What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week,
Featuring Gilles Bachelet and Éric Veillé
March 3rd, 2017 by jules
— From Éric Veillé’s book of the same name
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She seemed quite well-mannered, except for her unpleasant tendency
to change size at the drop of a hat. …”
— From Gilles Bachelet’s Mrs. White Rabbit
This morning over at Kirkus, I’ve got the mirrors of children’s literature on my mind. That is here.
Last week, I wrote here about Éric Veillé’s My Pictures After the Storm (Gecko Press, March 2017) and Gilles Bachelet’s Mrs. White Rabbit (Eerdmans, February 2017). I’m following up with art from each book today.
Enjoy!
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nothing will do.”
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and he has to stay late quite often.”
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MRS. WHITE RABBIT. Originally published in France © Éditions du Seuil, 2012. First published in the United States in 2017 by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Illustrations reproduced by permission of Eerdmans.
MY PICTURES AFTER THE STORM. Text and illustrations by Éric Veillé © 2014 Actes Sud. English language edition © Gecko Press Ltd 2017. Illustrations reproduced by permission of Gecko Press.