What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Cátia Chien, Deborah Freedman, and Kevin Henkes
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Hang in the darkness. / Dazzle the night.”
— From Elaine Magliaro’s Things to Do,
illustrated by Cátia Chien
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This morning over at Kirkus, I’ve got mischief on the mind. That is here.
Last week, I wrote here at Kirkus about Elaine Magliaro’s Things to Do, illustrated by Cátia Chien (Chronicle, February 2017); Deborah Freedman’s This House, Once (Atheneum, February 2017); and Kevin Henkes’ Egg (Greenwillow, January 2017).
I’ve art from each book today, and Deborah also shares some early sketches and thumbnails, for which I thank her.
Enjoy!
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illustrated by Cátia Chien:
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Morning’s upon us. / Get ready to fly!”
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This House, Once:
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“This door was once a colossal oak tree
about three hugs around
and as high as the blue.”
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” … and cold.”
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“This house remembers.”
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EGG. Copyright © 2017 by Kevin Henkes. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Greenwillow Books, New York.
THINGS TO DO. Copyright © 2017 by Elaine Magliaro. Illustrations © 2017 by Cátia Chien. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Chronicle Books, San Francisco.
THIS HOUSE, ONCE. Copyright © 2017 by Deborah Freedman. Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York. Illustrations and preliminary images reproduced by permission of Deborah Freedman.
These are a lovely group of images to kick off my weekend. Thank you!
My pleasure!
Jules,
Thanks for highlighting Catia’s artwork for THINGS TO DO. I was indeed a most fortunate author to have her illustrate my first book. Her illustrations are gorgeous!