What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Mary GrandPré, Patrick McDonnell, and Greg Pizzoli
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The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned his ABC’s (the Hard Way)
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Vincent Can’t Sleep: Van Gogh Paints the Night Sky,
illustrated by Mary GrandPré
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Today over at Kirkus, I’ve got colors on the mind.
That is here.
Last week, I wrote here about three picture books that won’t be on shelves till the Fall, but I like them so much that I couldn’t help myself. Today I’m following up with some art from those books, so you’ll see illustrations here from Patrick McDonnell’s The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned his ABC’s (the Hard Way) (Little, Brown, September 2017); Barb Rosenstock’s Vincent Can’t Sleep: Van Gogh Paints the Night Sky (Knopf, October 2017), illustrated by Mary GrandPré; and Mac Barnett’s I Love You Like a Pig (Balzer + Bray, September 2017), illustrated by Greg Pizzoli. Greg also shares some preliminary images below.
Enjoy!
and Learned his ABC’s (the Hard Way):
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Van Gogh Paints the Night Sky:
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is brought back to the harsh light over and over again.”
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(Early Roughs, Sketches, Etc.):
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what images would be best for each line of Mac’s text.”
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I Love You Like a Pig:
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I LOVE YOU LIKE A PIG. Copyright © 2017 by Mac Barnett. Illustrations © 2017 by Greg Pizzoli. Published by Balzer + Bray, New York. All images reproduced by permission of Greg Pizzoli.
THE LITTLE RED CAT WHO RAN AWAY AND LEARNED HIS ABC’S (THE HARD WAY). Copyright © 2017 by Patrick McDonnell. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Little, Brown, New York.
VINCENT CAN’T SLEEP: VAN GOGH PAINTS THE NIGHT SKY. Copyright © 2017 by Barb Rosenstock. Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Mary GrandPré and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Knopf, New York.