What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week,
Featuring Jay Fleck and Charise Mericle Harper
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— From Susan Hood’s Double Take! A New Look at Opposites,
illustrated by Jay Fleck
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Over at Kirkus today, I’ve got two brand-new picture books, beautiful stories about making it through the rain in more ways than one.
That is here.
Last week, I wrote here about the deep thoughts of Charise Mericle Harper’s The Good for Nothing Button! (Disney, May 2017) and Susan Hood’s Double Take! A New Look at Opposites (Candlewick), illustrated by Jay Fleck and coming to shelves in June.
I’m following up with some art from each book today.
Enjoy!
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DOUBLE TAKE! Text copyright © 2017 by Susan Hood. Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Jay Fleck. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.
THE GOOD FOR NOTHING BUTTON! Copyright © 2017 by Charise Mericle Harper. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Disney Book Group, New York.