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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Francesca Sanna

h1 September 9th, 2016 by jules


“I live with my family in a city close to the sea. Every summer we used to spend many weekends at the beach. But we never go there anymore, because last year,
our lives changed forever …”
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This morning over at Kirkus, I’ve got Beatrix Potter on the mind. That is here.

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Since I wrote here last week about Francesca Sanna’s The Journey (Flying Eye Books, September 2016), I am following up with some art from it today.

[Please note: Some of the colors in these illustrations are a bit off when you enlarge them, but I did my best.]



 


“‘What is this place?’ we ask our mother. ‘It is a safe place,’ she tells us.
‘And where is this place?’ we ask again.”
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“We leave at night to avoid being seen …
and keep moving for many days.”
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“The further we go …
the more we leave behind.”
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“In the darkness the noises of the forest scare me.”
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“But mother is with us and she is never scared.
We close our eyes and finally fall asleep.”
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THE JOURNEY. All characters, illustrations and text © Francesca Sanna 2016. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Flying Eye Books.





One comment to “What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Francesca Sanna”

  1. Oh my goodness. How brave, and how beautiful. Can’t wait to get my paws on a copy of this.

         by Amanda Moeckel September 17th, 2016 at 12:27 pm

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