{"id":1943,"date":"2010-05-23T00:01:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T06:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1943"},"modified":"2010-05-23T00:02:42","modified_gmt":"2010-05-23T06:02:42","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-168-featuring-eugenie-fernandes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1943","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #168: Featuring Eugenie Fernandes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today I welcome a Canadian illustrator’s work to the blog. It’s been a while since I’ve featured these types of illustrations: For Kitten’s Spring<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Kids Can Press, February 2010), Eugenie Fernandes created the world of the curious cat of the title using clay, acrylic, and mixed-media collage. I’ve had these illustrations for a while, too, and it’s high time I featured them — before Spring sneaks away and Summer arrives in all her unrelenting glory. <\/p>\n

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This is an engaging title for the wee’est of children, all about a kitten who romps through a farmyard at Spring-time, taking in all the sights and sounds. I love to see these clay artists at work in picture books. “{T}he self-hardening-clay-and-mixed-media collage spot and full-bleed illustrations are intricate and adorably three-dimensional,” writes Kirkus<\/em>. Indeed, you want to reach out and touch them. <\/p>\n

Evidently, this is the first book in a series of four. Kitten’s Autumn<\/em> will be released in August. <\/p>\n

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Selection from <\/em>Kitten’s Spring, written and illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes, reprinted by permission of Kids Can Press Ltd., Toronto. Text and illustrations copyright ~ 2010 Eugenie Fernandes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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As a reminder, 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New folks are always welcome. <\/p>\n

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I’m keeping things brief today. I’ve been out of town to a children’s lit festival in Knoxville, and I’m simply worn out. But my kicks are all wrapped up in that. I got to see good friends and former colleagues, meet Chris Raschka<\/a><\/strong>, briefly catch up with Jack Gantos<\/a><\/strong> and hear him speak again, create a secret handshake with my friend’s punkin-head five-year-old (while hanging out with them for two days), and see how downtown Knoxville has absolutely TAKEN OFF since I last lived there. Amazing. Also amazing is how much the town clearly cares about literacy and children’s books and reading. Simply wonderful. Here are Raschka and Gantos…<\/p>\n


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…and I have to add that earlier in the week, here in Nashville, my girls and I had the opportunity to meet Jenni Holm<\/a><\/strong>. What a good week for meeting up with great minds and fun people. Lucky, lucky me to be in their presence, if only briefly. <\/p>\n

So, that’s it for now, since I’m a) worn out, as I type this, and b) burnt to a crisp. <\/p>\n

What are YOUR<\/font> kicks this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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