{"id":2237,"date":"2011-11-11T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T06:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2011-11-11T07:04:23","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T13:04:23","slug":"what-i%e2%80%99m-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-weekfeaturing-jules-feiffer-and-g-brian-karas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2237","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week,
Featuring Jules Feiffer and G. Brian Karas"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“Then, taking the map and rule book with him, he hopped in and,
for lack of anything better to do, drove slowly up to the tollbooth.”<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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This morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I discuss A New Year’s Reunion<\/em>, written by Yu Li-Qiong and illustrated by Zhu Cheng-Liang. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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If you missed last week’s column<\/a><\/strong>, I weighed in on Norton Juster’s<\/a><\/strong> Neville<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, illustrated by G. Brian Karas<\/a><\/strong>. I’ve got some preliminary drawings\/materials from that here this morning, thanks to Karas. They’re probably best viewed after seeing the video he made about the creation of the book, which I’ll use to kick things off below. <\/p>\n

And, since I opened up that column last week by mentioning Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, originally published in 1961 and illustrated by Jules Feiffer<\/a><\/strong>, as well as Leonard Marcus\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> outstanding annotated version<\/a><\/strong> of the book, I’ve got some illustrations from that classic children’s novel here this morning, too. <\/p>\n

First up is Neville<\/em>, followed by The Phantom Tollbooth<\/em>. Enjoy. <\/p>\n

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