{"id":2389,"date":"2012-07-19T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T06:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2012-07-21T19:38:52","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T01:38:52","slug":"what-i%e2%80%99m-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-weekfeaturing-hyewon-yum-dan-santatand-a-bonus-cover-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2389","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week,
Featuring Hyewon Yum, Dan Santat
(and a Bonus Cover Reveal)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>
\n

“‘Will you be okay in the big kids’ school? You’re still so little.’
‘Mom, don’t worry. I’ll be fine, I am already five!'”<\/em>
(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n

(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n

(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center>
\n
 

\nFriday at Kirkus<\/em>, I’ll have a column about David Mackintosh’s<\/a><\/strong> The Frank Show<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, as well as Karina Wolf’s<\/a><\/strong> The Insomniacs<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, illustrated by The Brothers Hilts. That link will be here<\/a><\/strong> tomorrow morning.
\n
* * *<\/center>
\n
 

\nOkay, as for this post’s title, “cover reveal” sounds mighty dramatic, but … well, it just sounded<\/em> better than “cover.”<\/p>\n

Remember when Yuyi Morales<\/a><\/strong> visited last week (that link is here<\/a><\/strong>) and mentioned her next picture book project? Here’s part of what she wrote:<\/p>\n

I just finished my book, Ni\u00f1o Wrestles the World<\/em>, and I am tremendously happy with it. This is a book with Roaring Brook Press and Neal Porter, and I couldn’t be more delighted working again with this group of artists, thinkers, [and] creative people, who are embedding into my work the richest of their talents. Ni\u00f1o<\/em> is a lucha libre<\/a><\/strong> story, filled with some of my favorite (scary) Mexican characters, and it is also a tribute to games and to my two sisters, Magaly<\/a><\/strong> and Elizabeth, who were the truest terrors of my childhood.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

The third image above is the cover, courtesy of Roaring Brook. (There’s a bit more about the book here<\/a><\/strong> at Publishers Weekly<\/em> Spring 2013 Previews.)<\/p>\n

Also pictured above (second image) is a spread from Mac Barnett’s<\/a><\/strong> Oh No! Not Again! (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History) (or at Least My History Grade)<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, illustrated by Dan Santat<\/a><\/strong> and released in June from Hyperion. Dan chatted with me last week at Kirkus<\/em> about this book, as well as some of his other upcoming illustrated books, so here’s<\/a><\/strong> the link, if you missed that and are so inclined to read it. <\/p>\n

Last but not least, the image opening this post is from Hyewon Yum’s<\/a><\/strong> Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten!<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Frances Foster\/Farrar Straus Giroux, July 2012), which I wrote about at Kirkus<\/em> last Friday. So, here’s<\/a><\/strong> all about the book, and to follow are some early dummies from the book, as well as some final illustrations (without the text), thanks to Hyewon. <\/p>\n

Enjoy. <\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n

Early dummy: “‘Mom, wake up! It’s my first day of kindergarten!'”<\/em>
(Click to enlarge slightly)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n

Final spread: “‘Mom, wake up! It’s my first day of kindergarten!'”<\/em>
(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n

Final spread: “‘Oh dear! Look at the time, you’ll be late for school.’
‘Don’t worry, Mom. We can run!'”<\/em>
(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n

Final spread (left side): “We find my classroom. The door is open.
‘Uh-oh, Mom, maybe I’m not ready for this.'”<\/em>
(Click to see full spread)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n

Final spread (right side): “Mom sighs.
‘I’m sure you’ll be fine in kindergarten,’ she says.”<\/em>
(Click to see full spread)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n

Early dummy: “When my teacher says parents should leave, Mom hugs me,
and kisses me, and hugs me, and kisses me. I say, ‘Bye.'”<\/em>
(Click to enlarge slightly)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n

Early dummy: “I hug her, and she hugs me. ‘How was school?’ she asks.
‘It’s awesome,’ I say.”<\/em>
(Click to enlarge slightly)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n


\n

(Final)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n

Cover of <\/em>Ni\u00f1o Wrestles the World used with permission of Neal Porter Books\/Roaring Brook Press.<\/em><\/p>\n

OH NO! NOT AGAIN! Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Mac Barnett. Illustration copyright \u00a9 2012 by Dan Santat. Published by Hyperion, New York. Spread reproduced with permission of Dan Santat.<\/em><\/p>\n

MOM, IT’S MY FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN! Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Hyewon Yum. Published by Frances Foster Books\/Farrar Straus Giroux, New York. All dummies and final illustrations reproduced with permission of Hyewon Yum.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“‘Will you be okay in the big kids’ school? You’re still so little.’‘Mom, don’t worry. I’ll be fine, I am already five!’”(Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge)   Friday at Kirkus, I’ll have a column about David Mackintosh’s The Frank Show, as well as Karina Wolf’s The Insomniacs, illustrated by The Brothers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-interviews","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389","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=2389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}