{"id":2412,"date":"2012-08-24T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T06:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2013-02-20T08:02:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T14:02:56","slug":"what-i%e2%80%99m-doing-at-kirkus-todayplus-what-i-did-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2412","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> Today, Plus What I Did Last Week: Featuring Kickin’ National Geographic Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“The white egret \/ marks time \/ on \/ one \/ leg \/ then \/ the \/ other.”<\/em>
(Click to enlarge spread; photograph of egret is by Cheryl Molennor<\/a><\/strong>)<\/center><\/p>\n


 

\nThis morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I’ve got a Q&A with author, professor, and blogger Philip Nel<\/a><\/strong>, and I ask him about his latest book, Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children’s Literature<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>, and next week I’ll follow that up here at 7-Imp with some images from the book (as well as Philip’s interview in its entirety). <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote about the National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, to be released in September and edited by Children’s Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis<\/a><\/strong>. That column is here<\/a><\/strong>. This is such a beautiful book. You don’t want to miss it. Today I’ve got several spreads from it. <\/p>\n

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“A threatening cloud, plumped fat and gray \/ Snorts a thunder, rains a spray …”<\/em>
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“A book of summer is the butterfly: \/ The print is small and hard to read …”<\/em>
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“The cow \/ Coming \/ Across the grass \/ Moves \/ Like a mountain \/ Toward us …”<\/em>
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Bonus: If you’d like to see more photographs straight from the book, as well as a poem written (and read) by J. Patrick Lewis, you might be interested in this trailer for the book:<\/p>\n