{"id":3769,"date":"2015-06-19T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T06:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3769"},"modified":"2015-06-19T10:56:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T16:56:03","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuringamy-june-bates-gary-clementtodd-stewart-and-peter-sis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3769","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Amy June Bates, Gary Clement,
Todd Stewart, and Peter S\u00eds"},"content":{"rendered":"


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— From Peter S\u00eds’s <\/em>Ice Cream Summer<\/center>
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“Every year we stay at the same place. I call it our cottage.
But it’s not really a cottage. It’s a motel.”
— From Andrew Larsen’s <\/em>See You Next Year, illustrated by Todd Stewart
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“A long, long drive. It’s been a year of dreaming, waiting. Summer’s here.”
— From Deanna Caswell’s <\/em>Beach House, illustrated by Amy June Bates
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— From Gary Clement’s <\/em>Swimming, Swimming
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\nThis morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I’ve got two new picture books, especially perfect for preschoolers. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about some very summer’y picture books — Andrew Larsen’s<\/a><\/strong> See You Next Year<\/em>, illustrated by Todd Stewart<\/a><\/strong> (Owlkids, March 2015); Peter S\u00eds’<\/a><\/strong> Ice Cream Summer<\/em> (Scholastic, May 2015); Gary Clement’s<\/a><\/strong> Swimming, Swimming<\/em> (Groundwood, May 2015); and Deanna Caswell’s<\/a><\/strong> Beach House<\/em>, illustrated by Amy June Bates<\/a><\/strong> (Chronicle, May 2015). <\/p>\n

Here’s some art from each book. Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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Art from Andrew Larsen’s
See You Next Year<\/em>,
illustrated by Todd Stewart:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“Every year we take the same roads. We pass through the same towns.
We arrive at the same beach.”<\/em>
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“We always come on a Saturday. We always stay for a week.
We’ve been coming to the same place every summer since I was little.
Nothing changes. That’s why I like it.”<\/em>
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“It’s not long before the beach is a sea of umbrellas.
You can hardly see the swirls or the sand.”<\/em>
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Art from Gary Clement’s
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Art from Deanna Caswell’s
Beach House<\/em>,
illustrated by Amy June Bates:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“Breathe salt air. Squint at the sun.
Hot-foot hopping. Squeal and run.”<\/em>
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“Marco Polo. Dives and dunks. Body surfing. Floating trunks.
Castles rise. Moats are filled. Stacking, smoothing. Smash, rebuild.”<\/em>
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“Hungry tummies. Sun-kissed knees.
Salty skin. Chilly breeze.”<\/em>
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Art from Peter S\u00eds’
Ice Cream Summer<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“You can be sure my brain is still working.
I am reading the encyclopedias you gave me.
I am diving into world history!”<\/em>
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BEACH HOUSE. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Deanna Caswell. Illustrations \u00a9 2015 by Amy June Bates. Published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco. Spreads reproduced by permission of the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n

Illustrations from <\/em>Ice Cream Summer: Written and illustrated by Peter S\u00eds. Illustrations \u00a9 2015 by Peter S\u00eds. Used with permission from Scholastic Press.<\/em><\/p>\n

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Andrew Larsen. Illustrations \u00a9 2015 by Todd Stewart. Published by Owlkids Books, Toronto. Spreads reproduced by permission of the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n

SWIMMING, SWIMMING. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Gary Clement. Published by Groundwood Books, Toronto. Spreads reproduced by permission of the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

— From Peter S\u00eds’s Ice Cream Summer   “Every year we stay at the same place. I call it our cottage.But it’s not really a cottage. It’s a motel.”— From Andrew Larsen’s See You Next Year, illustrated by Todd Stewart(Click to see spread in its entirety)   “A long, long drive. It’s been a year […]<\/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-3769","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\/3769","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=3769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}