{"id":4080,"date":"2016-06-17T09:32:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T15:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4080"},"modified":"2016-06-17T09:32:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T15:32:09","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-week-plus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-silvia-borando-and-ingrid-fiksdahl-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4080","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week, Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Silvia Borando and Ingrid Fiksdahl King"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“a jump rope held tight … the trunk of a very young tree
or the stem of a flower?
THERE ARE A HUNDRED THINGS YOU COULD MAKE OF ME”
— From Ann Rand’s and Ingrid Fiksdahl King’s <\/em>What Can I Be?
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\nThis morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I write about Adam Rex’s<\/a><\/strong> newest picture book, School’s First Day of School<\/em> (Neal Porter\/Roaring Brook Press, June 2016), illustrated by Christian Robinson<\/a><\/strong>. So good, this one. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about Silvia Borando’s<\/a><\/strong> Near, Far<\/em> (Candlewick, June 2016) and Ann Rand’s What Can I Be?<\/em> (Princeton Architectural Press, May 2016), illustrated by Ingrid Fiksdahl King<\/a><\/strong>. Today, I’ve got a bit of art from each book here at 7-Imp. <\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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From Near, Far<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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From What Can I Be?<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“I’M ROUND I’M RED
WHAT CAN I BE?”<\/em>
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“an apple that’s ready to eat
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“or the sun before it sets behind a high hilltop?
I’M ROUND I’M RED WHAT CAN YOU MAKE OF ME?”<\/em>
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“I’M THIN
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“BUT ALWAYS STRAIGHT AS A STICK WHAT MIGHT I BE?
the mast of a ship”<\/em>
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“I’M BLUE I’M SQUARE
What is there that you can make of me?”<\/em>
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“a little door for a cat or a dog?”<\/em>
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“the top of a box?
or window panes that look onto the sky?
NOW YOU TRY … WHAT ELSE CAN I BE?”<\/em>
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NEAR, FAR. Copyright \u00a9 2013 by minibombo. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA on behalf of Walker Books, London.<\/p>\n

WHAT CAN I BE? Copyright \u00a9 2016 Ann Rand Ozbekhan. Illustrations \u00a9 2016 Ingrid Fiksdahl King. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Princeton Architectural Press, New York.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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