{"id":3479,"date":"2014-08-06T13:40:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T19:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2015-10-17T19:17:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T01:17:56","slug":"its-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3479","title":{"rendered":"It’s here!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I guess I failed to mention here at my very own blog yesterday that I had a book release! I blame the bunny on the left. Yes, he knows he’s in trouble. <\/p>\n

Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature<\/em>, written with Betsy Bird and the late Peter D. Sieruta, is out from Candlewick Press. If you’re at all interested in reading it, the website<\/a><\/strong> we created for the book has ordering information here<\/a><\/strong>. And we’ve been posting daily over there stories that were cut from the book. It’s been fun. I’ve enjoyed writing at that site with Betsy, though of course we wish Peter were still with us. So super bad do we wish that. (On that note, don’t miss this special event<\/a><\/strong>, if you live near Oak Park, Michigan.) <\/p>\n

Starting today, we are also sharing videos from authors and illustrators over at the Wild Things<\/em> site. They’ll be telling behind-the-scenes stories about their upcoming 2014 books. We’re doing that, because … well, Wild Things<\/em> is really a celebration of the children’s books we know and love, so this seems a fitting way to celebrate. Today’s video<\/a><\/strong> is from author N. D. Wilson, and boy howdy is it a treat (especially around moment 2:43 where N. D. quotes Beowulf’s<\/em> opening lines, which pretty much just made my week). <\/p>\n

For those of you near Nashville, I will have a book launch tomorrow night at Parnassus Books. Here’s<\/a><\/strong> the low-down. There will be wine, thanks to Dan Hutchinson at The Wine Shoppe at Green Hills<\/a><\/strong>. (I cannot WAIT to see which wine he chooses for our book — and why!)<\/p>\n

Also, I’d like to quickly add that this<\/a><\/strong> has been one of my favorite write-ups about the book. Tracy is a talented writer. <\/p>\n

Until tomorrow!<\/p>\n

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WILD THINGS!. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2014 by David Roberts. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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