What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week,
Featuring Nicole Gsell and Mark Pett
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— From Marilyn Grohoske Evans’ Spit & Sticks: A Chimney Full of Swifts,
illustrated by Nicole Gsell
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This morning over at Kirkus I write about Tom Angleberger’s new picture book, McToad Mows Tiny Island (Abrams, September 2015), illustrated by John Hendrix. That is here.
Last week, I wrote here about Mark Pett’s Lizard from the Park (Simon & Schuster, September 2015), as well as Marilyn Grohoske Evans’ Spit & Sticks: A Chimney Full of Swifts, illustrated by Nicole Gsell (Charlesbridge, September 2015), so I’ve got art from each book today.
Enjoy!
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Not only did buster keep growing and growing and growing,
but he seemed to be enjoying himself less and less.”
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A Chimney Full of Swifts:
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LIZARD FROM THE PARK. Copyright © 2015 by Mark Pett. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Simon & Schuster, New York.
SPIT & STICKS: A CHIMNEY FULL OF SWIFTS. Copyright © 2015 by Marilyn Grohoske Evans. Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Nicole Gsell and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Charlesbridge, Watertown, MA.