{"id":3754,"date":"2015-05-31T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T06:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2015-05-30T11:54:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T17:54:38","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-434-featuring-jason-chin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3754","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #434: Featuring Jason Chin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve got a review over at BookPage<\/em> of Miranda Paul’s<\/a><\/strong> beautiful Water Is Water<\/em> (Neal Porter Books\/Roaring Brook Press, May 2015), illustrated by Jason Chin<\/a><\/strong>. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. Today, Jason is sharing a bit of art from the book, as well as a few early sketches. I thank him for sharing. <\/p>\n

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Storyboard<\/em>
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One of the final spreads: “…they form low.”<\/em>
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Another final spread: “…it forms flakes. Pack. Stack. Shape it and …”<\/em>
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\nWATER IS WATER. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Miranda Paul. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2015 by Jason Chin. Published by Neal Porter Books\/Roaring Brook Press, New York. All images here reproduced by permission of Jason Chin.<\/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> Letters from friends. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> Book recommendations from friends and colleagues. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> I’m learning “Golden Slumbers”<\/a><\/strong> on the piano. <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> My girls learned to ride bikes (and a late start too — one is 9; the other, 11) in about thirty minutes! This is good, because now we can bike a lot. <\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> Biking to the library. <\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> Surprises in the mail. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> My picture book grad course (for the University of Tennessee) starts this week. I hope my students are ready to read read read<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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

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