{"id":3441,"date":"2014-06-27T07:42:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T13:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2014-06-27T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T19:29:29","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-chris-gallcarter-goodrich-christian-robinson-marc-rosenthal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3441","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Chris Gall,
Carter Goodrich, Christian Robinson, & Marc Rosenthal"},"content":{"rendered":"


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— From Carter Goodrich’s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>Mister Bud Wears the Cone<\/center>
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— Early art from Kelly DiPucchio’s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>Gaston,
illustrated by Christian Robinson<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/center>
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— From Kathi Appelt’s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>Mogie: The Heart of the House,
illustrated by Marc Rosenthal<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/center>
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— From Chris Gall’s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>Dog vs. Cat<\/center>
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\nThis morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I’m doing things very by the book. This involves Bob Staake’s<\/a><\/strong> My Pet Book<\/em>, Rilla Alexander\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> The Best Book in the World<\/em>, and Jen Bryant’s<\/a><\/strong> The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus<\/em>, illustrated by Melissa Sweet<\/a><\/strong>. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week (here<\/a><\/strong>) was all about the dogs of summer. I’m following up with art today. <\/p>\n

Enjoy.
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Christian Robinson’s Early Exploration Art
from Kelly DiPucchio’s Gaston<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Atheneum, June 2014)<\/strong><\/font>
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Cover tests<\/em><\/center>
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Laying out the story<\/em>
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Gaston sketches and design work; Final painting is how it appears in the book:
“Mrs. Poodle thought so too. The puppies grew (as puppies do). Three were no bigger than teacups. The fourth, however, continued to grow. And grow.
Until he was the size of a <\/em>teapot.”<\/center>
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Another final image: “And they were taught to walk with grace. <\/em>Never race!
Tip. Toe. Tippy-toe. WHOA!”<\/em><\/center>
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Mrs. Poodle and pups — color tests, sketches, and design work<\/em><\/center>
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Final painting for title page spread<\/em><\/center>
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Another final illustration: “‘<\/em>Oui, Oui,‘ Mrs. Poodle agreed sadly. ‘Whatever shall we do?’ Mrs. Bulldog could not come up with an answer. ‘I guess we’ll let them decide,’
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Gaston in Christian’s studio<\/em><\/center>
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Early Sketches and Final Art from Marc Rosenthal
from Kathi Appelt’s Mogie: The Heart of the House<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Atheneum, June 2014)<\/strong><\/font>
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Early sketches<\/em>
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“Three puppies signed up for Search-and-Rescue.”<\/em><\/center>
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“Four puppies were groomed for the show ring.”<\/em><\/center>
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“When he walked through the doors of the very special house, he did not notice the high-to-the-sky ceilings and large, cushy sofas. He could care less about the well-stocked library and the big, big kitchen. He barely sniffed the indoor tree house and the enormous fireplace. He completely ignored the rules. Instead Mogie
made a beeline for … Gage. ‘Arf!’ he barked.”<\/em>
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Art from Carter Goodrich’s
Mister Bud Wears the Cone<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
(Simon & Schuster, June 2014)<\/strong><\/font>
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(Click either image to see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center>
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(Click either image to see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center>
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Art from Chris Gall’s Dog vs. Cat<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
(Little, Brown, May 2014)<\/strong><\/font>
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“But neither Dog nor Cat was satisfied. One of them had to go!”<\/em>
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\nDOG VS. CAT. Copyright \u00a9 2014 by Chris Gall. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Little, Brown, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

GASTON. Copyright \u00a9 2014 by Kelly DiPucchio. Illustrations \u00a9 2014 by Christian Robinson. All images reproduced by permission of Christian Robinson.<\/em><\/p>\n

MISTER BUD WEARS THE CONE. Copyright \u00a9 2014 by Carter Goodrich. All images reproduced by permission of the publisher, Simon & Schuster, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

MOGIE: THE HEART OF THE HOUSE. Copyright \u00a9 2014 by Kathi Appelt. Illustrations \u00a9 2014 by Marc Rosenthal. All images reproduced by permission of Marc Rosenthal.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

— From Carter Goodrich’s Mister Bud Wears the Cone   — Early art from Kelly DiPucchio’s Gaston,illustrated by Christian Robinson   — From Kathi Appelt’s Mogie: The Heart of the House,illustrated by Marc Rosenthal   — From Chris Gall’s Dog vs. Cat   This morning over at Kirkus, I’m doing things very by the book. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441","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=3441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}