{"id":3832,"date":"2015-09-01T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T06:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2015-09-01T10:16:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T16:16:33","slug":"boo-before-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3832","title":{"rendered":"Boo! Before Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Later Leo would not be able to say where the idea came from. He threw the bed sheet over himself and flew at the thief, who was so frightened he dropped all the salad forks. Leo chased the man into a closet, then slammed the door shut
and locked him inside. It was very well done.”<\/em>
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\nOver at BookPage<\/em>, I’ve got a review of Mac Barnett’s<\/a><\/strong> Leo: A Ghost Story<\/em> (Chronicle, August 2015), illustrated by Christian Robinson<\/a><\/strong>. That review is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

And I’ve got a bit of art from the book here today. The only thing these spreads today are missing is the wonderful character of Jane, but you’ll just have to find a copy yourself so you can meet her. Oh, wait! She’s in the bottom right corner of this image:
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\nI think this is one of the year’s best picture books thus far. Definitely a favorite for me. <\/p>\n

Enjoy. <\/p>\n


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“This is Leo. Most people cannot see him.”<\/em>
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“But you can. Leo is a ghost.”<\/em>
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“The family called in a scientist, a clergyman, and a psychic to get rid of the ghost.
But they should have saved their money: Leo knew he was unwanted.
He said goodbye to his home and left.”<\/em>
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“‘I have been a house ghost all my life,’ Leo thought. ‘Maybe I would like being
a roaming ghost for a while.’ So Leo roamed.”<\/em>
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LEO: A GHOST STORY. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Mac Barnett. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2015 by Christian Robinson. Images reproduced by permission of the publisher, Chronicle Books, San Francisco.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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