{"id":3661,"date":"2015-02-06T09:03:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2015-02-06T10:40:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T16:40:43","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-michael-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3661","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Michael Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“He was red.”<\/em>
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\nThis morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I write about Sean Taylor’s<\/a><\/strong> Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise<\/em>, illustrated by Jean Jullien<\/a><\/strong>, a book that makes me laugh. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Since last week (here<\/a><\/strong>), I wrote about Michael Hall’s<\/a><\/strong> Red: A Crayon’s Story<\/em>, I’ve got some art from it today. <\/p>\n

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“But he wasn’t very good at it.”<\/em>
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“Everyone seemed to have something to say. …”<\/em>
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“… he just couldn’t get the hang of it.”<\/em>
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RED: A CRAYON’S STORY. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Michael Hall. Published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, New York. Illustrations reproduced by permission of Michael Hall and HarperCollins.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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