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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Ximo Abadia, Micha Archer, and Hadley Hooper

h1 May 24th, 2019 by jules


— From Ximo Abadia’s The Farmer
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— From Micha Archer’s Daniel’s Good Day
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— From Jan Greenberg’s and Sandra Jordan’s Two Brothers, Four Hands:
The Artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti, illustrated by Hadley Hooper
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Over at Kirkus today, Steve Light talks to me about making board books.

That is here.

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Last week, I wrote here about Micha Archer’s Daniel’s Good Day (Nancy Paulsen Books, May 2019); Jan Greenberg’s and Sandra Jordan’s Two Brothers, Four Hands: The Artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti (Neal Porter Books, April 2019), illustrated by Hadley Hooper; and Ximo Abadia’s The Farmer (Holiday House, March 2019). I’m following up today with art from each book.

Enjoy!



 

From The Farmer:


 


“Every day, Paul watches, inspects, checks.”
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From Daniel’s Good Day:


 



 


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“The babies are sleeping. The couple sits on a shady bench.
Lots of people seem to be having a good day everywhere!”
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“‘There was a clear sky, a steady wind, a shady bench, a long nap (but not for me!) pleases and thank-yous, bees on flowers (but not at a birthday picnic!) wagging tails, busy sidewalks, friendly faces, hugs from Grandma — and from you.'”
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From Two Brothers, Four Hands:


 


” … They pass through burning towns, the air leaden with metal-gray smoke.”
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” … He walks the city streetes and marvels at the skyscrapers.”
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DANIEL’S GOOD DAY. Copyright © 2019 Micha Archer. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House, New York.

THE FARMER. Originally published in French as LE POTAGER. Copyright © 2017 Editions La Joie de lire S.A. First published in the U.S. in 2019 by Holiday House, New York. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher.

TWO BROTHERS, FOUR HANDS: THE ARTISTS ALBERTO AND DIEGO GIACOMETTI. Text copyright © 2019 by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. Illustrations © 2019 by Hadley Hooper and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Neal Porter Books/Holiday House, New York.





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