{"id":3975,"date":"2016-01-24T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T06:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2016-01-23T20:37:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T02:37:18","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-467-featuring-raul-colon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3975","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #467: Featuring Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Sometimes in class I’d gaze at a large map that hung on the wall. …
What would it be like to look out at nothing but dark blue as far as the eye could see?”<\/em>
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\nGood morning, all. I’ve got a review here<\/a><\/strong> over at BookPage<\/em> of Robert Burleigh’s<\/a><\/strong> Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor<\/em> (Paula Wiseman\/Simon & Schuster, January 2016), illustrated by Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

I’m following up with some art from it today. <\/p>\n


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“Maps. I <\/em>love them! …”<\/em>
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“I’m Marie Tharp, and my love of maps began way back in the 1930s,
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“At last I was a young scientist, graduated from college and eager to work.
But was science ready for me? In those days
it wasn’t easy being both a woman and a scientist. …”<\/em>
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“But I bit my tongue. That wasn’t going to stop me. I was determined. …”<\/em>
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“People had long attempted to measure the depth of the oceans. …”<\/em>
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“… Was I proud of myself? You bet. I had a fascinating job that led me to map a once unknown part of the earth and to discover things as I went along. …”<\/em>
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\nSOLVING THE PUZZLE UNDER THE SEA. Copyright \u00a9 2016 by Robert Burleigh. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2016 by Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n. Spreads used by permission of the publisher, Paula Wiseman Books\/Simon & Schuster, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome. <\/p>\n

* * * Jules’ Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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1)<\/strong><\/font> We got lots of snow here in middle Tennessee. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> My girls got snow days. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> I laughed so very hard at this<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> Matt Smith as Doctor Who<\/a><\/strong>. (We’re working our way through aaaaalllll the Doctor Who<\/em> episodes.)<\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> Warm blankets. <\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> Cough syrup. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> Invitations. <\/p>\n

What are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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