What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Julie Morstad

and eat plums and peanut butter sandwiches …”
This morning over at Kirkus, I’ve got a small picture book round-up. That is here.
Last week, I wrote here about Julie Fogliano’s first poetry collection, When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons (Neal Porter/Roaring Brook, March 2016), illustrated by Julie Morstad. Today, I’m following up with some paintings from the book, which Julie M. sent. They are sans text.
Enjoy!
one bird singing …”
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and you will find me
swimming”
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with outstretched arms, palms up and pushing forward,
treasure to the shore …”
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out of the middle of this morning …”
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on this side of winter …”
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or the way the wind moves through them …”
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is cold and alone
in a forest
slightly bored …”
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WHEN GREEN BECOMES TOMATOES: POEMS FOR ALL SEASONS. Copyright © 2016 by Julie Fogliano. Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Julie Morstad. Published by Neal Porter Books/Roaring Brook Press. Illustrations here used by permission of Julie Morstad.
These are terrific, Jules. We are big fans of her work here at our house. Nice to see these spreads without text.
Every single painting is STUNNING. I want them all on my walls. Big fan of that Julie Morstad. Thanks for this post, Jules!
Just read and LOVED this–gorgeous, playful, zen!