{"id":3718,"date":"2015-04-10T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3718"},"modified":"2015-04-11T20:04:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T02:04:54","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-weekfeaturing-marianne-dubuc-and-gillian-tyler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3718","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at <em>Kirkus<\/em> This Week,<br \/>Plus What I Did Last Week,<br \/>Featuring Marianne Dubuc and Gillian Tyler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/THE BUS IS FOR US_16-17-2large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/THE BUS IS FOR US_16-17-2small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8212; Spread from Michael Rosen&#8217;s <\/em>The Bus Is for Us!<em>,<br \/>illustrated by Gillian Tyler<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/The Bus Ride_Spread1large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/The Bus Ride_Spread1small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;This is the first time I&#8217;m taking the bus by myself.&#8221;<br \/>&#8212; Spread from Marianne Dubuc&#8217;s <\/em>The Bus Ride<br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nThis morning over at <em>Kirkus<\/em>, I write about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eve_Bunting\">Eve Bunting&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em>Yard Sale<\/em>, illustrated by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1232\">Lauren Castillo<\/a><\/strong>. That is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/letting-go-hard-do\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Since I wrote <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/take-spin-these-picture-books\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> last week about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelrosen.co.uk\/\">Michael Rosen&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em>The Bus Is for Us!<\/em> (Candlewick, April 2014), illustrated by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilliantyler.co.uk\/\">Gillian Tyler<\/a><\/strong>, as well as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariannedubuc.com\/Marianne_Dubuc_Illustratrice\/ACCUEIL.html\">Marianne Dubuc&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em>The Bus Ride<\/em> (Kids Can Press, March 2015), I&#8217;ve got art from each book today. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><strong><font size=4>Art from <em>The Bus Is for Us!<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/THE BUS IS FOR US26-27-2large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/THE BUS IS FOR US26-27-2small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/thebusisforuscover.JPG\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><strong><font size=4>Art from <em>The Bus Ride<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/The Bus Ride_Spread2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/The Bus Ride_Spread2small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;&#8216;Oh! What pretty flowers! Thank you very much, Miss.'&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/The Bus Ride_Spread4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/The Bus Ride_Spread4small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;Luckily, Mom packed two cookies.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/The Bus Ride_Spread3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/The Bus Ride_Spread3small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;Yikes! I can&#8217;t see a thing!&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/04\/the-bus-ridecoveruse.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>THE BUS IS FOR US. Text copyright \u00a9 2015 by Michael Rosen. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2015 by Gillian Tyler. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA on behalf of Walker Books, London.<\/p>\n<p>BUS RIDE. Copyright \u00a9 2014 by Marianne Dubuc. English translation \u00a9 2015 by Kids Can Press, Tonawanda, NY. Spreads reproduced by permission of the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; Spread from Michael Rosen&#8217;s The Bus Is for Us!,illustrated by Gillian Tyler(Click to enlarge) &nbsp; &#8220;This is the first time I&#8217;m taking the bus by myself.&#8221;&#8212; Spread from Marianne Dubuc&#8217;s The Bus Ride(Click to enlarge) &nbsp; This morning over at Kirkus, I write about Eve Bunting&#8217;s Yard Sale, illustrated by Lauren Castillo. 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