{"id":3241,"date":"2013-10-25T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T06:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3241"},"modified":"2013-10-25T05:26:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T11:26:28","slug":"what-im-up-to-at-kirkus-todayplus-what-i-did-last-weekfeaturing-nancy-carpenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3241","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Up To at Kirkus<\/em> Today,
Plus What I Did Last Week,
Featuring Nancy Carpenter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“On sunny days he lay back in it, closed his eyes,
and listened to the lake water whispering its secrets.”<\/em><\/br>(Click to enlarge)<\/center>
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\nHave you seen Jonathan Bean’s<\/a><\/strong> newest picture book, Big Snow<\/em>? My, it’s good. This morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I write about it. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I weighed in on Eve Bunting’s<\/a><\/strong> newest picture book, Big Bear’s Big Boat<\/em>, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Below is some more art from that book. <\/p>\n

Enjoy. <\/p>\n

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“He worked hard, and soon his big boat was finished.
‘You are just what I dreamed you would be,’ he told it fondly.”<\/em><\/br>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><\/p>\n

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“So he made a cabin and perched it on his big boat. Then he stepped back and looked. ‘Oh,’ he said. ‘What an ugly big boat I’ve made. The mast leans over,
the deck slants, and the cabin is higgledy-piggledy.”<\/em><\/br>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><\/p>\n

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BIG BEAR’S BIG BOAT. Copyright \u00a9 2013 by Eve Bunting. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2013 by Nancy Carpenter. Published by Clarion Books, Boston. Illustration reproduced by permission of the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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