{"id":3800,"date":"2015-07-24T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T06:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3800"},"modified":"2015-07-24T11:02:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T17:02:07","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-julie-morstad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3800","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Julie Morstad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“…Finally, she steps onto the stage alone … and sprouts white wings, a swan.
She weaves the notes, the very air into a story. All those sitting see.
They stare—Anna is a bird in flight, a whim of wind and water.
Quiet feathers in a big loud world. Anna <\/em>is the swan.”<\/em>
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\nThis morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I’ve got some French picture book imports. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about Laurel Snyder’s<\/a><\/strong> Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova<\/em>, illustrated by Julie Morstad<\/a><\/strong> (Chronicle), coming to shelves in August 2015. Today, I’ve got some spreads from it. <\/p>\n

Enjoy. <\/p>\n


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“…The story unfolds. A sleeping beauty opens her eyes…”<\/em>
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“…and so does Anna. Her feet wake up!
Her skin prickles. There is a song, suddenly, inside her.”<\/em>
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SWAN: THE LIFE AND DANCE OF ANNA PAVLOVA. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Laurel Snyder. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2015 by Julie Morstad. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Chronicle Books, San Francisco.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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