{"id":4027,"date":"2016-04-01T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T06:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4027"},"modified":"2016-04-01T06:26:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T12:26:47","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-sydney-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4027","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at <em>Kirkus<\/em> This Week,<br>Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Sydney Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/My own eyeslarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/My own eyessmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nToday over at <em>Kirkus<\/em>, I take a look at the newest U.S. release from Japanese author-illustrator <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/miyakoshiakiko.com\/\">Akiko Miyakoshi<\/a><\/strong>. That is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/perfect-storm\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Last week, I wrote <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/one-cool-cat-and-his-monk\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> about Jo Ellen Bogart&#8217;s <em>The White Cat and the Monk<\/em>, illustrated by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sydneydraws.tumblr.com\/\">Sydney Smith<\/a><\/strong>. Today, I follow up with some art from it. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/9781554987801.01full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/9781554987801.01left.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/9781554987801.01full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/9781554987801.01right.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to<br \/>see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/9781554987801.02full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/9781554987801.02left.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/9781554987801.02full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/9781554987801.02right.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to<br \/>see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/0781554987801.03full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/0781554987801.03left.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/0781554987801.03full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/0781554987801.03right.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to<br \/>see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/9781554987801large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2016\/03\/9781554987801small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge cover)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>THE WHITE CAT AND THE MONK. Copyright \u00a9 2016 Jo Ellen Bogart. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2016 Sydney Smith. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Groundwood Books, Toronto.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Click to enlarge) &nbsp; Today over at Kirkus, I take a look at the newest U.S. release from Japanese author-illustrator Akiko Miyakoshi. That is here. * * * Last week, I wrote here about Jo Ellen Bogart&#8217;s The White Cat and the Monk, illustrated by Sydney Smith. Today, I follow up with some art from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}