{"id":3395,"date":"2014-05-02T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T06:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3395"},"modified":"2014-05-03T20:19:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T02:19:58","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-james-marshall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3395","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring James Marshall"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“‘My name is Viola Swamp,’ said the lady in a scratchy voice.
‘Yipes!’ cried the kids. ‘The Swamp!'”<\/em>
— From Miss Nelson Is Missing!<\/em>, originally published in 1977<\/center>
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\nYesterday over at Kirkus<\/em>, I wrote about Mark Pett’s<\/a><\/strong> newest picture book, The Girl and the Bicycle<\/em>. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>, and next week here at 7-Imp I’ll have some more art from the book. <\/p>\n

Today, I write about two very funny picture books, Katy Beebe\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> Brother Hugo and the Bear<\/em>, illustrated by S. D. Schindler<\/a><\/strong>, and Dominique Roques\u2019 Sleep Tight, Anna Banana!<\/em>, illustrated by Alexis Dormal. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. And ditto. Next week at 7-Imp, I’ll have art from both books. <\/p>\n

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Today here at 7-Imp, it’s the Swamp<\/strong><\/font>. See her up there in all her glory? Since I wrote last week (here<\/a><\/strong>) about James Marshall’s<\/a><\/strong> three stories of Miss Nelson and her evil twin, Viola Swamp (from 1977, 1982, and 1985), I’m following up with some art from The Miss Nelson Collection<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, coming from Houghton Mifflin next week. <\/p>\n

Enjoy. <\/p>\n


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“‘Miss Swamp is the meanest substitute in the whole world,’ said the big kid.
‘Nobody acts up when she’s around.’ ‘Oooh,’ said Miss Nelson’s kids.
‘She’s a real witch,’ said the big kid. ‘Oooh,’ said Miss Nelson’s kids.
‘I’ll just bet you get the Swamp!’ said the big kid.”<\/em>
— From Miss Nelson Is Back<\/em>, originally published in 1982<\/center><\/p>\n


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“Everyone was down in the dumps. Even the cafeteria ladies had lost their sparkle.”<\/em>
— From Miss Nelson Has a Field Day<\/em>, originally published in 1985<\/center><\/p>\n

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All illustrations here come from THE MISS NELSON COLLECTION. Collection copyright \u00a9 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and used with their permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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