{"id":3587,"date":"2014-11-23T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T06:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2014-11-22T20:43:31","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T02:43:31","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-407-featuring-august-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3587","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #407: Featuring August Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Foxes, wolves, deer nest too. Forest knows waking, opening up.”<\/em>
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\nI always look forward to new picture book releases from Kentucky novelist and poet, George Ella Lyon<\/a><\/strong>. I reviewed her newest picture book, What Forest Knows<\/em> (Atheneum, November 2014), illustrated by August Hall<\/a><\/strong>, for BookPage<\/em>. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>, if you’d like to read more about it. And today I’m sharing some spreads from it. <\/p>\n

While we’re on the subject of Lyon, I’m also currently reading this wonderful book, which she wrote with J. Patrick Lewis<\/a><\/strong> and which was released by WordSong last month:
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\nThere’s more about the book here<\/a><\/strong>, including several starred reviews, and here’s<\/a><\/strong> an interview with Lyon at Sylvia Vardell’s site. <\/p>\n

Here are two more spreads from What Forest Knows<\/em>:
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“Then forest knows snow. While Earth travels round the sun
Forest knows each season, each creature, needs the others.”<\/em>
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“Sniff.<\/font><\/strong> Forest knows everything belongs.”<\/em>
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WHAT FOREST KNOWS. Copyright \u00a9 2014 by George Ella Lyon. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2014 by August Hall. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome. <\/p>\n

* * * Jules’ Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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1)<\/strong><\/font> Naomi Shihab Nye. One of my favorite writers, and this interview<\/a><\/strong> from this week is wonderful. Also, I’m excited to start her new book<\/a><\/strong>, which I just got. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> While we’re discussing Naomi, she wrote my favorite poem<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> This made me laugh:<\/p>\n