{"id":4123,"date":"2016-08-16T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T06:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4123"},"modified":"2016-08-16T05:46:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T11:46:08","slug":"the-moon-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4123","title":{"rendered":"The Moon Inside<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Every night, when the dark entered the house, traveling slowly down the walls
and over the floors, Ella grew afraid.”<\/em>
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\nComing to shelves next month from Groundwood is Sandra V. Feder’s<\/a><\/strong> The Moon Inside<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, illustrated by Aim\u00e9e Sicuro<\/a><\/strong>. I like this book so much I want to show you all some spreads from it today. <\/p>\n

This is the gently-paced story of a young girl, named Ella, afraid of the dark. There’s no shortage of picture books on this topic, but Feder and Sicuro handle this with such care and thoughtfulness; it really stands out. Note, for one, in the spread featured above, the book’s opening spread, how evocatively and accurate Feder describes how the dark appears to a child (or, more precisely, how it moves<\/em>). Ella turns on the lights in each room she enters in order “to make the dark go away.” The sun makes Ella happy, and yellow—which dominates the book’s paelette—is her favorite color. For this reason, she avoids dusk. <\/p>\n

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But one night, her mother takes her outside, showing her where the yellow, or the light, resides. Ella also comes to appreciate the muted sounds of night. Before she goes inside, she sees the “golden moon,” deciding it’s a lot like her favorite yellow, “only quieter.” <\/p>\n

Sicuro’s mixed media illustrations (gouache and ink with some digital edits) shine—no pun intended—with pleasing textures. Towards the book’s close is a beguiling wordless forest spread with an owl and other nocturnal creatures. The moon, of course, takes the cake here — the part of the night the girl has come to love. <\/p>\n

Here are some more spreads. Enjoy!
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“‘The moon,’ Ella said,
spotting it low on the horizon.”<\/em>
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“Before they went back into the house, Ella looked up at the golden moon.
‘It’s my favorite color — only quieter,’ she said.”<\/em>
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THE MOON INSIDE. Copyright \u00a9 2016 by Sandra V. Feder. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2016 by Aim\u00e9e Sicuro. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Groundwood Books, Toronto.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Every night, when the dark entered the house, traveling slowly down the wallsand over the floors, Ella grew afraid.”(Click to enlarge spread)   Coming to shelves next month from Groundwood is Sandra V. Feder’s The Moon Inside, illustrated by Aim\u00e9e Sicuro. I like this book so much I want to show you all some spreads […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4123","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=4123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}