What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week, Plus What I Did
Last Week, Featuring Mordicai Gerstein and Sean Rubin


Don’t die, Whale! I’m doing my best!”
— From Mordicai Gerstein’s The Boy and the Whale
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Today over at Kirkus, I’ve got two new holiday picture books. That is here.
Last week, I wrote here about Mordicai Gerstein’s The Boy and the Whale (Roaring Brook, November 2017) and Sean Rubin’s Bolivar (Archaia, November 2017). I’m following up today with some art from each book.
Enjoy!

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crashed back into the sea … and out again!”
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BOLIVAR. Copyright © 2017 by Sean Rubin. Published by Archaia, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. Illustrations used by permission of Sean Rubin.
THE BOY AND THE WHALE. Copyright © 2017 by Mordicai Gerstein. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Roaring Brook Press, New York.
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