What I Did at Kirkus Last Week,
Featuring Mehrdokht Amini, Xu Bing,
Manon Gauthier, and Sandra van Doorn
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— From Nnedi Okorafor’s Chicken in the Kitchen, illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini
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— From Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl’s Sleep Well, Siba & Siba,
illustrated by Sandra van Doorn
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An Art Puzzle Book of American & Chinese Songs,
illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
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— From Susanna Isern’s Middle Bear, illustrated by Manon Gauthier
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Last week, I wrote here at Kirkus about new picture books with an international flair, including Nnedi Okorafor’s Chicken in the Kitchen (Lantana, September 2017), illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini; Xu Bing’s Look! What Do You See?: An Art Puzzle Book of American & Chinese Songs (Viking, November 2017), illustrated by Becca Stadtlander; Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl’s Sleep Well, Siba & Saba (Lantana, October 2017), illustrated by Sandra van Doorn; and Susanna Isern’s Middle Bear (Kids Can Press, October 2017), illustrated by Manon Gauthier.
I’m following up today with some art from each book.
Enjoy!
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Anyaugo couldn’t let the chicken ruin the yam dishes in the fridge!”
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and saw some of the biggest yams she had ever seen. …”
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He was not big, but he was not small, either. …”
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fetch some willow tree bark,’ she said between sneezes. …”
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CHICKEN IN THE KITCHEN. Text © Nnedi Okorafor 2015. Illustrations © Mehrdokht Amini 2015. Illustrations used by permission of Lantana Publishing.
LOOK! WHAT DO YOU SEE?: AN ART PUZZLE BOOK OF AMERICAN & CHINESE SONGS. Calligraphy copyright © 2017 by Xu Bing. Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Becca Stadtlander. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Viking, New York.
MIDDLE BEAR. Copyright © 2015 EDICIONES LA FRAGATINA. Text © Susanna Isern. Illustrations © Manon Gauthier. English translation © 2017 Kids Can Press. Illustrations reproduced by permission of Kids Can Press, Toronto, ON.
SLEEP WELL, SIBA & SABA. Text © Nansubuga Isdahl 2017. Illustrations © Sandra van Doorn 2017. Illustrations used by permission of Lantana Publishing.