{"id":3871,"date":"2015-10-02T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T06:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3871"},"modified":"2015-10-02T14:44:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T20:44:40","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-week-plus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-freya-blackwood-jean-francois-dumont-wolf-erlbruch-torben-kuhlmann-viviane-schwarz-annemarie-van-haeringen-rafa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3871","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week, Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Freya Blackwood, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Dumont, Wolf Erlbruch, Torben Kuhlmann, Viviane Schwarz, Annemarie van Haeringen, & Rafael Yockteng"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“‘I am the king,’ said the king. ‘Play for me!'”
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— From<\/em> I Am Henry Finch<\/center>
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“‘Coco! Pay attention! Pull that thread out and follow the pattern, NOW!’ …”
— From <\/em>Coco and the Little Black Dress
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“My new blanket grew just as warm and
soft and comfortable as my old blanket.”
— From <\/em>My Two Blankets
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— From <\/em>Moletown
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“When people do notice me, they make a face. I tell myself that I must not smell very good. It’s true that it’s been a long time since I’ve bathed,
but a bear smells like a bear — that’s just how it is. …”
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— From <\/em>Two White Rabbits
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\nThat may be my longest blog post title ever. Er, sorry to your eyes. <\/p>\n

But it does<\/em> mean that I have a lot of art for you today. <\/p>\n

First things first: If you’re so inclined to read about the 150th birthday of Lewis Carroll’s Alice, I’ve got some thoughts over at Kirkus<\/em> today about why The Complete Alice<\/em>, released by Macmillan last month, is well worth your time. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Secondly, last week I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about the following picture book imports (or books created by authors and\/or illustrators who live overseas):<\/p>\n