{"id":3653,"date":"2015-01-30T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T06:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2015-01-30T11:31:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T17:31:40","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-weekfeaturing-edwin-fotheringhamjuana-medina-and-stephen-savage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3653","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week,
Featuring Edwin Fotheringham,
Juana Medina, and Stephen Savage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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— From Doreen Cronin’s <\/em>Smick!, illustrated by Juana Medina<\/em><\/center>
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“Monkey screeched and turned to Duck,
‘Buddy, ol’ pal, are we in luck!'”
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— From Stephen Savage’s <\/em>Supertruck<\/em>
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\nToday over at Kirkus<\/em>, I write about the newest picture book from Michael Hall, called Red: A Crayon’s Story<\/em> (Greenwillow Books, February 2015). That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week I wrote about three new picture books, geared at very young children — Jennifer Hamburg’s<\/a><\/strong> Monkey and Duck Quack Up!<\/em>, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham<\/a><\/strong> (Scholastic, February 2015); Doreen Cronin’s<\/a><\/strong> Smick!<\/em>, illustrated by Juana Medina<\/a><\/strong> (Viking, February 2015); and Stephen Savage’s<\/a><\/strong> Supertruck (Neal Porter\/Roaring Brook, January 2015). <\/p>\n

I’ve got art and preliminary images from these books below. <\/p>\n

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Spreads from Doreen Cronin’s Smick!<\/em>,
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Early Roughs from
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Final Art from Supertruck<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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Older iterations of the title pages in
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Progression of a Spread
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\nEdwin<\/font><\/strong>: The only spread…that was changed fairly dramatically is Monkey on the boat doing activities. This began as a boat elevation cut-away that turned into spots of individual activities. There are four iterations: 1) cut-away view; 2) activities in color blocks (notice water slide and pool in right panels); 3) activities in color blocks, version two (pool becomes food buffet); and 4) final art with activities in bouncy bubbles (water slide becomes disco). In the final version, other characters (in silhouette) were added to make the cruise less like a ghost ship.
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A Bit of Final Art (Without Text) and Cover from
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“Up onstage, when it was time,
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Illustrations from Monkey and Duck Quack Up! by Jennifer Hamburg. Illustrations \u00a9 2015 by Edwin Fotheringham. Used with permission from Scholastic Press.<\/em><\/p>\n

SMICK! Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Doreen Cronin. Illustrations \u00a9 2015 by Juana Medina. Published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group, New York. Illustrations reproduced by permission of Juana Medina and the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n

SUPERTRUCK. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Stephen Savage. Published by Neal Porter Books, Roaring Brook Press, New York. All images reproduced by permission of Stephen Savage, pictured below.<\/em><\/p>\n

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