{"id":3295,"date":"2014-01-09T10:21:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T16:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2014-01-23T22:58:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T04:58:07","slug":"knock-knock-my-dads-dream-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3295","title":{"rendered":"<em>KNOCK KNOCK: My Dad&#8217;s Dream for Me<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/Daniel Beaty-for blog.jpg\" style=\"float:right;\"><strong><font size=6>&#8220;<\/strong><\/font><em><strong><font color=\"#777777\">I feel books in general\u2014and children&#8217;s books, in particular\u2014should not only reflect a child&#8217;s experience, but also open other children to new worlds and perspectives. I believe we will ultimately create a more loving and humane world when we continue to expose our children at an early age to the experiences of others that may be different from them, while at the same time affirming those children who are experiencing difficult childhoods.\u201d<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Hear, hear. <\/p>\n<p>Over at <em>Kirkus<\/em> this morning, I chat with actor, singer and writer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielbeaty.com\/\">Daniel Beaty<\/a><\/strong> about <em>KNOCK KNOCK: My Dad&#8217;s Dream for Me<\/em> (Little, Brown), illustrated by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bryancollier.com\/\">Bryan Collier<\/a><\/strong> and released at the tail end of last year.  <\/p>\n<p>That is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/waiting-knock\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Next week here at 7-Imp, I&#8217;ll have some of Bryan&#8217;s art from the book.  <\/p>\n<p>Until tomorrow &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo of Mr. Beaty used with permission of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I feel books in general\u2014and children&#8217;s books, in particular\u2014should not only reflect a child&#8217;s experience, but also open other children to new worlds and perspectives. I believe we will ultimately create a more loving and humane world when we continue to expose our children at an early age to the experiences of others that may [&hellip;]<\/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-3295","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\/3295","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=3295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}