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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Shaun Tan

h1 January 11th, 2019 by jules


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Today over at Kirkus, it’s Elvis in 3D.

That is here.

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I wrote here last week about Shaun Tan’s Cicada (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, January 2019). I’m following up with some art today.

Enjoy!



 


“Human never finish work.
Cicada always stay late. Finish work.
Nobody thank cicada.
Tok Tok Tok!”
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“Human coworker no like cicada.
Say things. Do things.
Think cicada stupid.
Tok Tok Tok!”
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Final endpapers
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CICADA. Copyright © 2019 by Shaun Tan. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, New York.





One comment to “What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Shaun Tan”

  1. Cicada in a suit! Oh my goodness!

         by Little Willow January 12th, 2019 at 6:57 pm

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