{"id":2221,"date":"2011-10-14T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T06:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2011-10-14T07:10:23","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T13:10:23","slug":"what-i%e2%80%99m-doing-at-kirkus-this-week-plus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-craig-thompsonpatrick-mcdonnell-matthew-forsythe-laurapark-aaron-renier-jerry-pinkney-and-jackie-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2221","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week, Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Craig Thompson,
Patrick McDonnell, Matthew Forsythe, Laura
Park, Aaron Renier, Jerry Pinkney, and Jackie Morris"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I take a look at the new picture book from master author\/illustrator Eric Carle<\/a><\/strong>. The link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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For last week’s column<\/a><\/strong>, I discussed the brand-new Nursery Rhyme Comics<\/a><\/em><\/strong> from First Second Books, a collection of 50 rhymes as re-imagined by cartoonists. Below, I’ve got some of the cartoons from that to share. Included right is a cutting from graphic novelist Craig Thompson’s<\/a><\/strong> very entertaining re-imagining of Edward Lear’s<\/a><\/strong> “The Owl & the Pussycat<\/a><\/strong>.” <\/p>\n

Yet while we’re on the subject of nursery rhymes and songs for young children, I’m also sharing some spreads from Caldecott medalist Jerry Pinkney’s<\/a><\/strong> Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, released this month from Little, Brown, which features one chipmunk’s night-time adventure. I’m also including spreads from Jackie Morris’s<\/a><\/strong> The Cat and the Fiddle: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, published by Frances Lincoln Children’s Books in late September. Both books are beautiful. (Here<\/a><\/strong> is Kirkus’s<\/em> starred review of Pinkney’s title, which they call “sumptuous.”) <\/p>\n

Enjoy the art. <\/p>\n

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Aaron Renier’s<\/a><\/strong> rendition of “The Lion and the Unicorn”<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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(Click either image to see the entire spread from which these illustrations come)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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“When the glorious sun is set, \/ When the grass with dew is wet, \/ Then you show your little light. \/ Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. \/ Twinkle, twinkle, little star, \/
How I wonder where you are!”<\/em>
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“I Saw a Ship a-Sailing”<\/em>
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“All the Pretty Little Horses”<\/em>
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“My Black Hen” and “Cock a Doodle Doo”<\/em>
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Illustration opening the post is \u00a9 2011 by Craig Thompson.
\nIllustrations for “The Donkey” copyright \u00a9 2011 by Patrick McDonnell.
\nIllustrations for “Tweedledum and Tweedledee” copyright \u00a9 2011 by Matthew Forsythe.
\nIllustrations for “‘Croak,’ Said the Toad” copyright \u00a9 2011 by Laura Park.
\nIllustrations for “The Lion and the Unicorn” copyright \u00a9 2011 by Aaron Renier.
\nAll images published with permission of First Second Books. <\/p>\n

TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR. Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Jerry Pinkney. Published by Little Brown and Company, New York. All images reproduced by permission of publisher.<\/p>\n

THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE: A TREASURY OF NURSERY RHYMES. Copyright \u00a92011 Frances Lincoln Ltd. and Jackie Morris. Published by Frances Lincoln, London. All images reproduced by permission of publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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