{"id":4060,"date":"2016-05-22T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T06:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4060"},"modified":"2016-05-20T08:24:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T14:24:11","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-484-featuring-taro-gomi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4060","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #484: Featuring Tar\u014d Gomi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Is someone standing looking over the ocean … just like I am doing now?”<\/em>
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\nI’ve got a review over at BookPage<\/em> of Tar\u014d Gomi’s<\/a><\/strong> Over the Ocean<\/em>, originally published in 1979. If you’d like to read about the book, I send you there<\/a><\/strong>. And if you want to see some art from it, I’ve got that here at 7-Imp today. <\/p>\n


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“Are there farms over the ocean? Maybe there are big farms.”<\/em>
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“Are there fairs over the ocean? Are there fun rides?”<\/em>
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OVER THE OCEAN. Copyright \u00a9 1979 by Tar\u014d Gomi. English translation \u00a9 2016 by Chronicle Books LLC. First published in the United States of American in 2016 by Chronicle Books, San Francisco. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher. <\/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.<\/p>\n

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As I type this, I’m about to head to Knoxville for their wonderful annual Children’s Festival of Reading<\/a><\/strong>. That can constitute kicks 1 to 7 today, especially since I still haven’t packed. I’ll be back on Sunday, so tell me … What are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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