{"id":3651,"date":"2015-01-29T10:04:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T16:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3651"},"modified":"2016-01-20T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T22:16:35","slug":"seeing-carin-bergersbox-of-art-supplies-makes-me-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3651","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Carin Berger&#8217;s<br>Box of Art Supplies Makes Me Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/inprogressimage1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/inprogressimage1small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/caringberger2015post1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/carinberger2015post1small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>In-progress image and final spread: &#8220;&#8216;I wish it was spring right now,&#8217;<br \/>Maurice told Mama. &#8216;Waiting is hard,&#8217; she said. &#8216;Right now it is time to sleep.'&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click each to enlarge)<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Last week, I chatted over at <em>Kirkus<\/em> (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/finding-wonder-ifinding-springi\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>) with author-illustrator <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1572\">Carin Berger<\/a><\/strong> about her new picture book, <em>Finding Spring<\/em> (Greenwillow, January 2015). Today, as always, I&#8217;m following up with some in-progress images from Carin, as well as a few spreads from the book. Those are below. <\/p>\n<p>BUT she also visited 7-Imp over a year ago, while working on this book, to talk about it in detail <em>waaaay<\/em> before its publication. If you like <em>Finding Spring<\/em> and like Carin&#8217;s art and her books, I highly encourage you to check it out, if you haven&#8217;t seen it already. Lucky for us all, it is an art-filled post. It is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3270\">here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>And I thank Carin for sending the additional images below. Enjoy. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/inprogress3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/inprogress3small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/inprogressimage2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/inprogressimage2small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>Two more in-progress images<\/em><br \/>(Click each to enlarge)<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/carinpergerzz.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/carinbergerzzsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;Back in the den, Maurice snuggled happily against Mama.<br \/>He slept and slept and slept.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/carinbergerpost20152.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/carinbergerpost20152small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;And at last, there it was. Maurice had finally found S P R I N G!&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/01\/findingspringcover.JPG\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>FINDING SPRING. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Carin Berger. Published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, New York. All images here are reproduced by permission of Carin Berger.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In-progress image and final spread: &#8220;&#8216;I wish it was spring right now,&#8217;Maurice told Mama. &#8216;Waiting is hard,&#8217; she said. &#8216;Right now it is time to sleep.&#8217;&#8221;(Click each to enlarge) Last week, I chatted over at Kirkus (here) with author-illustrator Carin Berger about her new picture book, Finding Spring (Greenwillow, January 2015). 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