{"id":4201,"date":"2016-11-20T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T06:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4201"},"modified":"2016-11-19T19:33:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T01:33:50","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-510-featuring-leila-rudge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4201","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #510: Featuring Leila Rudge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“The racing pigeons usually returned just before supper. And they always discussed wind directions and flight paths. Or waypoints. Gary loved hearing about their adventures. He would perch nearby and record everything in his scrapbook.”<\/em>
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\nI’ve got a review over at BookPage<\/em> of Leila Rudge’s<\/a><\/strong> Gary<\/em> (Candlewick, November 2016). That review is here<\/a><\/strong>, and below I’ve got another spread from the book. <\/p>\n


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“… the other pigeons are just like Gary.”<\/em>
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\nGARY. Copyright \u00a9 2016 by Lelia Rudge. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA on behalf of Walker Books, Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n

Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome.<\/p>\n

* * * Jules’ Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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It seems that Trump’s growing administration, and all that is resulting from it, is getting more nightmarish<\/a><\/strong> by the minute. I’m trying, ya’ll. I’m trying to find kicks.<\/p>\n

1)<\/strong><\/font> This<\/a><\/strong> is such a well-done New Yorker<\/em> piece. Don’t go, Obama. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> John Lewis and the National Book Award<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> This<\/a><\/strong> happened in the town I live in. I regret a scheduling conflict kept me from going to show my own support …<\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> … but, instead, a friend came over for dinner, and it was good to see him. <\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> I heard TWO NEW SAM PHILLIPS’<\/a><\/strong> songs yesterday. They were oh-so incredible. <\/p>\n

That’s about all I’ve got. I’d like it if the President-elect, instead of griping about the cast of Hamilton<\/em> on Twitter, called for a stop to swastikas being spray-painted all over the country. That would be a kick I’d like to type. <\/p>\n

What are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The racing pigeons usually returned just before supper. And they always discussed wind directions and flight paths. Or waypoints. Gary loved hearing about their adventures. He would perch nearby and record everything in his scrapbook.”(Click to enlarge spread)   I’ve got a review over at BookPage of Leila Rudge’s Gary (Candlewick, November 2016). That review […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seven-good-things-before-monday","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4201","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=4201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}