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Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Laëtitia Devernay, Steve Light, and Chris Sheban

h1 March 2nd, 2018 by jules


“Shade your eyes from a bright CIRCLE.”
— From Kate Riggs’ Shapes All Around,
illustrated by Laëtitia Devernay
(Click to enlarge spread)


 


— From Steve Light’s Black Bird Yellow Sun
(Click to enlarge spread)


 


“You can climb inside and there read a book.”
— From the board book edition of Jane Yolen’s What To Do With a Box,
illustrated by Chris Sheban


 

Things — that is, three brand-new picture books — are all-in-the-family over at my Kirkus column today. That is here.

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Last week, I wrote here about Kate Riggs’ Shapes All Around, illustrated by Laëtitia Devernay (Creative Editions, March 2018); Steve Light’s Black Bird Yellow Sun (Candlewick, March 2018); and the board book edition of Jane Yolen’s What To Do With a Box (Creative Editions, April 2018), illustrated by Chris Sheban.

I’ve art from each book today.

Enjoy!



 

From Shapes All Around:


 


“Rest on a SQUARE spread beneath a tree.”
(Click to enlarge spread)


 


“Watch bees buzz around HEXAGONS.”
(Click to enlarge spread)


 



 

From Black Bird Yellow Sun:


 


(Click to enlarge spread)


 



 

Details from What To Do With a Box
(board book edition):


 


“It can be a library, palace, or nook.”


 


“You can sail in that box off to Paris and back.”
(Click to enlarge)


 


“A box! A box is a wonder indeed.
The only such magic that you’ll ever need!”
(Click to enlarge)


 


Chris: “This was the first piece [for the first picture-book edition]
to see if I could draw on the cardboard surface …”


 



 

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BLACK BIRD YELLOW SUN. Copyright © 2018 by Steve Light. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.

SHAPES ALL AROUND. Text copyright © 2018 by Kate Riggs. Illustrations copyright © 2018 by Laëtitia Devernay and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Creative Editions, Mankato, MN.

WHAT TO DO WITH A BOX. Text copyright © 2016 Jane Yolen. Illustrations copyright © 2016 Chris Sheban and reproduced by permission of the illustrator and the publisher, Creative Editions, Mankato, MN.





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