{"id":3742,"date":"2015-05-15T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T06:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3742"},"modified":"2015-05-15T10:10:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T16:10:36","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-week-plus-what-i-didlast-week-featuring-alexis-dormal-and-olof-landstrom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3742","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at <em>Kirkus<\/em> This Week, Plus What I Did<br>Last Week, Featuring Alexis Dormal and Olof Landstr\u00f6m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/WhereIsPim_Insides_PRINT-5small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8212; From Lena and Olof Landstr\u00f6m&#8217;s <\/em>Where Is Pim?<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/AnnaBananaChocolate-sampler-int_Page_1cutting.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8212; From Dominique Roques&#8217; <\/em>Anna Banana and the Chocolate Explosion<em>,<br \/>illustrated by Alexis Dormal<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nThis morning over at <em>Kirkus<\/em>, I&#8217;ve got a round-up of new picture books. That is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/some-absurdity-breakfast\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>, and next week I&#8217;ll have some art from each book.  <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Last week, I wrote <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/happy-returns\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sv.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lena_Landstr%C3%B6m\/\">Lena<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sv.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olof_Landstr%C3%B6m\">Olof Landstr\u00f6m&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em>Where Is Pim?<\/em> (Gecko Press, April 2015), originally released overseas a couple years ago, as well as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/author\/dominiqueroques\">Dominique Roques&#8217;<\/a><\/strong> <em>Anna Banana and the Chocolate Explosion!<\/em>, illustrated by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/author\/alexisdormal\">Alexis Dormal<\/a><\/strong> and coming to shelves in June from First Second. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a bit of art from each book today. Enjoy. <!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/WhereIsPim_Insides_PRINT-7small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/WhereIsPim_Gecko_full book-1left.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/WhereIsPim_Gecko_full book-1right.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/WhereIsPim_Gecko_full book-6left.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/WhereIsPim_Gecko_full book-6right.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/whereispimcover.JPG\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><strong><font size=3>* * *<\/font><\/strong><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/AnnaBananaChocolate-sampler-int_Page_1full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/AnnaBananaChocolate-sampler-int_Page_1left.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/AnnaBananaChocolate-sampler-int_Page_1full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/AnnaBananaChocolate-sampler-int_Page_1right.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/AnnaBananaChocolate-sampler-int_Page_3full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/AnnaBananaChocolate-sampler-int_Page_3left.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/AnnaBananaChocolate-sampler-int_Page_3full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/AnnaBananaChocolate-sampler-int_Page_3right.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/05\/annabananacover.JPG\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>ANNA BANANA AND THE CHOCOLATE EXPLOSION. First American Edition 2015. Text and illustrations \u00a9 2012 by Alexis Dormal and Dominique Roques. English translation copyright \u00a9 2015 by the publisher, First Second, New York. Spreads here reproduced by permission of the publisher.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><em>WHERE IS PIM? First American Edition 2015 from Gecko Press. Text and illustrations \u00a9 2013 by Lena and Olof Landstr\u00f6m. Spreads here reproduced by permission of the publisher.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; From Lena and Olof Landstr\u00f6m&#8217;s Where Is Pim? &nbsp; &#8212; From Dominique Roques&#8217; Anna Banana and the Chocolate Explosion,illustrated by Alexis Dormal &nbsp; This morning over at Kirkus, I&#8217;ve got a round-up of new picture books. That is here, and next week I&#8217;ll have some art from each book. * * * Last week, [&hellip;]<\/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-3742","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\/3742","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=3742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}