{"id":3743,"date":"2015-05-17T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T06:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3743"},"modified":"2015-05-14T22:20:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T04:20:41","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-432-featuring-elly-mackay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3743","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #432: Featuring Elly MacKay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI love to see the paper-cut artwork of author-illustrator Elly MacKay<\/a><\/strong>, and I reviewed her newest book from Running Press, Butterfly Park<\/em>, here<\/a><\/strong> at BookPage<\/em>. It will be on shelves in June. <\/p>\n

Today, I follow up the review with some art from the book and a few other images Elly sent along. I thank her for sharing. <\/p>\n


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“And then there was her house, plain and gray like all the others. But next to it was a gate unlike any other. The girl repeated the letters. Suddenly, she felt very lucky!”<\/em>
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In the town<\/em>
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Making the garden<\/em>
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Little cat<\/em>
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The surprise on the back of the dustjacket<\/em>
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\nBUTTERFLY PARK. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Elly MacKay. Published by Running Press Kids, Philadelphia. All images here reproduced by permission of Elly MacKay.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome. <\/p>\n

* * * Jules’ Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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1)<\/strong><\/font> The Danielsons are heading to Knoxville this weekend (though I’ll be back before Sunday) for their wonderful Children’s Festival of Reading. (I wrote about it here<\/a><\/strong>.) I’m looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting others in person for the first time. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> I’ll be moderating the picture book panel discussion, too, which I always enjoy doing. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> I read Station Eleven<\/a><\/strong><\/em> while I traveled last weekend. (If you’ve read it, then you know how WEIRD it was for me to be reading it mostly in airports.) It’s good stuff. <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> And I got a new novel<\/a><\/strong>, since I realized that I miss reading grown-up books more often. <\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> Nashville Kidlit Drink Night. <\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> I had so much fun in Wyoming last weekend. I hope to write about that event soon. I got to meet lots of great folks, including Jerry Pinkney<\/a><\/strong>: <\/p>\n

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7)<\/strong><\/font> The story my 9-year-old is writing. <\/p>\n

What are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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