What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week,
Featuring Larry Day and Stephen Michael King

h1 December 7th, 2018 by jules


— From Jeff Newman’s Found, illustrated by Larry Day
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— From Glenda Millard’s Pea Pod Lullaby, illustrated by Stephen Michael King
 

Over at Kirkus today, I write about my favorite holiday picture book this year.

That is here.

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Last week, I wrote here about Jeff Newman’s Found (Simon & Schuster, November 2018), illustrated by Larry Day, as well as Glenda Millard’s Pea Pod Lullaby (Candlewick, December 2018), illustrated by Stephen Michael King.

I’m following up with art from these two books today. Larry also visits to share early thumbnail images, sketches, etc. from Found.

Enjoy!



 

Original Thumbnail Sketches from Found:


 



 


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Early Rough Pencil Sketches from Found:


 



 


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Bed Sequence from Found:


 



 


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Color Thumbnails from Found:


 



 



 


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Some Final Art from Found:


 


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From Pea Pod Lullaby:


 



“shelter me”
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“I am the sapphire night / you are the lantern moon / light me”
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FOUND. Text copyright © 2018 by Jeff Newman. Illustrations copyright © 2018 by Larry Day. Preliminary images used by permission of Larry Day. Final illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York.

PEA POD LULLABY. Text copyright © 2017 by Glenda Millard. Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Stephen Michael King. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.





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