{"id":3347,"date":"2014-03-14T08:15:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T14:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3347"},"modified":"2014-03-14T09:43:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:43:41","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-chris-van-dusen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3347","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Chris Van Dusen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“It was a pretty good plan. And so those eight great minds rolled up their sleeves,
and they yanked and they tugged.”<\/em><\/br>(Click to enlarge spread)<\/center>
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\nThis morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I have a bit of a Shel Silverstein appreciation. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about Mac Barnett’s<\/a><\/strong> newest picture book, President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath<\/em> (Candlewick, March 2014), illustrated by Chris Van Dusen<\/a><\/strong>. As a follow-up today, I have two spreads. <\/p>\n

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“‘Blast butter!’ said Taft. ‘As soon as I’m out, I’ll just need a bath.”<\/em><\/br>(Click to enlarge spread)<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nUntil Sunday …<\/p>\n

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PRESIDENT TAFT IS STUCK IN THE BATH. Text copyright \u00a9 2014 by Mac Barnett. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2014 by Chris Van Dusen. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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