What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week, Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Greg Pizzoli, Salina Yoon, and Toni Yuly

h1 July 8th, 2016 by jules


— From Salina Yoon’s Duck, Duck, Porcupine!


 


“Cat is sleepy. He wants to nap.
Kitten is curious. She wants to play …”
— From Toni Yuly’s
Cat Nap
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— From Greg Pizzoli’s What’s an Apple?


 

Today over at Kirkus, I look at Can One Balloon Make an Elephant Fly? (coming to shelves in August from Simon & Schuster) in which Dan Richards and Jeff Newman explore what it looks like to a child when a parent stares into a cell phone. But mostly they tell an entertaining story. With floating elephants.

That is here.

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Last week I wrote here about Salina Yoon’s Duck, Duck, Porcupine! (Bloomsbury, May 2016); Toni Yuly’s Cat Nap (Feiwel & Friends, January 2016); and Marilyn Singer’s What’s an Apple? and What’s a Banana?, both illustrated by Greg Pizzoli and coming to shelves in August from Abrams.

I’ve got art from each book below, and Greg also shares some early character sketches and such.

Enjoy!



 

From Duck, Duck, Porcupine!


 


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From Cat Nap:


 


“Cat hides up high.”
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“Cat hides in the dark.”
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“Can you find Cat? Kitten can.”
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“. . . Kitten!”
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From What’s an Apple?


 


“You can drink it. You can sink it. Give your teacher one this fall!”
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“You can bob for it. Don’t sob for it—a slice will make you smile.”
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From What’s a Banana?


 


“You can tote it. You can float it. Dress like one for Halloween.”
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“You can wave it. You can crave it. Don’t forget that it’s a fruit!”
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Early Sketches from Greg Pizzoli:


 












 

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CAT NAP. Copyright © 2016 by Toni Yuly. Published by Feiwel and Friends, New York. Spreads reproduced by permission of Toni Yuly.

DUCK, DUCK, PORCUPINE! Copyright © 2016 by Salina Yoon. Spreads reproduced by permission of the publisher, Bloomsbury, New York.

WHAT’S AN APPLE? Copyright © 2016 by Marilyn Singer. Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Greg Pizzoli. Spreads reproduced by permission of the publisher, Abrams Books, New York.

WHAT’S A BANANA? Copyright © 2016 by Marilyn Singer. Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Greg Pizzoli. Spreads reproduced by permission of the publisher, Abrams Books, New York.

Preliminary images from WHAT’S AN APPLE? and WHAT’S A BANANA? reproduced by permission of Greg Pizzoli.





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