{"id":3813,"date":"2015-08-07T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T06:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3813"},"modified":"2015-08-07T07:59:34","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T13:59:34","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-and-chapter-16-this-week-plus-what-i-did-last-weekfeaturing-shane-evans-and-james-ransome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3813","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> (and Chapter 16<\/em>) This Week, Plus What I Did Last Week,
Featuring Shane W. Evans and James E. Ransome"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“We worked together a lot. But we played a lot, too. We really loved to go fishing. Sometimes I would complain when I didn’t get a bite right away,
but my granddaddy always said, ‘Patience, son, patience.'”
— From <\/em>Granddaddy’s Turn
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“As long as Lillian still has a pulse, she is going to vote—and so she keeps on climbing, keeps on seeing, this time the second march from Selma.
This march also ends on the bridge, in a prayer ….”
— From <\/em>Lillian’s Right to Vote
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\nThis morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I write about two new Asian picture book imports. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Also, over here<\/a><\/strong> at Chapter 16<\/em>, I talk to Deanna Caswell, the author of Beach House<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Chronicle, May 2015), illustrated by Amy June Bates<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about two new picture books that celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Voting Rights Act — Michael S. Bandy’s and Eric Stein’s<\/a><\/strong> Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box<\/em> (Candlewick, July 2015), illustrated by James E. Ransome<\/a><\/strong>, and Jonah Winter’s<\/a><\/strong> Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965<\/em> (Schwartz & Wade, July 2015), illustrated by Shane W. Evans<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Today I’ve got a bit of art from each book. Enjoy. <\/p>\n


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From Granddaddy’s Turn<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“When we finally go to the front of the line, my granddaddy proudly signed a paper and was handed a ballot. He clutched the ballot to his chest and said, ‘Son, this is the happiest day of my life.’ I took the camera from him and said, ‘Smile, Granddaddy.’ ‘Now, come on—let’s go vote,’ he said.”<\/em>
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From Lillian’s Right to Vote<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“… Lillian sees her great-great-grandparents Elijah and Sarah.
They are standing side by side on an auction block. …”<\/em>
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“For Lillian sees the funeral procession for a man named Jimmie Lee Jackson,
a twenty-six-year-old shot by a policeman over
nothing more than taking part in a peaceful protest. …”<\/em>
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GRANDDADDY’S TURN. Text copyright \u00a9 2015 by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2015 by James E. Ransome. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.<\/em><\/p>\n

LILLIAN’S RIGHT TO VOTE. Text copyright \u00a9 2015 by Jonah Winter. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2015 by Shane W. Evans. Illustration reproduced by permission of the publisher, Schwartz & Wade Books, New York.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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