What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Kaya Doi, Emily Hughes, Tim Miller,
Kazue Takahashi, and Bethan Woollvin
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illustrated by Tim Miller
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Chirri and Chirra have wonderful dreams that night.”
— From Kaya Doi’s Chirri & Chirra: The Snowy Day
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illustrated by Emily Hughes
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— From Kazue Takahashi’s Kuma-Kuma Chan’s Travels
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Over at Kirkus today, I’ve got activism on the mind.
That is here.
Last week, I wrote here about the return this Fall of some beloved picture book characters. I’m following up today with some art from those books, which include Kazue Takahashi’s Kuma-Kuma Chan’s Travels (Museyon, October 2017); Laurel Snyder’s Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy (Chronicle, October 2017), illustrated by Emily Hughes; Bethan Woollvin’s Rapunzel (Peachtree, October 2017); Julie Falatko’s Snappsy the Alligator and His Best Friend Forever (Probably) (Viking, October 2017), illustrated by Tim Miller; and Kaya Doi’s Chirri & Chirra: The Snowy Day (Enchanted Lion, October 2017).
Enjoy!
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takes a nap on the beach while listening to the waves.”
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rolls around on the ground.”
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Then his nose began to snore.”
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She was trapped there by a witch, who visited every day.”
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Everyone is doing all kinds of things.”
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They follow everyone into a passageway.”
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The ice on the buds melts and the flowers bloom.”
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is just the right temperature.”
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When they go outside, it has already stopped snowing.”
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and His Best Friend Forever (Probably):
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CHARLIE & MOUSE & GRUMPY. Text copyright © 2017 by Laurel Snyder. Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Emily Hughes. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Chronicle Books, San Francisco.
CHIRRI & CHIRRA: THE SNOWY DAY. Text and illustrations copyright © 2010 by Kay Doi. First edition, published in 2017 by Enchanted Lion Books, Brooklyn. Illustrations used by their permission.
KUMA-KUMA CHAN’S TRAVELS. © 2017 Kazue Takahashi. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Museyon, New York.
RAPUNZEL. Text and illustrations copyright © 2017 by Bethan Woollvin. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Peachtree, Atlanta.
SNAPPSY THE ALLIGATOR AND HIS BEST FRIEND FOREVER (PROBABLY). Copyright © 2017 by Julie Falatko. Illustrations © 2017 by Tim Miller. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Viking, New York.