{"id":2112,"date":"2011-04-07T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T06:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2011-04-07T07:30:26","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T13:30:26","slug":"seven-questions-over-breakfast-with-sonia-lynn-sadler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2112","title":{"rendered":"Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Sonia Lynn Sadler"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cover art for Jen Cullerton Johnson’s<\/a><\/strong><\/em> Seeds of Change<\/a><\/strong> (Lee & Low, 2010)<\/em>
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Won’t you join me in welcoming to 7-Imp this morning scratchboard illustrator Sonia Lynn Sadler<\/a><\/strong>? Sonia is the recipient of the 2011 Coretta Scott King\/John Steptoe New Talent (Illustrator) Award for her illustrations in Jen Cullerton Johnson’s<\/a><\/strong> Seeds of Change<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, featured here<\/a><\/strong> at 7-Imp last August. Kirkus<\/em>, in describing this book as “{v}ibrant and accomplished,” praised Sadler’s ability to so joyfully celebrate the community spirit that the book’s subject—2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai<\/a><\/strong>, a Kenyan environmental and political activist—brought to those with whom she worked. <\/p>\n

Sonia is visiting for breakfast this morning—“a home-made veggie omelet with gouda and a cup of hot tea with lemon”<\/font> is her meal-of-choice—-to tell me what she’s working on now and to share some art from Seeds of Change<\/em>, as well as her previous titles. I’m pleased to have her here, and I hope you enjoy all the bright art she’s sharing today. She opts for tea, not coffee, but I dare say I don’t need coffee to wake me up, what with her beautiful images here this morning. Let’s get right to it (mostly ’cause I really want to talk to her, but also ’cause SHE IS BRINGING GOUDA), and I thank her for stopping by. <\/p>\n

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Jules<\/font><\/strong>: Are you an illustrator or author\/illustrator?<\/font><\/p>\n

Sonia<\/font><\/strong>: Illustrator. <\/p>\n

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Jules<\/font><\/strong>: Can you list your books-to-date?<\/font><\/p>\n

Sonia<\/font><\/strong>: <\/p>\n