{"id":3848,"date":"2015-09-11T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T06:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2015-09-11T11:58:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T17:58:26","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-pamela-zagarenski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3848","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at <em>Kirkus<\/em> This Week,<br \/>Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Pamela Zagarenski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/whisper1large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/whisper1small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge spread)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nThis morning over at <em>Kirkus<\/em>, I take a look at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1279\">Julie Paschkis&#8217;<\/a><\/strong> newest picture book. That link is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/bilingual-beauty\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Last week I wrote <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/flights-fantasy\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1707\">Pamela Zagarenski&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em>The Whisper<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 2015). Today I&#8217;ve got some art from the book. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/whisper2large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/whisper2small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;As the little girl paged through the wordless book,<br \/>she heard the wind blow and then a small whisper &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge spread)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/whisper3large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/whisper3small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;The words began to come more and more easily to the little girl.<br \/>Then the words grew into sentences and the sentences became stories.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge spread)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/thewhalesthewhisper.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/thewhalesthewhisperuse.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;The Magical Cloak&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge spread, sans text, slightly)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/whisper4large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/whisper4small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;The Golden Key&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge spread)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/09\/the whisper cover.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>THE WHISPER. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Pamela Zagarenski. Illustrations reproduced by permission of Pamela Zagarenski and the publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Click to enlarge spread) &nbsp; This morning over at Kirkus, I take a look at Julie Paschkis&#8217; newest picture book. That link is here. * * * Last week I wrote here about Pamela Zagarenski&#8217;s The Whisper (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 2015). Today I&#8217;ve got some art from the book. 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