{"id":4051,"date":"2016-05-08T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T06:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4051"},"modified":"2016-05-08T06:41:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T12:41:43","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-482-featuring-isol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4051","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #482: Featuring Isol"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHello, dear kickers. I’ve got an alphabet book today, one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. It’s from Argentine author-illustrator Isol<\/a><\/strong>, who won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2013. <\/p>\n

Daytime Visons: An Alphabet<\/a><\/strong><\/em> comes to readers this month by way of Enchanted Lion Books. Isol originally wrote it in Spanish. As she points out in the book’s closing note, “These images were first created using Spanish letters as Spanish is my mother tongue. Translating them into English involved a kind of reinvention. It was fun getting these scenes and characters to enter into a new conversation in English, where they found new ways to live together.”<\/em> (She goes on to note that she had a lot of help from the wonderful Claudia Zoe Bedrick, as well as Elisa Amado.)<\/p>\n

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If you get you get your hands on a copy of the book—or even if you just look at these spreads here today (though I highly recommend the actual book)—you’ll appreciate the challenge Isol had in front of her with the translations, because this isn’t your typical alphabet book. Take a look at these illustrations here as but a sample: They tell evocative, sometimes delightfully cryptic stories that swing back to the featured letter on the page. There’s no “A is for apple” here; these are mini, open-ended stories that gently nudge children to ponder the untold narratives swirling around them. There are moments of beauty and tenderness; there are moments of mystery and even fear (check out the spread opening this post, my favorite); and, always, there is wonder. <\/p>\n

It’s a delicious work of art, this one. <\/p>\n

I’ll stop talking to let you look at more art. Enjoy!
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\nDAYTIME VISIONS: AN ALPHABET. Copyright \u00a9 2016 by ISOL for the text and illustrations. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Enchanted Lion Books, Brooklyn.<\/em>
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\nNote 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.
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* * * Jules’ Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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My kicks 1 to 7 are that my birthday was this week, and I’m happy to be 44 and still on the planet and surrounded by people I love. <\/p>\n

Plus, PEANUT BUTTER CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GANACHE ON TOP. <\/p>\n

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone who mothers in all the ways one can in this world. <\/p>\n

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

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