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And since Margarita also saw the release last month of Orangutanka: A Story in Poems<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Henry Holt), illustrated by Ren\u00e9e Kurilla<\/a><\/strong>, I’ve got some sketches and art from Ren\u00e9e as well. Tanka is an ancient Japanese poetry, consisting of five lines, and in this entertaining picture book, Margarita tells the story of an orangutan who refuses to nap. A great choice for National Poetry Month (this month) and an excellent writing prompt for children, Kirkus<\/em> calls it a “playful and instructive introduction to a little-known form of verse,” and School Library Journal<\/em> describes it as a “sprightly introduction to orangutans through nimble wordplay.” Ren\u00e9e’s spirited illustrations, rendered via pencil and ink and colored digitally, are alive with movement and color. <\/p>\n Enjoy the art!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DRUM DREAM GIRL. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Margarita Engle. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2015 by Rafael L\u00f3pez. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston. Images here reproduced by permission of Rafael L\u00f3pez.<\/em> <\/p>\n ORANGUTANKA. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Margarita Engle. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2015 by Ren\u00e9e Kurilla. Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York. Images here reproduced by permission of Ren\u00e9e Kurilla.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “… time for a big, floppy \/ green-leaf umbrella …”— From Margarita Engle’s Orangutanka,illustrated by Ren\u00e9e Kurilla “At carnivals, she listened \/ to the rattling beat \/ of towering \/ dancers \/ on stilts.”— From Margarita Engle’s Drum Dream Girl,illustrated by Rafael L\u00f3pez(Click to enlarge) Last week over at Kirkus, I talked here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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the drum dream girl \/ dreamed …”<\/em>
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believed that only boys \/ should play drums …”<\/em>
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secret \/ drumbeat \/ dreams.”<\/em>
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of her own footsteps \/ and the comforting pat \/ of her own heartbeat.”<\/em>
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dreamy drum rhythm \/ on tables and chairs …”<\/em>
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small <\/em>bong\u00f3 drums \/ and big, round, silvery \/ moon-bright <\/em>timbales.”<\/em>
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his great weight makes\/ low branches waltz slowly”<\/em>
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watches the dazzling fruit feast \/ and discovers butterflies”<\/em>
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sister has a chance \/ to glance down at the children \/
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