{"id":4151,"date":"2016-09-16T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T06:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4151"},"modified":"2016-09-16T05:59:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T11:59:26","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuringjon-agee-quentin-blake-tomie-depaolamatthew-forsythe-betsy-lewine-b-lewis-and-brian-pinkney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4151","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Jon Agee, Quentin Blake, Tomie dePaola,
Matthew Forsythe, Betsy Lewin,
E. B. Lewis, and Brian Pinkney"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“… She called it ‘Kitty,’
but Kitty called herself ‘Miss Catherine St. Quintin.'”<\/em><\/center>
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“… Now, as an adult, I imagine Peter Rabbit scurrying around
having a ball in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, where I live.” — Brian Pinkney<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
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\nToday over at Kirkus<\/em>, I’ve got new books from Shaun Tan<\/a><\/strong> and Matt Phelan<\/a><\/strong> on the mind. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about the 150th birthday of Beatrix Potter and the publication of The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots<\/em> (Frederick Warne & Co., September 2016), illustrated by Quentin Blake<\/a><\/strong>, as well as A Celebration of Beatrix Potter<\/em>, a collection of art and letters from more than 30 contemporary children\u2019s book author\/illustrators, coming to shelves in November (also Frederick Warne & Co.). <\/p>\n

Today, I’ve got a bit of art from each book. <\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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From The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“… She lived in constant fear that Kitty might be stolen ….”<\/em><\/center>
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“If we had been outside the wash-house one summer night by moonlight, we might have seen one black cat cross the yard and jump upon the window-sill ….”<\/em><\/center>
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“Miss Catherine, rather out of breath, eyed the rabbit. He was very fat. …”<\/em><\/center>
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“‘Oh, Sir, I’m that grateful ….”<\/em><\/center>
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From A Celebration of Beatrix Potter<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“I know without a doubt Beatrix has influenced my work. She repeatedly said, ‘the shorter and the plainer, the better,’ which is the focus of my art. …” — E. B. Lewis<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
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“… When I grew up, I became more interested in Beatrix Potter. She was a shining example of a woman making a place for herself as an artist and author in the world of publishing at a time in history when it must have seemed all but impossible. …”
— Betsy Lewin<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/center>
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“… [Mr.] McGregor had already eaten up Peter’s father in a pie, so the thought of him catching Peter kept me riveted to my seat as my mom read the book. …”
— Jon Agee<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
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“… [M]ay I present: Mrs. Heelis and Mrs. Tiggy-winkle having tea
when Mrs. Tiggy-winkle brought the laundry. …”
— Tomie dePaola<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/center>
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“We love Jemima because she is a duck who won’t accept her station. She is impelled to live her own life and not give in to others’ expectations.
She is the Emma Bovary of children’s literature.”
— Matthew Forsythe<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/center>
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THE TALE OF KITTY-IN-BOOTS. Text Copyright \u00a9 Frederick Warne & Co., 1971-2016. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 Quentin Blake, 2016. Illustrations reproduced by the permission of the publisher, Frederick Warne, New York.<\/p>\n

Illustrations from A CELEBRATION OF BEATRIX POTTER used by permission of Penguin Young Readers.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“… She called it ‘Kitty,’but Kitty called herself ‘Miss Catherine St. Quintin.’”   “… Now, as an adult, I imagine Peter Rabbit scurrying aroundhaving a ball in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, where I live.” — Brian Pinkney(Click to enlarge image)   Today over at Kirkus, I’ve got new books from Shaun Tan and Matt Phelan on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4151","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=4151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}