What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Wolf Erlbruch, Emily Winfield Martin, & Júlia Sardà
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— From Kyo Maclear’s The Liszts,
illustrated by Júlia Sardà
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It said: ARE YOU ME?”
— From Oren Lavie’s The Bear Who Wasn’t There:
And the Fabulous Forest, illustrated by Wolf Erlbruch
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— From Emily Winfield Martin’s The Littlest Family’s Big Day
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This week over at Kirkus, I’ve got yellow on the mind. That is here.
Last week, I wrote here about Oren Lavie’s The Bear Who Wasn’t There: And the Fabulous Forest (Black Sheep/Akashic Books, October 2016), illustrated by Wolf Erlbruch; Kyo Maclear’s The Liszts (Tundra Books, October 2016), illustrated by Júlia Sardà; and Emily Winfield Martin’s The Littlest Family’s Big Day (Random House, October 2016).
I’ve got art from each book today, and Emily even shares some early sketches, storyboards, etc. I thank her for sharing.
Enjoy!
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And lists most unusual.”
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Lists to quiet the swirl of his midnight mind.”
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most fearsome enemies. The cat did the same.”
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And the Fabulous Forest:
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but not many people know that itches scratch when they’re bears!“
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Were they alone?”
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THE BEAR WHO WASN’T THERE: AND THE FABULOUS FOREST. Words © 2014, 2016 Oren Lavie. Illustrations © 2014, 2016 Wolf Erlbruch. Originally published in 2014 in Germany by Verlag Antje Kunstmann GmbH. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Black Sheep/Akashic Books, Brooklyn.
THE LISZTS. Text copyright © 2016 by Kyo Maclear. Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Júlia Sardà. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Tundra Books, Canada.
THE LITTLEST FAMILY’S BIG DAY. Copyright © 2016 by Emily Winfield Martin. Published by Random House, New York. Art and preliminary images used by permission of Random House and Emily Winfield Martin.
Lovely