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This morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I’m highlighting two new picture books, one featuring Indian-American protagonists and another one that tells a story from Indian folklore. (In the case of the latter, two words: Gerald McDermott<\/a><\/strong>. All you gotta know, right?) That link is here<\/a><\/strong> this morning. (AND, if you’re so inclined to take a fun quiz, my QRANK quiz, all about the beloved pets of children’s lit, is up today at this link<\/a><\/strong>. Yes, there’s a Ribsy sighting!) <\/p>\n If you missed last week’s column, I wrote about Steve Voake\u2019s Daisy Dawson<\/em> early chapter-book series (Candlewick), which—as I said last week—I think flies entirely too under the radar. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n And today I share some art from the series. The cover and interior illustrations for the series are done by Canadian author and illustrator and former children’s book designer, Jessica Meserve<\/a><\/strong>. (I think some of these spreads may be slightly different from the ones in the U.S. editions of the books, since they are originally released in the UK before being released here, but that makes these spreads all the more interesting, I say. In fact, clearly these come from the UK editions, since you’ll see “wobblers” up above, though in the U.S. edition, it says, “D’you think we’ll be ready to ride the blue uppy-downy things?”)<\/p>\n That spread, by the way, is from the newest title in the series, Daisy Dawson at the Beach<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, released here in the States in April. <\/p>\n Enjoy Ms. Meserve’s art. Until later… <\/p>\n DAISY DAWSON IS ON HER WAY!. Text copyright \u00a9 2007 by Steve Voake. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2007 by Jessica Meserve. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA, on behalf of Walker Books, London.<\/p>\n DAISY DAWSON AND THE SECRET POND. Text copyright \u00a9 2009 by Steve Voake. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2009 by Jessica Meserve. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA, on behalf of Walker Books, London.<\/p>\n DAISY DAWSON AND THE BIG FREEZE. Text copyright \u00a9 2009 by Steve Voake. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2009 by Jessica Meserve. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA, on behalf of Walker Books, London.<\/p>\n DAISY DAWSON AT THE BEACH. Text copyright \u00a9 2011 by Steve Voake. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2011 by Jessica Meserve. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA, on behalf of Walker Books, London.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “‘What d’you think, Daisy? D’you think we’ll be ready to ride on the wobblers?’Daisy smiled. ‘There’s only one way to find out,’ she said.” This morning over at Kirkus, I’m highlighting two new picture books, one featuring Indian-American protagonists and another one that tells a story from Indian folklore. (In the case of the latter, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intermediate","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/daisydawson4.JPG\")
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‘Miss Frink said you were late three times last week!'”<\/em>
From book No. 1, Daisy Dawson Is on Her Way!<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (First U.S. edition, 2008)<\/center><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/daisydawson1.jpg\")
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grazing in the farmer’s field and stopped to talk to her.”<\/em>
From book No. 2, Daisy Dawson and the Secret Pond<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (First U.S. edition, 2009)<\/center><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/daisydawson2.JPG\")
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From book No. 3, Daisy Dawson and the Big Freeze<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (First U.S. edition, 2010)<\/center><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/daisydawson3.jpg\")
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