What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring April Harrison
December 28th, 2018 by jules
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Today over at Kirkus, I’ve got my 2018 Ghost File of One.
That is here.
Last week, I wrote here about the final book from the late Patricia McKissack, What Is Given from the Heart (Schwartz & Wade Books, January 2019), illustrated by April Harrison.
Today, I’m following up with some art from the book.
Enjoy!
moved to a run-down shotgun house in the Bottoms. …”
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but we made it through to the new year.”
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WHAT IS GIVEN FROM THE HEART. Text copyright © 2019 by Patricia C. McKissack. Illustrations copyright © 2019 by April Harrison and used by permission of the publisher, Schwartz & Wade Books, New York.
April Harrison’ is today’s favorite artist. I LOVE, love, love that semi-naive, mixed media style. So very expressive!
Oh my gawd. Like stained glass. And those compositions! What glorious work!
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