{"id":4231,"date":"2017-01-01T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T06:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4231"},"modified":"2016-12-31T13:19:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T19:19:15","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-516-featuring-carin-berger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4231","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #516: Featuring Carin Berger"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Work-in-process image and final illustration from
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\nIt’s a miracle this post is even up. I’ve lost track of the days, as one is wont to do during the holidays. I’ve had fun not working (mostly), not making plans, and (mostly) not firing up my computer. <\/p>\n

Happy New Year, dear Imps! It’s the first Sunday of the month, which means I normally feature a student or debut illustrator, but I’m breaking the rules today. I’m happy to feature artwork from Carin Berger<\/a><\/strong>, which has become another 7-Imp tradition of sorts for me. It just occurred to me that there have been a few years (here<\/a><\/strong> and here<\/a><\/strong>, as but two examples) where Carin has visited the site to share art early in the year. So, I think 2017 should be no exception. <\/p>\n


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\nToday, she’s sharing preliminary images and final art from Good Night! Good Night!<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Greenwillow), on shelves this month. Rendered via cut-paper collage, Carin tells the story of one bunny-mother’s efforts to get her bunnies into bed. As she attempts to tuck them in, they find every reason in the book (dances! monsters! jumping beans!) to stay awake. It’s a book that, as the publisher likes to note, almost reads like a call-and-response text, as the mother cumulatively lists all the routines they’ve engaged in to get to sleep (stories, songs, hugs, kisses, etc.) Each time a very awake bunny yells out a new no-sleep tactic, mama is sure to add it to her list.
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\nThe dark night-time spreads are occasionally interrupted by brighter hues as the bunnies successfully put off bedtime with each new excuse, and Carin’s textured cut-paper pieces have a pleasing simplicity about them. Both art and text are expertly suited to the youngest of listeners. I want to borrow a toddler or preschooler, just to share this one with them. <\/p>\n

Here are some more process images and final art, and I thank Carin for sharing.
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Final art<\/em>
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Final art<\/em>
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\nGOOD NIGHT! GOOD NIGHT! Copyright \u00a9 2017 by Carin Berger. Published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, New York. Process images and final art reproduced by permission of Carin Berger.<\/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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1)<\/strong><\/font> Christmas in our new house. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> One of my Christmas wishes came true, and I was given John Lewis’s<\/a><\/strong> March<\/em> trilogy<\/a><\/strong>. And it’s so<\/em> good. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> Eisha visited! Here we are.
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\n4)<\/strong><\/font> Home-made bread.<\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> Two shows at the Ryman<\/a><\/strong> in the past few weeks.<\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> And one of those shows was Gillian Welch & David Rawlings<\/a><\/strong>, who sang A NEW SONG. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> Riding on my bike right<\/em> into a recycling bin, like the giant clutz I am, only resulted in some bruises, not any broken limbs. <\/p>\n

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

Work-in-process image and final illustration fromGood Night! Good Night!   It’s a miracle this post is even up. I’ve lost track of the days, as one is wont to do during the holidays. I’ve had fun not working (mostly), not making plans, and (mostly) not firing up my computer. Happy New Year, dear Imps! It’s […]<\/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-4231","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\/4231","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=4231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}