{"id":4163,"date":"2016-09-30T07:24:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T13:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4163"},"modified":"2016-09-30T07:24:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T13:24:16","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuringamy-june-bates-simona-ciraolo-and-owen-swan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4163","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
Amy June Bates, Simona Ciraolo, and Owen Swan"},"content":{"rendered":"


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— From Phil Cummings’ <\/em>Newspaper Hats, illustrated by Owen Swan<\/em><\/center>
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“So I ask Nana why, and she tells me it might look that way because of all the lines on her face. ‘Do you mind them, Nana?’ I ask. ‘Not at all,’ she says.
‘You see, it is in these lines that I keep all my memories!'”
— From Simona Ciraolo’s <\/em>The Lines on Nana’s Face
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“The apple peelings are piling up. \/ Faith looks at me and says,
<\/em>Tell us more, Uncle Arthur….”
— From Helen Frost’s <\/em>Applesauce Weather,
illustrated by Amy June Bates<\/em>
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\nOver at Kirkus<\/em> this morning, I’ve got evolution on the mind. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about Simona Ciraolo\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> The Lines on Nana\u2019s Face<\/em> (Flying Eye, October 2016); Phil Cummings’<\/a><\/strong> Newspaper Hats<\/em> (Charlesbridge, October 2016), illustrated by Owen Swan<\/a><\/strong>; and Helen Frost’s<\/a><\/strong> Applesauce Weather<\/em> (Candlewick, August 2016), illustrated by Amy June Bates<\/a><\/strong>. I’m following up today with a bit of art from each book. <\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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From Newspaper Hats<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“‘Grandpa,’ said Georgie, ‘do you remember me?'”<\/em>
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From The Lines on Nana’s Face<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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From Applesauce Weather<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“The first time we kissed, we were standing here …”<\/em>
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APPLESAUCE WEATHER. Text copyright \u00a9 2016 by Helen Frost. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2016 by Amy June Bates. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.<\/em><\/p>\n

THE LINES ON NANA’S FACE. Copyright \u00a9 2016 by Simona Ciraolo. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Flying Eye Books, London-New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

NEWSPAPER HATS. Text copyright \u00a9 2015 by Phil Cummings. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2015 by Owen Swan. 2016 First US edition. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Charlesbridge, Watertown, MA.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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