{"id":3728,"date":"2015-04-24T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T06:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3728"},"modified":"2015-04-24T10:47:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T16:47:12","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-jan-de-kinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3728","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Jan De Kinder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today over at Kirkus<\/em>, I have a round-up of new nonfiction (mostly) picture books. That is here<\/a><\/strong>, and next week here at 7-Imp I’ll have art from each book. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about a Belgian import, Jan De Kinder’s Red<\/em> (Eerdmans, March 2015). Today, I’m following up with some art from the book. <\/p>\n

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“It’s like magic. A snap of the fingers, and his cheeks start glowing. Tommy’s face is as red as a fire truck. ‘Leave me alone!’ Tommy says again. Paul laughs.
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“And quieter. And Paul gets louder. Much louder.”<\/em>
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“I’m scared of Paul. His tongue is as sharp as a knife. And his fist is as hard as a brick. He’s twice as strong as me. There’s no way I can stand up to him on my own.”<\/em>
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RED. Text and illustrations \u00a9 2013 Jan De Kinder. First published in the United States in 2015 by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. English language translation \u00a9 2015 Laura Watkinson. Spread reproduced by permission of the publisher.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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