain
4. Good fortune
5. New books in the mail
6 and 7 The love of Xena
Have a wonderful week.
I just got my copy of Waiting. So. Much. To. Love. on so many levels. Have to check out Mac Barnett’s book.
Jules, I agree, COLBERT! I do need to DVR.
LW: Celebrations are always great.
My kicks:
1. CYBILS panels are shaping up. Still time to sign up. Deadline Wed.
2. Good feedback from PitchWars.
3. Won a first chapter critique.
4. Slowly but surely the unpacking is happening.
5. Coleridge weather.
6. School. My 42nd year.
7. My copy of Waiting.
Have a great week.
Jules – hooray for cake and relatives and Colbert! Wildchild is rockin!
LW – Kicks 2 & 4 are awesome and I hope part of the reason for kick 7!
Margie – kind people, good friends, good fortune and Xena sounds like a wonderful week.
Jone – Congratulations on your 42nd year at school! Wow. And yay for continued unpacking.
My kicks this week:
1) A fun pinball competition with a new friend. I won, and the rematch is coming soon.
2) Trying a new New Orleans-style diner in town.
3) Got the Amazon firestick. Slowly getting ready to cut the cable cord.
4) New work connections.
5) Fresh flowers.
6) Cocktails & sunset watching at a new (to me) bar with a good friend. He just went through a sad breakup and is still one of the most positive happy hopeful people I know.
7) Football season!
Have a great week everyone!
Rachel where the NOLA style diner?
Jone – it’s in NE – called Bywater Grocery – it’s part of The Zipper on Sandy. http://www.bywatergrocery.com/
Great po-boys – really big shrimp and very stuffed!
Sorry I’m late, you all.
Little Willow: Party down.
Margie: Hugs to Xena. As always.
Jone: Happy 42 years. WOW!
Rachel: What a good week you had. I’ll have to look up what an Amazon firestick is.
Have a good week, everyone!
I stumbled across your 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks accidentally while reading about Kevin Henkes Waiting. It made me happy just reading these (and intrigued!). Can anyone join in the fun? Curious, but interested too.
Absolutely, Kimberly! What I noted in this post and what I note every single week:
“Note for any new readers: 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome.”