{"id":2384,"date":"2012-07-08T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T06:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2384"},"modified":"2012-07-10T08:01:59","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T14:01:59","slug":"7-imp%e2%80%99s-7-kicks-287-featuring-adam-rex-and-the-very-uneventful-announcement-of-a-tiny-blog-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2384","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #287: Featuring Adam Rex (and the Very Uneventful Announcement of a Tiny Blog Break)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m going to be brief today, because I may or may not be on the road or in the air or on the water, and I’m about to take a blog break for a few days, too. (If that “few days” is entirely too vague, well … this is how I roll at 7-Imp. My apologies. I mostly don’t know what I’m going to be posting about till, say, the week before; it all depends on what’s inspiring me. That said, I should be back on Wednesday. I think? Yes, let’s just say Wednesday.)<\/p>\n

I do<\/em> hope that my dear kickers come along and leave their kicks, though it may take me a while to read and respond this week. “A while” is vague, too, huh? Er, sorry? I’ll do my best. And, no matter when I read them, I know I’ll enjoy them. I always do.<\/p>\n

Today’s one lonely illustration is from Adam Rex<\/a><\/strong>. Hey, wait. I take that back. It might be alone \/ solo \/ without its Plus One illustration, but it is, indeed, not lonely — on account of how it’s radiating … well, sheer awesomeness, to be blunt about it. That’s a library I want to visit. <\/p>\n

Adam has illustrated an upcoming picture book from Neil Gaiman<\/a><\/strong>, called Chu’s Day<\/em>, which I think will be released in early 2013. You can see a sneak-peek of the cover here<\/a><\/strong> at Adam’s site. Gaiman himself writes here<\/a><\/strong> at his own blog:<\/p>\n

Chu’s Day<\/em> is the first book I’ve ever written for really little kids. Ones who cannot read. Ones who can only just walk. Those ones. I hope that they like it, or at least, that they love Adam Rex’s amazing illustrations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This image has been online<\/a><\/strong> a while, but I secured Adam’s permission to post it here today, too. <\/p>\n

Are you as eager as I am to see this one?<\/p>\n

Here’s hoping everyone has a good week. Until later … <\/p>\n

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Image is copyright \u00a9 2012 by Adam Rex and used with his permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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