What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Steve Light

h1 May 31st, 2019 by jules


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Over at Kirkus today, I’ve got K-Fai Steele’s debut as an author-illustrator.

That is here.

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Last week, I chatted here with author-illustrator Steve Light about his new board book, Mama Tiger, Tiger Cub (Candlewick, May 2019). Today here at 7-Imp, I’m following up with some art from the book, as well as a peek at some of Steve’s early sketches for the illustrations. He also shares some sample pieces from his upcoming book, A Whiskers Hollow Adventure: The Road Trip. I thank him for sharing.

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From Steve’s Sketchbooks:


 


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Another Final Spread:


 


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Two Sample Pieces from Whiskers Hollow:


 


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MAMA TIGER TIGER CUB. Copyright © 2019 by Steve Light. Illustrations above reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA. All other images reproduced by permission of Steve Light.





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

  1. Such a sweet book for the little ones, l love Steve Lights books, and am looking forward to Whiskers Hollow, such a great illustrator, story teller


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