Wild Side: Art from K. G. Campbell and Sydney Smith
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illustrated by Sydney Smith
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illustrated by K. G. Campbell
Last week at Kirkus, I wrote here about some wild things of children’s literature — Michelle Cuevas’s Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow (Dial, September 2017), illustrated by Sydney Smith, and Holly Grant’s Wee Sister Strange (Schwartz & Wade, September 2017), illustrated by K. G. Campbell.
I’m following up with some art today.
Enjoy!
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She drinks up the dark / Like it’s tea with the queen.”
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She inspects every snail / As a mermaid counts pearls.”
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Sister crooks her ear close / And she hears a soft voice …”
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SMOOT: A REBELLIOUS SHADOW. Copyright © 2017 by Michelle Cuevas. Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Sydney Smith. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York.
WEE SISTER STRANGE. Copyright © 2017 by Holly Grant. Illustrations copyright © 2017 by K. G. Campbell. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Schwartz & Wade Books, New York.
Love these! Such richness in Wee Sister Strange. Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of each. Thanks for bringing them here.