{"id":3788,"date":"2015-07-12T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T06:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3788"},"modified":"2015-07-13T19:22:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T01:22:38","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-440-featuring-mordicai-gerstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3788","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #440: Featuring Mordicai Gerstein"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nI’ve got a review over at BookPage<\/em> of Mordicai Gerstein’s<\/a><\/strong> newest picture book, The Night World<\/em> (Little, Brown, June 2015). That is here<\/a><\/strong> if you want to read all about the book. <\/p>\n

I’ve got some art today here at 7-Imp from the book, and Mordicai also sent some early roughs from the book. “As you will see,” he tells me, “the ruffs are very close to the final art.” <\/p>\n

They roughs are, indeed, similar to the final art, but if you’re an illustration fan like me, you love to see these kinds of comparisons, so I’m going to post Mordicai’s roughs and follow each one with the final art as seen in the book. <\/p>\n

I thank him for sharing. <\/p>\n


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Rough<\/em>
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Final art: “‘Meow?’
‘It’s too late to go out, Sylvie … or it is too early?'”<\/em>
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Rough<\/em>
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Final art: “Everyone is sleeping, even the goldfish.
Everyone except for Sylvie and me.”<\/em>
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Rough<\/em>
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Final art: “That shadow is a deer. Is this one a rabbit?
A porcupine looks up and whispers, ‘It’s almost here.’
‘It’s coming,’ murmur all the animals. ‘It’s almost here!'”<\/em>
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Rough<\/em>
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Final art: “Here and there, shadows start to slip away.
‘Where’s everybody going?’ I ask.
‘This is our bedtime,’ says the porcupine. ‘Sweet dreams!’ say I.
The glow flares above the trees. Clouds turn pink and orange.”<\/em>
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Rough<\/em>
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Final art: “The grass turns green. The roses turn pink and red.
The lilies and sunflowers turn yellow. ‘It’s here!’ says Sylvie.”<\/em>
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Rough<\/em>
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Final art: “And the great, glowing golden disk of the sun
bursts from the tops of the trees.
‘Good morning, sun,’ says Sylvie. ‘Good morning!’ sing all the birds.
‘It’s going to be a beautiful day!’ I sing, too. ‘Good morning, sun!'”<\/em>
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Author’s Note<\/em><\/center>
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\nTHE NIGHT WORLD. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Mordicai Gerstein. Published by Little, Brown and Company, New York. All roughs and final art reproduced by permission of Mordicai Gerstein.<\/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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Forgive me as I forgo seven, separate kicks (band name — I call it!), but the girls and I are reading a galley of this … <\/p>\n

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… and I’m really<\/em> curious to know how it ends, so my kicks are this book and that I’m going to go read some more with them. (We’re close to being done!)<\/p>\n

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

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