7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #587: Featuring Benjamin Flouw
May 20th, 2018 by jules
looking for the next new plant to add to his collection.”
I wrote a review for BookPage of a picture book originally published in French last year — Benjamin Flouw’s The Golden Glow (Tundra, May 2018). That review is here.
I’m following up with some art from the book today. . . .
Only a few birds are awake and chirping.
Fox studies the plants and trees that line the path.
They’re all ones he’s seen before.”
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Fox sits himself down to watch the sun set.”
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THE GOLDEN GLOW. Text and illustrations copyright © 2018 by Benjamin Flouw. Translation copyright © 2018 by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Tundra Books.
Note for any new readers: 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome.
1) It’s almost school’s-out for my girls.
2) A good (if very hot) day at Tennessee’s RenFest.
3) I didn’t watch the royal wedding, but I read about it — and it was super kick’y and groundbreaking, it seems, in all kinds of wonderful ways.
4) This kick is a couple of weeks old, but: Childish Gambino.
5) A blast from the past in the mail.
6) Speaking to a big group of elementary students about picture books.
7) Work has been unusually busy, but the kick is that I’m managing to get (nearly) almost everything else done. I hope to get a breather soon.
What are YOUR kicks this week?
I love the title and those illustrations glow. Gorgeous.
Jules, almost summer vacation? I wish I could herr speak on picture books to students.
My kicks:
1. Seeing a friend for lunch.
2. Dinner and the play, Sister Act.
3. Receiving a piece of art in the mail.
4. Gardening with my daughter.
5. The Royal wedding.
6. The look on a student which I handed her a poetry response from her postcard.
7. Enjoying the school days as they wind diwn.
Have a great week.
Good morning, Imps and foxes!
Thanks for sharing your work, Benjamin. I like the colours.
Jules: Happy almost-summer to your daughters, and happy almost-break to you!
Jone: Sounds like a lot of lovely entertainment and art all around you.
My kicks from the past week:
1) Reactions
2) Shared
3) Compliation
4) Writing
5) Recitation
6) Remembering
7) Conjecturing
Happy Sunday Imps! What a gorgeous book. It makes me think of my mother, who was the big gardener and reader in our family and would’ve loved this.
Jules – yay for busy weeks and getting almost everything done. And for summer vacation coming soon.
Jone – enjoy those winding down school days, hooray for lunch with friends and diner and plays.
LW – your last three kicks sound like a powerful poetic spell.
My quick kicks:
1) Having time to post after missing a few weeks.
2) I second Childish Gambino as a kick. The video for This Is America is so so powerful.
3) Work is busy, which is always good.
4) Goodbye party for a friend moving overseas for work. Fun celebration and chance to catch up with friends I hadn’t seen in a while.
5) My mailwoman writing me a note about loving all the blooms in my front yard/garden.
6) Sunshine!
7) Daisy and her fun sweet personality reminding me to slow down and enjoy the moment.
7.5) The Royal Wedding – something about seeing 2 people so besotted with each other (and some of the other milestones associated with that union) was such a nice change of pace from some of the craziness in the world right now, and a little piece of hope for the future.
Have a wonderful week Imps!
Jone: When’s your last day?!
LW: Ooh, are you writing scripts?
Rachel: I especially love that fifth kick. How thoughtful.
I hope you all have a great week!