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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Liz Anelli, Marianne Dubuc, and Oge Mora

h1 October 12th, 2018 by jules


— From Ross Watkins’s Dad’s Camera, illustrated by Liz Anelli


 


— From Marianne Dubuc’s Up the Mountain Path


 


“… And so Omu spooned out some thick red stew from the big fat pot
for her nice evening meal.”
— From Oge Mora’s Thank You, Omu!
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Over at Kirkus today, I’ve a chat with author-illustrator Carin Berger about the Pen and Ink Brigade and their new initiative, the Blue Wave Project.

That is here.

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Last week, I wrote here about Marianne Dubuc’s Up the Mountain Path (Princeton Architectural Press, October 2018); Oge Mora’s Thank You, Omu! (Little, Brown, October 2018); and Ross Watkins’s Dad’s Camera (Candlewick, October 2018), illustrated by Liz Anelli.

I’m following up with art from each book today.

Enjoy!



 

From Thank You, Omu!


 


“On the corner of First Street and Long Street, on the very top floor, Omu was
cooking a thick red stew in a big fat pot for a nice evening meal. …”
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“‘Thank you, Omu!’ the hot dog vendor said, and went on his way.”
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“… Everyone who had knocked on Omu’s door what day squeezed inside
her tiny apartment, and together they ate, danced, and celebrated.”
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From Dad’s Camera:


 


“He said nothing about it, though. He just took the camera from its box, put it to his eye, and walked into his study. My study is my brain, he always said. Dad had his ways.”
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“We took out the camera, walked into his study, and placed it on his desk. He should be here, Mom said. But then, by the afternoon light of the window, in the space he left behind, we noticed that there was still film inside the camera.”
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From Up the Mountain Path:


 



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“On this sunlit Sunday, Mrs. Badger has a companion on the trail.
‘Careful, it’s slippery!'”
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“‘What will we see up there?’ The world!”
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“‘Isn’t it wonderful?’ Lulu doesn’t say a word.
She’s on top of the world.”
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“‘It’s wonderful!'”
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DAD’S CAMERA. Text copyright © 2016 by Ross Watkins. Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Liz Anelli. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.

THANK YOU, OMU! Copyright © 2018 by Oge Mora. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Little, Brown and Company, New York.

UP THE MOUNTAIN PATH. Text and illustrations copyright © 2017 Marianne Dubuc. English edition © 2018 Princeton Architectural Press. Illustrations used by their permission.





One comment to “What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Liz Anelli, Marianne Dubuc, and Oge Mora”

  1. I so love Omu’s cheeks. The landscape of the mountain is just… gorgeous. I can truly imagine the vistas in coffee table book form. Really some pretty illustration – and this is why picture books are a whole-family experience!

         by tanita October 17th, 2018 at 11:28 am

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