{"id":4144,"date":"2016-09-09T07:19:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T13:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4144"},"modified":"2016-09-09T07:20:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T13:20:21","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-francesca-sanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4144","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Francesca Sanna"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“I live with my family in a city close to the sea. Every summer we used to spend many weekends at the beach. But we never go there anymore, because last year,
our lives changed forever …”<\/em>
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\nThis morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I’ve got Beatrix Potter on the mind. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Since I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> last week about Francesca Sanna’s The Journey<\/em> (Flying Eye Books, September 2016), I am following up with some art from it today. <\/p>\n

[Please note: Some of the colors in these illustrations are a bit off when you enlarge them, but I did my best.]<\/em><\/p>\n


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“‘What is this place?’ we ask our mother. ‘It is a safe place,’ she tells us.
‘And where is this place?’ we ask again.”<\/em>
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“We leave at night to avoid being seen …
and keep moving for many days.”<\/em>
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“The further we go …
the more we leave behind.”<\/em>
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“In the darkness the noises of the forest scare me.”<\/em>
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“But mother is with us and she is never scared.
We close our eyes and finally fall asleep.”<\/em>
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THE JOURNEY. All characters, illustrations and text \u00a9 Francesca Sanna 2016. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Flying Eye Books.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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