{"id":2395,"date":"2012-07-27T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T06:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2395"},"modified":"2012-07-27T08:10:11","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T14:10:11","slug":"what-i%e2%80%99m-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuringthe-brothers-hilt-the-sisters-kliseand-david-mackintosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2395","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
The Brothers Hilts, The Sisters Klise,
and David Mackintosh"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“The cloud of animals roused and rushed into the night. They weren’t mice at all.
They dipped and dived and surfed the air. They squealed with delight.”<\/em>
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“My grandpa’s name is Frank. Frank lives at our house, and he’s always around.”<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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“Grammy Lamby left the next morning,
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This morning at Kirkus<\/em>, I write about Victoria Jamieson’s Olympig!<\/em> That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote about two books, The Frank Show<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, coming in August from Abrams, from British designer and illustrator David Mackintosh<\/a><\/strong>, as well as Karina Wolf’s<\/a><\/strong> The Insomniacs<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, illustrated by The Brothers Hilts<\/a><\/strong> and to be released next month from Putnam. If you want to read about them, you can head over to last week’s column<\/a><\/strong>. Here today at 7-Imp I’ve got some art from each. <\/p>\n

And, since we’re on the subject of really kickin’ grandparents (see The Frank Show<\/em>), I’m also including some art in today’s post from Kate and M. Sarah Klise’s<\/a><\/strong> Grammy Lamby and the Secret Handshake<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, released by Henry Holt in early July. (No, they don’t go by “The Sisters Klise,” but I couldn’t resist typing that up there, following the Hilts as it is. And, yes, Ben and Sean Hilt go by “The Brothers Hilts.”)<\/p>\n

Grammy Lamby<\/em> tells the story of Larry, a little lamb whose grandmother is loud, larger-than-life, and full of personality — and not ashamed of it. When she visits, Larry clams up, embarrassed by her loud singing in church and annoyed by her secret handshake. It isn’t till a huge summer storm blows through their valley home and Grammy Lamby is prompted to get to work—cleaning up, patching roofs, and repairing windows—that Larry comes to comprehend what a fully-realized bad-ass she is, indeed. This is very much like the understanding the young boy in David Mackintosh’s The Frank Show<\/em> comes to as well. <\/p>\n

I love the picture books the Klise sisters have brought readers over the years, their domestic dramas, rendered in creamy, richly-colored acrylics. Three spreads from Grammy Lamby<\/em> are featured here today. <\/p>\n

[Note for those who like the art seen here today from The Brothers Hilts: They’re going to stop by for a breakfast interview one day in the near future.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Enjoy all the art.
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“But when Mrs. Insomniac found a new job, Mother, Father, and little Mika
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“Mika wrangled her nighttime pets—an aardvark, an angel shark, a bandicoot and a small-eared zorro frisked in Mika’s room. A fennec fox lived under her bed,
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“On the way home from church, Grammy Lamby suggested they walk through the park. ‘Someday we’ll go to Tanzania,’ Grammy Lamby said. ‘Just Larry and me. Won’t that be fabulous? A trip to Tanzania for Larry and me. Fabulous! Or would we rather go to the South Seas? Tanzania or the South Seas? We’d better plan on both.”<\/em>
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“Right before the train left, Larry took Grammy Lamby’s hand and gave it four squeezes. <\/em> Squeeze. Squeeze. Squeeze. Squeeze. ‘I don’t know that handshake,’ Granny Lamby said. Larry giggled. ‘Here,’ he said. ‘I made you a present that will explain my secret handshake. But don’t open it until you get on the train.
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THE INSOMNIACS. Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Karina Wolf. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2012 by The Brothers Hilts. Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. All illustrations reproduced with permission of the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n

THE FRANK SHOW. Copyright \u00a9 2012 by David Mackintosh. Published by Abrams, New York. All illustrations reproduced with permission of the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n

GRAMMY LAMBY AND THE SECRET HANDSHAKE. Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Kate Klise. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2012 by M. Sarah Klise. Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York. All illustrations reproduced with permission of the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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