{"id":2388,"date":"2012-07-17T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T06:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2012-07-21T19:39:14","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T01:39:14","slug":"one-glorious-image-of-liberation-before-breakfastand-a-quick-note-to-my-impish-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2388","title":{"rendered":"One &#8216;Glorious Image of Liberation&#8217; Before Breakfast<br>and a Quick Note to My Impish Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/HH_interior_5-forJulypost-large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/HH_interior_5-forJulypost.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Do yourself a favor and click to enlarge this spread)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Hello, dear Imps. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m busy this week working on my part of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sis.utk.edu\/best-best-2012-workshop\">this presentation<\/a><\/strong>, which will be in Knoxville this Friday. I will be speaking in the morning to a group of librarians and teachers about picture books, my favorite titles thus far in 2012. I love doing this every summer. In point of fact, I love it as much as Snoopy loves root beer:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YeGqp4E8azY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and that&#8217;s &#8217;cause how often does one get asked to talk about picture books for nearly two hours? Not often, so I look forward to this every year. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And the image opening this post? Well, speaking of 2012 picture books, that spread is from one with which I am deeply smitten, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2282\">Matthew Cordell&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1423159063\/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_g14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&#038;pf_rd_s=center-2&#038;pf_rd_r=1FAYRTJK6N8CM3TVRMZP&#038;pf_rd_t=101&#038;pf_rd_p=470938631&#038;pf_rd_i=507846\">hello! hello!<\/a><\/strong><\/em> To be clear, this one is not out yet&#8212;it&#8217;ll be released by Hyperion in October&#8212;so this is essentially a sneak-peek image. In fact, that spread from the book is what <em>Publishers Weekly<\/em> in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/978-1-4231-5906-3\">their starred review<\/a><\/strong> referred to as &#8220;a glorious image of liberation.&#8221; Indeed. This book has such a beautiful rhythm and pacing to it, but then more on that later, as I hope to post about it when it&#8217;s released. (Anyone remember in January, when <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2282\">Matt visited for a breakfast interview<\/a><\/strong>, that he actually shared this same image, as well as a few others from the book?) In the meantime, here&#8217;s the cover:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/HH_cover-forJulypost.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Back to my stack of 2012 picture books. I&#8217;ll be back on Thursday. Promise. Until then&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Spread from HELLO! HELLO! is copyright \u00a9 2012 by Matthew Cordell and used with his permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Do yourself a favor and click to enlarge this spread) Hello, dear Imps. I&#8217;m busy this week working on my part of this presentation, which will be in Knoxville this Friday. I will be speaking in the morning to a group of librarians and teachers about picture books, my favorite titles thus far in 2012. 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