{"id":4226,"date":"2016-12-23T11:49:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T17:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4226"},"modified":"2016-12-23T11:49:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T17:49:40","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-john-burningham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4226","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring John Burningham"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Other mornings they would drive out into the countryside.”<\/em>
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\nToday at Kirkus<\/em>, I’ve got my Children’s Book Ghost File, an idea I’m lifting from NPR. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Since last week I wrote (here<\/a><\/strong>) about John Burningham’s<\/a><\/strong> new picture book, Motor Miles<\/em> (Candlewick, September 2016), I’ve got a couple spreads from it today. <\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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“Miles did not come when he was called …”<\/em>
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\nMOTOR MILES. Copyright \u00a9 2016 by John Burningham. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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